New Navy Base

The Navy recently established Naval Support Facility Deveselu, Romania, which will support NATO's overall ballistic missile defense system, according to a service statement.

On Oct. 10, the service held an assumption of command ceremony for NSF Deveselu. The installation will be operational in 2015.

“NSF Deveselu, formerly a disused Romanian airfield, is the first Navy base to be established since Naval Station (NS) Everett in Washington, whose official groundbreaking ceremony was held Nov. 9, 1987,” the Navy statement reads.

The first of two proposed newly established bases, NSF Deveselu will use both a Standard Missile-3 interceptor battery and an Aegis SPY-1 radar.

“The site will consist of a fire-control radar deckhouse with an associated Aegis command, control and communications suite,” the statement reads. “Separately, it will house several launch modules containing SM-3 missiles and be manned by about 200 U.S. Military personnel, government civilians and support contractors.”