Redzikowo military base

Poland / Pomorskie / Slupsk /
 airport, military, surface-to-air missile site / sam, United States Navy

Former airfield of a fighter unit then a civilian airport. Currently an army property.

The Redzikowo base is currently being transformed into an AEGIS Ashore base, operated by the US Navy. The AEGIS system consists of an AN/SPY-1 radar system and three missile units, each consisting of a Mk41 launcher unit (containing 8 missiles).

Design status: Apr 2014-Apr 2015
Initional costs: US$ 163 million
IOC: 2018

This project constructs the second operational Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site utilizing the Aegis shipboard weapon system; launcher, radar, and command and control components. The first site was constructed in Romania. The Poland site will consist of three Mark-41 launcher foundations, aprons and crane pads; Radar Deckhouse foundation and a reconstitutable High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) protected Aegis Radar Deckhouse Support Building; 4MW of HEMP protected backup power, with a redundant N+2 capacity using relocatable generators, switchgear and transformer components; HEMP protected power distribution system; communications equipment pad; missile storage facility; secure warehouse; 120,000 gallon diesel fuel storage for backup
generators; 10,000 gallon diesel fuel storage tank and fuel truck offload facility; two 100,000 gallon fire water storage tanks and suppression pumps; entry control facility; electronic security system infrastructure; site boundary and restricted area security fencing, gates, patrol roads, and access paving.

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Coordinates:   54°28'44"N   17°6'36"E

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