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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
US-Romania Missile System Deployed Close to Bulgarian Border
Deveselu Air Base
The United States and Romania jointly selected the Deveselu Air Base near Caracal, Romania, to host a US Ballistic Missile Defense System, according to an official announcement of the US State Department.
The announcement, published Tuesday, informs that the System employs the SM-3 interceptor (also referred to as the "Aegis Ashore System") while the deployment to Romania is anticipated to occur in the 2015 timeframe as part of the second phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) – the US national contribution to a NATO missile defense architecture.
The US Ballistic Missile Defense site is approximately 430 acres (175 hectares) and is located within the existing Romanian Air Base at Deveselu.
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