To What Extent Does the U.S. Aegis BMD in Europe Threaten Russia?
In May 2016, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that its ballistic missile defence (BMD) base at Deveselu, Romania, had been put into operation. This marked the second phase of the European Phased ...
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of construction of a similar base in Poland on the very next day. The Polish Aegis Ashore will be located next to the small village of Redzikowo on the Baltic coast, 200 km from Kaliningrad. It is expected to become operational in 2018.
What are Aegis BMD systems? They are the basis of the Obama Administration’s so-called “Phased, Adaptive Approach” to creating the European component of the global ballistic missile defence of the United States and its allies.
The expensive programme ...