Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Work on U.S. BMD complex in Poland expected to start in summer

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to break ground this summer for a ballistic missile defense facility in Poland.
The Aegis Ashore BMD complex will be located on Poland's Redzikowa Air Base and when completed in 2018 will complement the Aegis Ashore facility completed last month in Romania.The two land facilities, together with Aegis-equipped U.S. warships based in Spain, are to protect European NATO allies and U.S. forces in the region "against growing ballistic-missile threats from the Middle East," the Army said.Read Full Text