U.s. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District, Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex Romania The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District is managing the construction of a $134 million Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Complex in Deveselu, Romania. In preparation for construction of this key facility, site activation work totaling $3.3 million has taken place to ready the 269-acre site at Deveselu Air Base for the project. A Romanian contractor, SC Glacial PROD SRL, constructed temporary facilities including offices, containerized housing, a warehouse and vehicle inspection area in support of the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense complex project. Key partners representing the U.S., Romania and NATO will officially break ground on the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense project Oct. 28. The Aegis Ashore site in Romania is scheduled to be operational in the 2015 time frame, October 24, 2013, accessed June 19, 2018, https://www.flickr.com/photos/europedistrict/10458612673, Flickr.

On July 30, Japan announced that it will deploy one Aegis Ashore missile defense system over the course of six years, as opposed to the previously planned five. The Japan Times reported, “The government is considering two Ground Self-Defense Force training areas — in Akita and Yamaguchi prefectures — as candidate sites to install the system. It had sought to complete the first deployment in fiscal [year] 2023.” In December 2017, the Japanese government authorized its Defense Ministry to purchase the systems, after it met with the United States the previous August.

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Japan’s Deployment U.S.-Developed Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Could Take Six Years, The Japan Times
Japan’s Deployment of New Missile Defense System to Take 6 Years, The Mainichi
Japan’s New Missile Defence System Deployment Will Take Six Years, South China Morning post