Attention! You may bump into British military convoys on the Hungarian roads next week!
This year’s biggest NATO military drill will happen in Romania, Bulgaria and Greece in February including nine NATO member states as participants. The Steadfast Dart 2025 will be held between 7 and 21 February, and more than 400 British soldiers will participate. They will travel to Romania via Hungary and our country is prepared to provide supplies and accommodation during their journey. The first British convoy is to enter the country tomorrow.
Here is the British military convoy’s route
According to index.hu, the British soldiers will come to Hungary on 20 January and are planning to leave our country on 22 January. They will travel across Hungary following the Rajka-Pápa-Szentes-Nagylak route. They will cross the Romania-Hungary Schengen border at Nagylak.
According to the Hungarian defence minister, Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the military bases of Pápa and Szentes will provide supplies, places to rest and accommodation for the more than 400 British soldiers. They will receive similar help on the backward journey in February.
First ARF test in our neighbourhood
Steadfast Dart 2025 will be the biggest NATO military drill in the region this year. Approximately 10,000 soldiers are to participate from six countries (the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, France, and Türkiye) accompanied by the armed forces of the three hosts (Romania, Greece and Bulgaria). The military drill aims to test the skills and capabilities of the NATO Allied Reaction Force (ARF). This will be the unit’s first such mission. The participants have time until 7 February to arrive in the host countries, which is their first test examining the deployment time and organisation of the troops.
Szalay-Bobrovniczky said Hungary was committed to carrying out its tasks as a NATO member since that is fundamental to implementing our international security strategy.
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