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To What Extent Does the U.S. Aegis BMD in Europe Threaten Russia? In May 2016, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency announced that its ballistic missile defence (BMD) base at Deveselu, Romania, had been put into operation. This marked the second phase of the European ...
... of the CICS. Its specific purpose – intercepting anti-ship missiles – has led to the highest design standards in the creation of the system and exceedingly high modernization potential. It is not surprising, therefore, that in the 1990s, Aegis was primarily intended to be used for intercepting ballistic missiles. Strictly speaking, the first stage in Obama’s “phased approach” to NATO’s ballistic missile defence was using Arleigh Burke -class destroyers equipped with latest version of the CICS software and SM-3 Block IA missiles (RIM-161B in military classification) capable of intercepting short-range ballistic missiles,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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