August 6, 2004 at 9:13 pm
This is a sad subject…but someone has to start it.
How do the naval forces of Balkan countries look like today?
Balkan region map
By: GDL - 7th August 2004 at 01:56
Bulgaria has a small patrol-based fleet, with an old Soviet KONI class FF as their biggest combat vessel. Romania’s fleet is larger, and with two ex-RN Type 22 Batch 2 FFGs at the head now and quite a few smaller patrol types and auxilliaries. Both have the Black Sea trade routes to protect, and the Bulgarians may eventually opt for something larger and more modern in future to replace an aging list, if they can afford it.
By: Srbin - 6th August 2004 at 21:43
Greek Navy is obviously the strongest, it would be able to spank all the Balkan Navies combined together. Former Yugoslavia did not have a bad Navy at all I believe which is now obsolete. I am really not aware of the Romanian or Bulgarian Navies but I don’t think they are any good nor they need to be.