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MDA Chief Sees Poland Aegis Ashore Progress, But Affected By Pandemic

Tuesday, August 4th, 2020

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MDA Chief Sees Poland Aegis Ashore Progress, But Affected By Pandemic

Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site in Poland under construction in September 2019 at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Redzikowo. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The commander of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said the Pentagon is finally getting close to completing military construction on the Poland Aegis Ashore site, expecting to have it ready by 2022 after further delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re getting very, very close to completing the military construction out there. We’ve got the Aegis system on site, it’s been onsite. We’re taking that out right now and starting to do testing on it, get ready to do that…

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