The Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania are designed to counter long-range ballistic missiles that may be launched from other nations, outside of the Euro-Atlantic area, against our European NATO partners.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.
We live in a dangerous world where rogue nations are developing longer range missiles. We have to make a strong effort at developing defenses against this threat.
I will hear no talk that there are no intermediate-range weapons on the NATO side.
Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach.
We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.
The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats.
Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.
So I think that is one of the reasons we can face some regional problems, which are very difficult, very dramatic and is necessary to have instruments to solve these problems. NATO is such instrument.
U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.