Gen. Gocul: let's first specify threats, then buy equipment

He accused the erstwhile leadership of the Ministry of defence of reducing method modernization to a "shopping list," irrational purchases of equipment made without asking the military for its opinion, which served more to satisfy political ambitions than state security. "Strategic papers precisely describe the function of the Armed Forces and the state defence strategy in ensuring national security. The political-strategic defence directive defines the safety environment, the impact of this environment on state security, determines what situations, planning scenarios we are to adopt: whether it will be an allied, independent or coalition defense, with what kind of adversary (we know that it is the Russian Federation)." - Gocul said, adding that the directions of a possible attack are besides known.