The “tricky exercise” of the Romanian F-16 / JSF choice
The tricky exercise of the Romanian F-16 / JSF choice Recently released Wiki-cables show the reality behind the screens of the Romanian fighter jet competition. About the winning sole-source offer of Lockheed Martin and what the US ambassador called a tricky exercise in Romania, one of the least transparent countries of the European Union. Romanian National Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea presented the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT), led by the country’s president, Traian Basescu, held on 23-March-2010, a statement on the replacement of the MiG-21 LanceR aircraft which currently equip the Romanian Air Force. Mr. Gabriel Oprea told that the implementation of the Multirole…