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The United States and Poland are among 30 nations that are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, commonly known as NATO. NATO countries are committed to the principle of collective defense, where an attack against one is considered an attack against all. The Navy’s Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System is part of a layered defense network designed to defend against ballistic missiles coming from the Middle East.

NSF Redzikowo is the second base to house the Aegis Ashore system, with the first being NSF Deveselu, in Romania.

However, before NSF Redzikowo was an operational base, teams with the Army Corps of Engineers, Naval Facilities and Engineering Command, and Missile Defense Agency, alongside the installation’s current and past leaders, spent approximately four years to complete the necessary structures and infrastructure that would make up the core components of the base.

After the base was established in 2016, the area became a construction site – literally speaking. Old buildings, of what was once a German air force base, still existed in the immediate area, but were unsuitable for modern mission requirements. The Navy had to start construction at the keel, or, in the case of an installation, at the foundation…

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