| Abstrakt: |
This paper highlights the most important aspects, seen mainly from an economic and financial perspective, of the correlation between the needs of the national defense system with the possibilities conferred by the development stage of our country, considering that Romania is a NATO member, with certain commitments in this regard. Obviously, based on the recent Political Agreement on increasing national defense funding, we consider that the support for military expenditure should be much stronger, given the risks of the current regional geopolitical space, generating instability and insecurity. Thus, after a period when the Romanian Army funding parameters were relatively modest, we highlight that the allocations in question are going to be based on a distribution of approx. 2% of the GDP (period 2017-2027), a vital issue in ensuring the support and development of procurement programs - with equipment and combat technology - and military staff training. The study of the literature has strengthened our belief, expressed herein, that the respective percentage may be increased, depending on the security needs and obligations that Romania can assume, targeting -- ultimately -- a greater increase in the operational capability of the Army. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
