Upgrade of Aegis Ashore site in Romania completed

The Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defence site in Romania has completed its upgrade, NATO announced.

NAVAL SUPPORT FACILITY DEVESELU, Romania – Air defense soldiers assigned to B Battery (THAAD), 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command unload flooring for a Battery Command Post during a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system emplacement at Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Romania May 17. The unit arrived in Romania in April to emplace a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system while NATO’s Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense site undergoes a long-planned update in the upcoming months. (Photo by U.S. Navy Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jonathan Hill, Naval Support Facility Deveselu)

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Watch MAD-FIRES interceptors taking out swarms of Chinese anti-ship missiles

As part of Raytheon’s announcement that it had successfully tested a hot fire rocket motor for DARPA’s Multi-Azimuth Defense Fast Intercept Round Engagement System (MAD-FIRES), the company released a concept video showing the weapon destroying a swarm of anti-ship missiles fired from Chinese H-6K bomber, Type 052C destroyer and submarine.

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