Work on the US missile defense system at a military base in southern Romania will start in early October, Romania’s Defense Minister Mircea Dusa announced this week.
The minister made the announcement while visiting the air base in Deveselu on Monday (September 9).
The missile defense system was flagged in an agreement signed by the two countries in Washington DC on September 12 in 2011.
It allows America to construct, maintain and operate a facility encompassing the land-based SM-3 ballistic missile defense system at the air base.
The system will have the ability to protect Europe and the US against ballistic missiles launched from the Middle East, according to the US State Department.
As part of the project, Romanian servicemen will upgrade the fence surrounding the military base, construct a perimeter road for patrolling the site, build a level crossing and develop a water treatment plant in the area.