The largest NATO base worth $2.7 billion will be located in the municipality of Mihail Kogălniceanu, in the immediate vicinity of the airport and the 57th Air Force Base of Romania. The fresh facility will occupy an area of about 11 square miles, which is comparable to the size of a tiny town. This area will let about 10,000 Alliance soldiers and their families to be accommodated.
The work began with the construction of basic infrastructure, including the construction of access roads and energy networks. shortly there will besides be a fresh runway, which will be parallel to the existing one. Both lanes will be connected and airport infrastructure will be deployed in the east part of the complex with fresh taxiways, parking lots and facilities for different types of aircraft.
Designers could not forget the facilities for soldiers with families on the base. Facilities specified as shops, pharmacies, nurseries, kindergartens and schools and infirmary were included.
Full operational readiness of NATO's latest base is expected to scope 2040.
In case of a powerful conflict with Russia, NATO will gain control not only over the Baltic Sea, but besides over the Black Sea
The construction of the largest NATO base in #Europe has begun in #Romania. The task will include runs, hangars for military aircraft, schools,... pic.twitter.com/n608LJMTgT
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Why Romania and not Poland?
Romania is simply a key point of NATO operations in the Black Sea area. Since the outbreak of Russia's war in Ukraine, the country has regularly served as a place of training and safety mission. American combat and reflection aircraft regularly fly from Romania as part of NATO police operations.
In 2018 there was information that it was expected to be a peculiar base for American troops in Poland.
"We talked about the Fort Trump project, about the US military base in Poland. We want the US Army to be stationed in Poland to guarantee the safety of Poland and the full east flank of NATO" – said Mariusz Błaszczak, who at the time included the position of Minister of National Defence. He discussed the task with John Bolton, erstwhile U.S. President's advisor Donald Trump on National Security.
As we know today, Fort Trump was just empty promises that were doomed to failure from the beginning. Let us remind that Poland was to allocate $2 billion for this purpose, which during the COVID-19 pandemic was not available to us. Apart from this issue, it was the deployment of troops.
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