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knowing the risks and threats, in all aspects – sources, ways of
expression, means and techniques – developing the anticipation capacity,
based on knowledge and education, is fundamental. To this end,
developing appropriate systems for the early spotting of dangers, risks
and threats, with a view to preventing their occurrence, through a
combined use of military means and civil instruments, is mandatory;
Allocating resources through an integrated, continuous, multi‐annual
and rigorous planning process, able to respond both to new inter‐
institutional planning demands, at a national level, and to rigors of
principles of multi‐annual budget planning habitual to NATO and the EU.
4.2. Lines of action and main ways
to ensure national security
4.2.1. The defense dimension
72. Romania must concentrate strategic efforts for the defense and the security of its
citizens and of the national territory, as well as for granting support to allied and partner
states, in accordance with commitments made under international treaties. To this end,
developing the capacity to respond to new security environment challenges, and preparing
the population and territory for defense are necessary actions.
73. Lines of action aim at:
consolidating the national defense capacity, which includes the efficient
use of NATO mechanisms;
continuing the transformation, modernization and procurement of
Romania’s armed forces, by allotting at least 2% of the GDP to the
Defense budget, yearly, for 10 years time, as of 2017;
developing the capacities required to respond in case of asymmetric and
hybrid threats;
deepening the security dimension of the Strategic Partnership with the
US, by consolidating military cooperation, including the national territory
and the Black Sea region;
reaching performance standards needed to achieve interoperability with
armies of other member states and bringing in line legal and normative
provisions regulating the training and instruction of armed forces;
adapting the security industry to the armed forces’ equipment
requirements and to the competitive environment;
developing cooperation in the field of security industry with states of the
Euro‐Atlantic space, by capitalizing on multinational cooperation
opportunities, amid NATO and EU initiatives;
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