December 15, 2023 [link removed] copy and paste this link to read the alert on MDAA's website. Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: About Time The Aegis Ashore site in Redzikowo, Poland. (Photo from US Navy) Dear Members and Friends, We congratulate the Missile Defense Agency for the handover of the Aegis Ashore Site in Redzikowo, Poland to the Navy today December 15, 2023. The site is scheduled to become fully operational in March 2024 which will mark final completion of EPAA phase three. This handover signifies another significant milestone in the progress of the site, which has faced significant delays and was scheduled to be completed in 2018. Once fully operational, ballistic missile defense coverage of all of Europe against Iranian Ballistic Missiles launched from Iran will be completed. This restricted NATO Policy capability to be not directed at Russia and only be for the Missile Defense of Iran has recently changed to drop the Russian requirement but the capabilities have not changed. Four SPY-1D(V) radar arrays coupled with a land based Vertical Launch System housing SM3 Block IB and IIA interceptors utilizes specific designed software capabilities to track, discriminate, target and intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and “limited” capability to address intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). This enables Missile Defense coverage of Northern Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom from Iran. The Aegis Ashore system in Poland will be commanded by the Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Cell in Ramstein, Germany and is integrated into to the other Aegis Ashore site in Romania, TYP 2 Radars in Turkey and Israel, and Aegis BMD Ships homeported in Rota Spain via Link 16 and CSC. The 14-year timeline for completing this project was influenced by lessons from the Romania Aegis Ashore site and the challenges of implementing a unique system in Poland. Significant delays during the construction and installation process pushed back the timeline for the site, originally planned to become operational in 2018 and now won’t become operational until the Spring of 2024. Despite the extended timeline, the Navy plans to implement additional upgrades at Aegis Ashore Poland through May 2024, aligning its capabilities with the evolving technology of US Aegis BMD ships. With this system becoming operational, the final piece of the EPAA fully defends all of Europe against short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles launched from Iran will be operational in early 2024. Respectfully, Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. We are a membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity. Founded in 2002, MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. Visit our website www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org for more information.   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 515 King Street, Suite 330 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 299-0060 Email: [email protected]   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | 515 King Street, Suite 330, Alexandria, VA 22314 Unsubscribe [email protected] Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!