THE REVIVAL OF THE AERONAUTICS MILITARY INDUSTRY AT THE TIME OF THE COMMUNIST STATE. WHEN, HOW AND WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE?
THE REVIVAL OF THE AERONAUTICS MILITARY INDUSTRY AT THE TIME OF THE COMMUNIST STATE. WHEN, HOW AND WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE?
Author(s): Sorin TURTURICĂSubject(s): Military history, Security and defense, Military policy, History of Communism
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: military aviation; Soviet troops; Mirage; aeronautics industry; the USSR;
Summary/Abstract: After Nicolae Ceaușescu became the head of the Romanian Communist State, a full-scale industrialisation programme was launched within the military sphere, programme that exceeded the settlements within the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. For the military aviation, the plans were very ambitious. The Romanians decided to equip their air regiments with jet, transport or training aircraft, as well as helicopters, all made exclusively within Romania. A surplus designed for export purposes was also planned for. In order to achieve this vast programme, it was intended to buy foreign licenses as well as to develop some original projects.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 166-185
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
