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8th Tactical Operational Missile Brigade (Romania)
Military unit
The 8th Tactical Operational Missile Brigade (Brigada 8 Rachete Operativ Tactice "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"), former 8th LAROM Brigade, is a Multiple Rocket Launcher brigade of the Romanian Land Forces. The brigade was named after the Romanian Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza in 2006. It is the successor of three units: the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 1st and 4th Heavy Artillery Regiments.
The Brigade is subordinated to the General Staff of the Romanian Land Forces and has its headquarters in Focșani. Soldiers of the Brigade were deployed to various operation theatres in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Since October 2004, the unit no longer uses conscripts.