Washington Times:
On Friday, NATO activated its first land-based AEGIS missile defense system at Deveselu, a former Soviet base in southern Romania. A second, similar system is scheduled to become active in 2018 in Poland. AEGIS has been installed on board U.S. Navy ships since 2004.
Patrick Auroy, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment spoke at the activation ceremony in Bucharest today. “NATO AEGIS Ashore will significantly enhance NATO’s ballistic missile defense and represents a core element for making possible our ambition to declare a new level of Operational Capability at the Warsaw Summit next year.
