Prospects for Missile Defence in Europe Against Ballistic Threats From Iran
Prospects for Missile Defence in Europe Against Ballistic Threats From Iran

Author(s): Marcin Andrzej Piotrowski
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Iran; missile; defence; Europe; Ballistic threats; prospects; EPAA; NATO;
Summary/Abstract: Initiated in 2010 by the United States, the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) system is designed to protect the European countries of NATO and U.S. military bases there against ballistic missiles from Iran. The incoming Biden administration will likely prepare a comprehensive review of U.S. missile defence and the EPAA project given the uncertainty of the progress of the Iranian arsenal and delays in finalisation of the system’s Phase III, including the base in Redzikowo, Poland. A further slowdown in work on EPAA or a halt might be elements of the U.S.-Russia strategic dialogue. The conclusions of the missile defence review will influence the final shape of NATO’s defence against Iran’s missile arsenal, however any potential changes in the project may have less impact on Poland’s interests or its relations with the U.S. than was observed in 2009.

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