NATO member Romania plans to buy Patriot missiles from U.S. company Raytheon to help protect its airspace, a senior Defence Ministry official said on Thursday. The plan will be a key part of the European Union country"s plan to modernize its military, benefiting from a gradual increase in annual spending.
The defense budget in Romania - a NATO member since 2004 and one of Washington"s staunchest allies in eastern Europe along with Poland - was 1.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2016 and was set at 2.0 percent this year."The Patriot missile defense system is part of the multi-level air defense system of Romania"s airspace. We"re assessing all options to develop this (acquisition) program," General Nicolae-Ionel Ciuca, chief of the General Staff told reporters.
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