Aegis Ashore

NATO has formally taken control of the Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System (AAMDS) in Redzikowo, Poland, marking a pivotal step in bolstering the Alliance's missile defence capabilities.

Missile defence: NATO assumes command of Aegis Ashore site in Poland

NATO, Top / By Defence Industry Europe

NATO has formally taken control of the Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System (AAMDS) in Redzikowo, Poland.

A new U.S. ballistic missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland is now operational and available for the defence of the Alliance. Dubbed “Aegis Ashore”, the site is part of a larger NATO missile shield and is designed to detect, track and intercept ballistic missiles in flight.

NATO missile defence base in Poland now mission ready

Air, NATO / By Defence Industry Europe

A new U.S. ballistic missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland is now operational and available for the defence of the Alliance.

On 15 December, the missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland, was accepted into service by the U.S. Navy. This means the project of NATO-European area defence from ballistic missile threats from the Middle East is completed. The Aegis Ashore system installed there will be formally transferred to NATO structures in 2024, but it has already achieved the basic capability to defend against a limited attack on Europe. Further adaptation of this NATO system in parts or whole to the new strategic situation and a stronger Russian narrative that the U.S. base is a security threat to Russia might be expected.

Missile defence site in Poland accepted into service by the U.S. Navy

Air, Top / By Defence Industry Europe

On 15 December, the missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland, was accepted into service by the U.S. Navy.