Only two years after Fort Trašte was completed in 1909, proposals were advanced that it should be demolished and a new and even stronger fortress should be built on the Lustiča peninsula a few kilometers to the north. However, the outbreak of the Balkan Wars in 1912 meant that the discussions were suspended. In 1914, the fort came under artillery bombardment from Montenegrin forces on Mount Lovćen. The attacks caused little damage due to the small calibre of the guns used.