Aegis Comes Ashore in Romania
Romania will soon be the base for a European missile-defense system supplied by Lockheed Martin with Raytheon missiles.
This SM-3 Block IIA test was undertaken at White Sands last October to prove that the larger version of the missile could be fired from a Mk 41 vertical launcher.
This SM-3 Block IIA test was undertaken at White Sands last October to prove that the larger version of the missile could be fired from a Mk 41 vertical launcher.

Next year the U.S. Navy is scheduled to start operations of an Aegis missile defense system at a land base at Deveselu in Romania, representing the second phase of a four-pronged program known as EPAA (European phased adaptive approach). This is being undertaken to provide defense against ballistic missiles, with Iran considered the primary threat.

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