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Romania’s kinetic turn: how Law 73/2025 and NATO Eastern Sentry rewrote the response to drone incursions
Why Romania can now shoot down drones but cannot afford to keep doing it this way: Law No. 73/2025 removed the legal block on kinetic engagement, the May 2026 Galați incident supplied the political mandate, authorisation now runs through NATO’s air operations centre in Spain, and every interception still spends an F-16 sortie on a drone worth a fraction of it.
Published
Jul 27, 2026
Region
Romania
Sources
127
Findings
5