Bulgarian submarines

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Bulgaria reportedly looking for two new submarines:

Bulgaria negotiating purchase of two submarines amid Ukraine crisis - Euractiv

Bulgaria wants to buy two submarines to re-establish its submarine fleet. The last Bulgarian submarine “Fame” was decommissioned 10 years ago and is now a museum. Since 2011, the Black Sea state has not had a submarine fleet, but in...

www.euractiv.com

Some speculation may be looking at German ones:

Bulgaria wants to buy two submarines for its fleet

According to information published by Euractiv on 21 January 2022, the Bulgarian Navy is negotiating the purchase of two submarines with a country that cou

www.navyrecognition.com

 

[AN/AWW-14(V)]

very strange choice of priorities, they don't have a any modern air defense system, anti-armour systems and many other more useful things than subs

gosh, in B. Army even trucks from socialist age

for expamle look at the romanian navy's submarine - NMS Delfinul, forever stuck at the pier, no reasons for other result for Bulgaria

 

[Devin]

There's nothing quite as unnerving as a submarine or two protecting a coastal target. They do nothing for air defence but for a country like Bulgaria who fears Russia by sea, it makes all the sense in the world, especially considering Crimea. Look at the Argentinian San Luis during the Falklands War.

 

[muttly]

Will two subs be enough to make Russia think twice?

 

[Hood]

Even Poland hasn't got an operational submarine currently.

 

[Georgi Grigorov]

gosh, in B. Army even trucks from socialist age

Actually most truck are Mercedes. As for AT - we make it here and manage to export weapons for over 2 billion lats year...to partners...that then send it to UA.