Moldova has received an airspace-monitoring system bought from a French company as part of a larger effort to modernize the country's armed forces amid the war in Ukraine. Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii said on December 20 that the system was "vital" to Moldova's air defense, especially in light of recent "incidents of airspace violations." Those incidents highlighted the urgent need to consolidate Moldova's defense capabilities, Nosatii said in a Defense Ministry statement. Chisinau announced in September plans to acquire a Ground Master 200 (GM 200) radar produced by Thales that can monitor aircraft as far as 250 kilometers away. To read the original story on RFE/RL's Moldovan Service, click here.
