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Friday, July 26, 2013

Contract awarded for missile interceptor site in Romania

Standard Missile-3The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a construction contract for its planned ballistic missile interceptor site in Romania, another step toward the completion of a NATO European missile shield opposed by Russia.

The $134 million contract with global construction firm Kellogg Brown and Root, announced by the company in a press release last week, will include the buildup of facilities and infrastructure on a 269-acre site at Deveselu Air Base in the country’s south.

Plans call for the site to hold 24 Standard Missile-3 interceptors of the Block IB variant, making it the first land deployment of the Aegis ballistic missile defense system previously only installed on Navy ships.

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