The anti-missile base in Redzikovo will be officially opened on November 13, the head of the National Security Bureau, Jacek Siviera, said.
– It seems that Independence Day is a good time to talk about this. Today, the president will go to Azerbaijan directly from the state celebrations, but on the way back he will land in Gdańsk, and from there he will go directly to the official opening ceremony of the Aegis anti-missile base in Redzikovo. This week will be Wednesday – Jacek Siewiera reported on Monday in Polsat News.
The Chairman of the National Security Bureau also informed that the President along with high-ranking representatives of the state, including: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Vladyslav Kosniak-Kamys and representatives of the North Atlantic Alliance, will attend the event.
View of the Redzikovo anti-missile base by Amy Forsyth / US Navy
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Under the command of NATO
– This is a base of the US Navy, but the very interesting feature is that it is assigned to the NATO command, EUCOM, that is, the command of American forces in Europe. As an American base, it performs transatlantic defense tasks by suppressing high-level air and ballistic missiles, maneuvering from areas outside the Euro-Atlantic region, in a very broad sense, explained the head of the National Security Bureau.
View of the Redzikovo anti-missile base by Ashley Whitney / US Navy
The results of the July meeting of NATO in Washington announced the operational readiness of the anti-missile base in Redzikovo. The base is part of the European Phased Adaptation Approach (EPAA), the US contribution to NATO's integrated air and missile defense system. Also at the meeting in July, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that the Redzikovo base, which is part of NATO's anti-missile defense system, is ready for the start of the mission.
Main photo: Ashley Whitney / US Navy
