Romania starts building base for U.S. missile shield

Works to build a base housing part of the controversial U.S. missile defense shield officially began on Monday in southern Romania.

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Tuesday, 29.10.2013.

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DEVESELU Works to build a base housing part of the controversial U.S. missile defense shield officially began on Monday in southern Romania. The base will be part of the "European system of missile defense," reports said. Romania starts building base for U.S. missile shield The Deveselu base should become operational in 2015 and will house SM-3 interceptor missiles and radar equipment, the BBC reported. The entire project should become operational in 2018, the AFP said. The U.S. authorities have said that missiles will have no offensive capability "and only target incoming ballistic missiles launched by a hostile power, with Iran is seen as a potential threat." Russian officials have expressed concern that the missile defense shield could weaken Russia's strategic missile capability and threatened to put more powerful warheads on its ballistic missiles, said the BBC. The idea to build the shield was first put forward in 2000 by then U.S. President George W. Bush. (Beta/AP, file) BBC Tanjug

Romania starts building base for U.S. missile shield

The Deveselu base should become operational in 2015 and will house SM-3 interceptor missiles and radar equipment, the BBC reported.

The entire project should become operational in 2018, the AFP said.

The U.S. authorities have said that missiles will have no offensive capability "and only target incoming ballistic missiles launched by a hostile power, with Iran is seen as a potential threat."

Russian officials have expressed concern that the missile defense shield could weaken Russia's strategic missile capability and threatened to put more powerful warheads on its ballistic missiles, said the BBC.

The idea to build the shield was first put forward in 2000 by then U.S. President George W. Bush.

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