Coastal Infrastructures €“ Multipurpose Civil Fit-Up Works And Their Role In Defence And Security

In accordance with Romania’s coastal zone Master Plan, littoral protection works were performed between 2012-2015 in the Mamaia area, and the Constanta-Eforie Nord seafront; in the follow-up of this project, whose stage II is to start in 2019, the works to protect the Costinesti, Mangalia Nord resorts and 2 Mai beaches will be continued. In this sense, as military experts, we wondered what impact these enduring development and environmental protection works might have on some possible military actions, especially the amphibious ones. The latter, offensive par excellence, are some of the most difficult military actions, insofar as their success depends on very many factors, one of them being the features of the coast where the adversary might intend to disembark. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to analyse the impact of the littoral fit-up works on littoralspecific military actions, from the military perspective as well as the civil engineering one. In the present article we are attempting to promote the multipurpose territorial fit-up works concept (i.e., which meets both the civil needs and the military purposes – if it does not help, at least should not hamper). Its aim is to explore the concept of multipurpose civil engineering work and to sensitize political and military decision-makers with a view to carrying out littoral infrastructure projects, building on enduring development and environmental protection, with minimum alterations and resources, and meeting some defence and security needs in the fluid and volatile geopolitical context of the Black Sea area