At the beginning of July last year, the portal [Defense Romania](https://www.defenseromania.ro/cat-costa-programul-mistral-3-al-romaniei-mapn-vrea-sa-cumpere-peste-200-de-sisteme-antiaeriene-manpad_634623.html) learned that the Romanian Ministry of defence was planning to get [French Mistral 3 very short-range anti-aircraft systems](https://defence24.pl/sily-zbrojne/piorun-trafi-do-rumunii-bukareszt-na-zakupach). At that time, there was talk of about 200 launchers and about 1000 missiles for them, which would importantly increase the capabilities of the local anti-aircraft gunners. From 2024, they began to receive akin systems from South Korea – Chiron.
