The deployment of US MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in Romania enhances regional security

Depending caleaeuropeana.roIn an online briefing with several journalists, General Wolters referred to the naval and air presence of NATO in the Black Sea region, citing as an example the presence of the destroyers USS Porter and USS Donald Cook of the US Navy in the Black Sea and the Air Force. Police missions delivered by Canada and Spain over Romanian territory and presence of MQ-9 Reaper military drones at the Cambia Torzi air base.

“ Recently, especially in the Black Sea region, we have strengthened our maritime position. (…) Both USS Porter and USS Donald Cook have recently conducted multi-dimensional operations with NATO AWACS and P-8 in the Black Sea – a show of how we have improved In the airspace, the Air Police missions reinforce collective defense, demonstrating the cohesion of the Alliance and the determination to implement deterrence and defense. Canadian support for the improvement of air police and the current missions of the Spanish Air Force over Romania confirm the transatlantic link. Another great example is the deployment of MQ-9s on the Turzii Plain in Romania, which has strengthened regional security and improved interoperability again.The detail was explained by Todd Wolters, who visited Romania last year, where he was honored by President Klaus Iohannes.

Walters’ clarifications come in the context in which, on Thursday, the Chargé d’Affairs of the United States of America in Bucharest, David Muniz, visited the 71st air force soldiers, “General Emmanuel UNESCO” from Kambia Tourzi, Cluj County. , And by the 31st Aviano Squadron commander, Brigadier General Jason E. Bailey. During the event, the MQ-9 Reaper was presented at a static exhibition..

Also, The United States will allocate $ 130.5 million to modernize Turzii Plain Air Force Base, the largest US military investment in Europe by 2021, after the US Congress approved the Pentagon’s 740 budget in late 2020. $ 1 billion for 2021..

The Allied Commander also noted the importance of the anti-ballistic missile system in Devsilo, stressing that the Romanian Aegis Ashore anti-missile facility allows NATO to improve its command and control and deter threats to NATO territory and can be used as a hub. To transmit and receive more information.

He also said that the activities of NATO and the United States in the vicinity of the Black Sea represent the progress made by the alliance in its military strategy and the concept of inhibiting and defending the Euro-Atlantic area.

“We want to make sure that we are comprehensively discouraging in all geographical quadrants the most practical action (…) Starting in 2017 and 2018, there has been a slight change in resources to improve our ability to see the environment in the neighboring Black Sea region and that actually explains the change. What we are seeing in Romania, ”Todd Wolters concluded, referring to the increasing presence of allies in Romania and the Black Sea region, in the context of warnings that Russia is placing its military arsenal in the Crimea to use the Black Sea region as a bridge of power to the Mediterranean.