According to the statement, the CSAT meeting touched, among others, the issue of the Romanian armed forces’ capacity to fight in times of peace and war and their participation in missions abroad. Also, the defense council members discussed the evaluation of risks, threats and vulnerabilities targeting the national security, as grounds for the drafting of the “National Plan of Informative Priorities for 2013.”
The statement reads that CSAT approved Thursday the project targeting the gradual performance of the air defense capability within the program “Multirole Combat Aircrafts of the Air Forces.”
Defense Minister Corneliu Dobritoiu has recently said Romania will pay Portugal around $600 million, during a five-year period, for 12 used F-16 jet fighter jets. He also said Romania would pay the first tranche of EUR70 million in 2013. In early August, Dobritoiu said the Romanian Army sped up procedures for the acquisition of multirole combat aircrafts and targets fifth-generation fighter jets.