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Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Base at Redzikowo

completed stage: operational delivereddelayedover budget
900 mln USD
estimate · data from 2024 ≈ 3.6 bn PLN (value-by-stage, est., nominal)

The U.S. Aegis Ashore missile defense base at Redzikowo near Słupsk (Pomorskie Voivodeship), the land-based component of the Aegis system and part of NATO's ballistic missile defense (BMD/EPAA) alongside the twin installation at Deveselu in Romania. Construction was inaugurated on 13 May 2016; the facility reached operational status on 15 December 2023, and its official opening took place on 13 November 2024. The installation, equipped with launchers for SM-3 interceptor missiles, is designed to detect, track, and engage medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in defense of Alliance territory.

How it went

Assessment: settled. Signals only where documented.

Delivery delivered
Schedule delayed
Budget over budget
Scope as announced
strategic missile-defence asset (operational, mission-ready, US Navy manned)
0 / 0 (2024)

Timeline

Slip: +77 mo. vs. the original date

  1. Construction start 13 May 2016
  2. Original date 2018
  3. Current date 2024
  4. Delivery 13 Nov 2024

Change history

  • 13 Nov 2024 stage: operational
  • 15 Dec 2023 stage: commissioning
  • 13 May 2016 stage: construction

Significance

Redzikowo is one of two land-based interceptor sites of the Aegis Ashore system in Europe (alongside Deveselu in Romania), completing NATO's ballistic missile defense architecture on the Alliance's eastern flank. With the achievement of readiness, the base extends protection against medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles to the northern part of the continent, and it is staffed by U.S. Navy personnel operating within NATO structures.

Sources 6 · 3 archived

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  1. NATO missile defence base in Poland now mission ready ↗
    NATO 10 Jul 2024
    StatusStageInvestorSignificance
    Status „A new U.S. ballistic missile defence site in Redzikowo, Poland is now operational and available for the defence of the Alliance."
    Investor „Key elements of NATO's missile shield include the two U.S. Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania along with U.S navy destroyers out of Rota, Spain."
  2. Baza tarczy antyrakietowej w Redzikowie ↗ archived ✓
    Wikipedia 15 Jul 2026
    Construction startDeliveryCurrent dateStage historyStatus
    Stage „baza osiagnela status operacyjny 15 grudnia 2023"
    Construction start „Oficjalna inauguracja budowy tarczy antyrakietowej w Redzikowie odbyla sie 13 maja 2016"
    stage_events.2 „Oficjalne otwarcie bazy mialo miejsce 13 listopada 2024"
    locations.0.voivodeship „okolicach Redzikowa na terytorium Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, w wojewodztwie pomorskim"
  3. Rusza amerykanska baza w Polsce. Tak reaguje Kreml ↗ archived ✓
    money.pl 13 Nov 2024
    CostOriginal date
    Original date „Pierwotnie miala byc oddana do uzytku w 2018 r."
    Cost „Koszt inwestycji szacowany jest na 800-900 mln dol."
  4. Otwarcie amerykanskiej bazy Aegis Ashore w Redzikowie ↗ archived ✓
    Biuro Bezpieczenstwa Narodowego (bbn.gov.pl) 13 Nov 2024
    StatusStage
  5. Aegis Ashore in Poland delayed ↗
    MILMAG 2020
    Outcome
    Budget „the construction cost increased by 13%, which means that additional $96 million will have to be allocated ... the general cost of the Aegis Ashore programme in Poland will exceed $844 million."
  6. United States missile defense complex in Poland ↗
    Wikipedia 15 Jul 2026
    Outcome
    Scope „the missile defense site was declared operational"