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The two countries have been closely cooperating with NATO\u00a0and are set to host US-made interceptors on their soil largely as a response to Russia\u2019s military intervention in neighboring Ukraine.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Meanwhile, local analysts said\u00a0that\u00a0while Poland has accelerated efforts to enhance its missile defense capability following Russia\u2019s annexation of <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the<\/span> Crimea<span class=\"rte rte-comment\">n peninsula<\/span>, Warsaw is far <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">distant <\/span>from acquiring sufficient capacities in this field.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;The decision to purchase an air and anti-missile defense system should result from a comprehensive national defense strategy, and a risk assessment process focused on potential threats and the countries they might originate from,&#8221; said \u0141ukasz Kister, an independent security analyst who cooperates with the Jagiellonian Institute, a Warsaw-based think tank.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;Russia is currently making efforts to upgrade its missile capabilities in Kaliningrad, but Poland could obtain Patriot missiles not earlier than in 2022,&#8221; Kister said.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> In 2013, Russian newspaper Izvestia quoted an unnamed senior Russian Defense Ministry official as saying that the Russian military had deployed Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles to Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave that borders Poland and Lithuania.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> With Moscow reportedly upgrading its long-range strike capacity so <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">in<\/span> close <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">proximity<\/span> to\u00a0the Polish border, Warsaw in response aims\u00a0to improve its missile defense capabilities as part of the country\u2019s ongoing 139 billion zloty (US $36 billion) 2013-2022 military modernization program<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> for the years 2013 to 2022<\/span>.\u00a0<br\/> \u00a0<br\/><strong>Negotiating a\u00a0Patriot Deal<\/strong><br\/> \u00a0<br\/> In\u00a0April, the Polish Ministry of Defense said it had\u00a0chosen Raytheon\u2019s Patriot over the Aster 30 interceptor manufactured by the consortium of MBDA and Thales. <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Following a decision made by the Polish government April 21, <\/span>The procurement is being negotiated as an inter-governmental agreement, according to the Defense Ministry.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Warsaw plans to acquire two batteries within the next three years and\u00a0eight batteries from 2018 to 2025. In addition,\u00a0Poland is carrying out two separate procurements to acquire short-range missile systems.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;To ensure a temporary capacity in the field of air and anti-missile defense, there is a plan to acquire two [Patriot] batteries within three years following the signing of the deal,&#8221; said Col. Jacek Sonta, the spokesperson for the Polish Ministry of Defense.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> In total, the acquisitions are estimated to be worth some 26.6 billion zloty, according to the information obtained by local business daily Rzeczpospolita.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/><strong>Hosting Aegis Ashore<\/strong><br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Meanwhile, both\u00a0Poland and Romania are set to host elements of the Aegis Ashore program, the land-based component of the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) system.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;The land-based system is designed to be removable to support worldwide deployment. In addition to Aegis BMD at sea, Aegis Ashore is part of Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) Phases II and III,&#8221; according to the US Missile Defense Agency&#8217;s website.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Aegis Ashore is to be deployed in Poland in 2018 as part of the PAA Phase III. This installed capability will use Aegis BMD 5.1 and SM-3 Block IB and IIA to support defense of northern Europe, the Missile Defense Agency said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Romania, Aegis Ashore will be deployed this year as part of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) Phase I, using <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">. This installed capability will use<\/span> Aegis BMD 5.0 CU (capability upgrade)\u00a0and SM-3 Block IB to provide ballistic missile coverage for southern Europe. The Romanian government has decided to host elements of the Aegis Ashore program at the air base in Deveselu\u00a0in <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">the country\u2019s<\/span> southwestern <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">region<\/span> Romania. Construction work was launched in 2013\u00a0and the facility will become <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">reach<\/span> operational <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">capacity<\/span> this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin has accused NATO of hostile intentions. But Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said\u00a0that the project is &#8220;defensive, as it is designed to defend national and European soil.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, he said, the Romanian government sees the missile facility as a safeguard against potential Russian aggression<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> on its soil<\/span>.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> The resulting &#8220;long-term presence of the US in Romania will guarantee that Romania will not be transferred into a different zone of influence,&#8221; Aurescu said Aug. 2, as quoted by local news agency Mediafax.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> Meanwhile, according to Kister, Eastern European countries should aim to improve regional cooperation with other allies interested in improving their air defense capabilities. These include the three Baltic states of\u00a0Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, whose governments are <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">currently<\/span> discussing establishment of <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">a project to set up<\/span> a joint midrange air defense system.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">Furthermore, <\/span>Latvia\u2019s top military chief, Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, also recently announced that the Latvian military plans to acquire Stinger anti-aircraft missiles from the US to boost the country&#8217;s air defenses<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> capability<\/span>.<br\/> \u00a0<br\/> &#8220;Poland should work closely with the Baltic states, Germany and the Scandinavian countries, because only merging the region\u2019s air defense capacities will ensure a reliable and efficient system capable of protecting these countries\u2019 air spaces,&#8221; Kister said.\u00a0&#8220;Potential threats could originate from Kaliningrad, Belarus, central Russia, but also from the eastern parts of Ukraine, which are currently controlled by Russia-backed insurgents. As a result, a missile intended to hit Warsaw could be detected over Lithuanian soil.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jadamowski@defensenews.com\">jadamowski@defensenews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland and Romania are leading the way in East European efforts to boost allied air and anti-missile defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":7,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[7,33],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3389],"class_list":["post-17239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air","category-home"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"5SEBQBXQGVAGFLT4VF4WL3EJJA","arc_canonical_url":"\/air\/2015\/08\/09\/poland-romania-lead-e-europe-missile-defense-efforts\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poland, Romania Lead E. 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