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Steady on the Edge: Romania on NATO’s Black Sea Flank

As I write, two of my nation’s F-16s have just shot down two jet-powered drones that had entered Romanian airspace over the Black Sea. Our pilots did not hesitate. Here is why. On Oct. 14, at 8:16 p.m., Romanian naval authorities at Sulina received a request for assistance from the Comoros-flagged vessel Yara J, which...

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