On Sunday J-F bid farewell to Istanbul after SAHA concluded and was welcomed in Bucharest as the build-up to BSDA commenced, reports Bob Morrison.
~
It had originally been my plan to spend a quiet Monday sightseeing in the Romanian capital before pitching up at the ROMAERO expo venue today, Tuesday, for a last minute pre-event recce….. but I should have known that no plan survives first contact!!!
A new plan has therefore been dreamt up, which those in the know say I’m crazy to even attempt, but I didn’t lose all my hair by acting in a sane and sensible manner. If things work out as anticipated, proper coverage of BSDA 2026 should commence on Wednesday evening though the website might necessarily be a little on the ‘Q’ side between now and then.
In the meantime here’s a couple of snapshots of interesting new armoured 4×4 vehicles spotted on Monday during the initial build-up to the 10th biennial Romanian defence & security expo, which already looks like it’s going to be a really interesting event.
BM
~
UPDATE 23:45 ~ In case not seen, on Tuesday I popped back to London for a day trip:- LionStrike Adds Silverado HD to UK Defence Offerings :)
*UPDATE 2 – 13 May ~ The vehicle in the lead photo is an ACS ENOK 14.8 which has now had a SPIKE NLOS launcher fitted to the loadbed for BSDA 2026
