NATO Black Sea Flotilla. A reef in the Turkish Straits

... complete picture of the modernization plan of the Black Sea Fleet, read Igor Delanoe, “Russia’s Plans for Crimea: the Black Sea Fleet”, RIAC Blog, July 23, 2014. /en/blogs/igor_delanoe/?id_4=1305 [4] “Top NATO general: Russians starting ... ... Washington Post, September 29, 2015. [5] SIPRI Military Expenditures 2015 database. [6] IISS Military Balance 2015. [7] “Romania pledges to spend 2% GDP on defence by 2017”, IHS Jane’s 360, January 13, 2015. http://www.janes.com/article/47843/romania-pledges-to-spend-2-gdp-on-defence-by-2017 ...