IMI-Aktuell 2018/312
Raketenabwehr in Deutschland?
(04.06.2018)
Reuters berichtet, die USA würden die Stationierung eines Raketenabwehrsystemes (THAAD) in Deutschland (Ramstein) erwägen: „The U.S. military has held preliminary discussions about moving a powerful missile defense system to Germany to boost European defenses, according to two sources familiar with the issue, a move that experts said could trigger fresh tensions with Moscow. […] Moving THAAD to Germany could plug a radar gap caused by a two-year delay in completion of a second Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Poland that was initially due to open this year. […] The THAAD system is built by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N)with a powerful Raytheon Co (RTN.N) AN/TPY-2 radar, to shootdown short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.“ (jw)