Missile Defense Agency wants 123 million dollars for shield in Romania and Poland

Friday, June 13, 2014 Share

The Missile Defense Agency asks 123 dollars for the continuation of works to the missile defense system in Romania and Poland, vice admiral James D Syring, the president of the US Missile Defense Agency, said on Wednesday in front of defense sub commission in the US Senate.

He showed that plans for fiscal year 2015 included the continuation of investments in technologies and advanced capacities to cope with growing complex threats. He pointed out that the Agency considers that the budget of 7.459 billion dollars, requested for 2015, will allow the continuation of developing defense capacities against ballistic missiles for the US and for international allies and partners. He gave as example the tests made in North Korea and Iran. According to Syring, Tehran might develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile until 2015, able to hit the US territory.

In this context, he pointed out that the US would continue to back the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) is designed to deal with the threat posed by Iranian short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles to U.S and its NATO allies in Europe. The Agency requests 123 million dollars to continue works on the missile defense systems in Romania and Poland.

For 2014 the US have allocated 80 million dollars for military constructions at Deveselu base, according to the Pentagon budget. Until now the US have attributed four contracts for construction works at Deveselu.

The US defense Department announced on May 21 that the US had successfully completed a first test of Aegis missile defense system. The systems tested are similar to those to be used in the EPAA project, which provides the installation of missile defense elements in Romania until 2015 and in Poland until 2018.