Much is seen as hinging on Bulgaria's entry into NATO, which is expected to speed up the integration of the country's military-industrial complex into Western military markets, and to give a boost to foreign investment in this previously pioneering sector of Bulgarian industry.
Smatra se da mnogo toga zavisi od prijema Bugarske u NATO, koji bi, kako se očekuje, trebalo da ubrza integraciju vojno-industrijskog kompleksa zemlje u zapadna vojna tržišta, i da podstakne strane investicije u ovom nekada pionirskom sektoru bugarske industrije.