Originally Posted by
ORAC
If you are looking at ICBM/IRBM defence against a limited attack, then the you want forward based up threat radars such as the AEGIS site planned for Poland. NATO also has a contract for integrating BMD into C2 systems*
Fylingdales might come into that, but I can’t see us building more radars, and we are too far back to host missiles.
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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...301541829.html
Fair point. But there is more than one threat direction to consider.
I must admit I find it an odd patchwork of countries to have signed on at this stage: some important geographical chunks are absent, and some important industrial chunks are absent. My best guess is that it is still going through the decision making process in others but they wanted to make an announcement at this stage for political reasons.