– Friday’s ceremony means, above all, keeping the construction schedule and entry capabilities missile arsenal to NATO; accordance with the adopted in 2009 and updated in 2013. plan of this installation is to achieve operational readiness in 2018. – said a senior analyst at the resort Policy Insight Marek Świerczyński.
In his opinion, “for the Polish, this means first and foremost the most durable of possible to achieve the presence of US armed forces. ” – This installation I would see mostly in this context, because when it comes to the same combat potential threats to the security and territorial integrity Polish, note that the base system and Aegis, which is a part, are designed to counter missiles of short and medium-range in the middle phase of flight – said Świerczyński.
– in other words – he added – this base will not defend itself with the possession of missiles the SM-3, because it is not able to fight missiles in the terminal phase, will need additional own air defense – highlighted expert.
Świerczyński reminded that the preliminary plans for placing missile launchers SM-3 in Poland and Romania, expected to send Patriot battery system, which would give them protection against ballistic attack. – It rozmyło in recent years; I do not have clarity will be like protection and anti-this base, I’m sure Poland will have her participate in some way – said the expert.
He stressed that the base is important for the Polish defense system, because it is contribution to the US in a multilayered system of missile defense alliance. – Such a database will be defended and it is important for the Polish – said the analyst.
He compared a placement base SM-3 missile with the primary planned by the administration of George W. Bush’s concept of installations combating strategic intercontinental missiles using large missile interceptor.
– At the time of Obama, this concept has been reduced to the size of the operational and tactical. Aegis system, almost identical to the base on the ships, combat has a shorter range ballistic missiles. On the other hand, we can say that this reduction is more appropriate to the requirements of our theater (action) – Świerczyński said.
He added that the SM-3 missiles are better suited to combating missiles fired from Iran. – You also can not exclude the worst-case scenario – a medium-range missile attack from the Russian side on targets in Western Europe. Before such an attack SM-3 missiles – on a very limited scale – also can protect intercepting missiles in middle phase of flight at high altitude – he pointed out.
“We’ve been waiting for this for years,”
also, editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine “New technique military” Mariusz Cielma believes that the “installation in Redzikowo is certainly what we expect long – lasting presence of the armed forces of allied countries, in this case the United States, the largest armed forces NATO “.
– we are talking about a very advanced system. Soldiers will not be much, but the United States have only a few such installations in the world – he stressed.
He estimated that the installation is important, as the program of the European part of the missile defense shield EPAA (European Phased Adaptive Approach) is to protect the European continent against the threat of ballistic missiles, mainly from the Middle east.
– this is not a system that would be able to stop an arsenal of rocket of the Russian Federation, counted in hundreds, if not thousands of warheads, although it may also be useful for the eastern flank of NATO – he added.
He pointed to the possibility of the radar station, which will be installed in Redzikowo, and “after plugging not only in the defense system of NATO, but the Polish air defense system will be used as part of an early warning (and ) much more quickly detect a potential threat from the air. ” – By automating the system Polish defense system gain precious seconds for a possible counter – rated Cielma.
The database should be ready in two years. The cost of construction is $ 300 million. In Redzikowo stationed is between 150 and 300 soldiers of the US Navy. Base near Slupsk will be subject to the Romanian twin Deveselu. Base in Redzikowo will be slightly higher, because the former airport 28 Slupsk Fighter Wing has about 440 hectares.
Installed to be here missiles and SM 3IIA and B. According to unofficial information, have them be ten.
Originally in Redzikowo they were built missile silos, but developed a new, cheaper technology. It is adapted from the ship US version of the launcher.
Changes in the contract
Polish-American agreement to deploy in Poland anti-ballistic missile interceptors was concluded in August 2008. It entered into force three years later. The original concept involved placing the base in Poland long-range missiles, guided by radar in the Czech Republic.
In 2009. United States changed plans, announcing that the European part of the installation antiballistic will use no long-range missiles, but just bullets SM-3, already used include the cover of American troops on the old continent. The change was justified on grounds of strategic, technical and financial. Annex to the agreement signed in 2010.
Agreement to locate a US base in Redzikowo is accompanied by an agreement on the status of US troops that support it (status of forces agreement – SOFA), which involves the implementation agreements. They set the example. Building conditions surrounding the base, use of devices that emit electromagnetic waves and aircraft flights over the base and around it.
Base twin
Anti-missile shield installed by US Deveselu in Romania since Thursday is officially operational. The inauguration took place in the presence of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US representatives and Romanian.
– US and Romania together to form a story, delivering NATO this system – said Admiral Mark Ferguson, commander of the naval forces of the United States in Europe and Africa .
in Romania installed a battery of missiles the SM-3 version of the land (Aegis Ashore). The system also includes a radar detection and tracking of ballistic missiles in Turkey. Items are included in the system of command and control at the US base in Ramstein Germany; the system consists of the ships system Aegis based in Spain and armed with missiles the SM-3 version of the sea.
The missiles the SM-3 are used to fight ballistic missiles of short and medium-range in the middle phase of flight.
the Russian government strongly criticized on Thursday the launch of the American anti-missile shield in Romania, saying that it is a “direct threat” to Russian security. Moscow promises to strengthen its military capabilities.
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acute reaction of Russia
– This is another step towards military presence and political deterrence Russia – said the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Andrei Kielin, adding that the deployment of the shield “can only aggravate the already complicated situation” between Russia and NATO.
Moscow estimates that the launchers in Romania and Poland is a violation of the INF (liquidation missiles medium-range), because they can also be used to fire missiles average range.
Representatives of the US, NATO, Polish and Romanian repeatedly declared that the European part of the US anti-missile shield is not directed at Russia . Its purpose is to protect against the potential threat of long-range missiles from the Middle East, including Iran.
The threat from Iran said on Thursday database Deveselu representatives of the Pentagon and the US State Department, pointing to, among others, that Iranian ballistic missiles can reach parts of Europe, including Romania.
Kremlin repeatedly threatened, however, that in the event of adverse developments for Russia, when it comes to the construction of a missile defense shield in Europe, Moscow withdraws from further steps in the sphere of disarmament and arms control, as well as apply kontrposunięcia.
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