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Politica de înarmare a regimului Ceauşescu. Programe de fabricare a tancurilor şi rachetelor, 1971-1989
Programmes for making romanian tanks and missiles

Author(s): Petre Opris
Subject(s): History
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: Nicolae Ceausescu; communism; missiles; Romania; tanks; USSR;

Summary/Abstract: Being aware of the fact that allocating new economic and financial resources for endowing the Romanian Army would endanger Romania’s objectives for industrial development, Nicolae Ceausescu opposed to Moscow’s requests for maintaining the rhythm of modernizing the armament and combat technique belonging to the Romanian military unit’s endowment, as well as for Romanian troops to participate at the joint military training programs, that took places in different states members of the Warsaw Pact. On the same time, Nicolae Ceausescu expressed his opinion and acted for copying all types of weapons, ammunitions and industrial technique in order to develop the Romanian military industry.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2011
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 105-116
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian