Senate passed Drone Law

By Romania Journal Last updated Feb 26, 2025

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The Senate adopted the “drone law”, the draft law that regulates the peaceful conduct of military missions and operations on the territory of the Romanian state when there is no war.

There were 81 votes “for”, 12 “against” and two abstentions.

According to the normative act, the designated structures of the Romanian Army, depending on operational needs, will be able to be transferred, for determined periods of time, under different degrees of authority, in the relationship with the commander of the foreign armed forces leading a military operation on the territory of the Romanian state.

Initiated by the Government, the draft law specifies that a drone that illegally crosses our border and flies without authorization can be neutralized or even destroyed.

Draft Law on the Control of the Use of National Airspace, art. 21, paragraph 1: “An aircraft without a pilot on board that illegally crosses the state border of Romania and flies in the national airspace without authorization may be destroyed, neutralized or control may be taken over.”

It now remains for the authorities to decide who will have the right to make the decision to shoot down these drones.

General Virgil Bălăceanu, former commander of the Seebrig Multinational Brigade: “Usually, in such situations, it is about the commanders who are on a mission in the respective area. They should have the right to order fire on drones that enter Romania’s airspace without authorization. Combating is a difficult problem, there must be an adequate legislative framework, there must be the means to combat – to a certain extent we have them, they will be improved through the equipment programs – and we must have a very short chain of the decision to open fire. Let’s hope that through the orders that will be given based on the law, the action will be carried out in a very short time, because you don’t have very much time available to execute the mission.”

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