Talk:Deveselu Military Base

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Review: November 6, 2022. (Reviewed version).

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Did you know... that the Aegis BMD at Deveselu Military Base, intended to intercept missiles from Iran, has been called a "direct threat" by Russian officials?

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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 14:22, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Aegis Missile Defense System at Deveselu Military Base

... that the Aegis BMD at Deveselu Military Base was intended to intercept missiles from Iran, but has been called a "direct threat" by Russian officials? Source: https://theworld.org/stories/2022-03-23/southern-romania-villagers-are-uneasy-about-nato-missile-defense-system-its
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bombing of Mokha
- Comment: Not sure if the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System should be spelled out (which would make the hook longer), or if it's clear enough from the following explanation that it can intercept missiles (I believe it is).

Created by Alin2808 (talk). Nominated by LordPeterII (talk) at 20:42, 28 October 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @LordPeterII: good article! Going to AGF since I don't understand Romanian. Onegreatjoke (talk) 13:27, 31 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I think people might get confused with the BMD acronym. Perhaps using only Aegis System, or Aegis Ashore System could be enough. Alin2808 (talk) 12:32, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

PASSED

Article has passed GA. Oxi (talk

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Reviewer: Oxi2514 (talk · contribs) 22:03, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
Pass. Prose is clear, layout is good, article can be understood and word choice is unbiased
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
Pass. Standard reflist, reliable sources, no original research. Copyvio/plagiarism issues addressed.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Pass. Article size is good and stays on topic.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Pass. Article is written from a neutral standpoint.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
Pass. Article is stable.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
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Pass. All images are tagged, suitable and captioned
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Opening Comments

Hey, il be reviewing this article as soon as I can. This is my first GA review so please bear with me, and I apologize in advance if any of my findings are incorrect. Plan to get a decent amount of the review done in the coming days however will have it done by next weekend at the most. Oxi (talk|he/him)

Hey there, thank you for taking the time to review the article. And no worries, review it at your own pace :) Alin2808 (talk) 22:40, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Aegis Ashore shares components of the ship-based version including the AN/SPY-1 radar, Command, Control, and Communication systems, Computers and Intelligence (C4I) systems, Mk 41 Vertical Launch Systems, computer processors, display systems, power supplies, and Raytheon SM-3 interceptor missile variants. The Deveselu site has been upgraded to use the SM-3 Block IB interceptor. The SM-3 Block IB has additional capabilities compared to prior SM-3 versions in identifying and tracking objects during flight.
This paragraph almost directly matches a paragraph found in Source [1], I would suggest rewording it.

The same launchers can be used to fire a range of surface-to-air missiles as well as Tomahawk cruise missiles and other offensive weapons,
I would recommend rewording this sentence found near the bottom of the first capabilities paragraph as it directly matches [2]

Done both. I can further reword them if needed.

Second one is fine now, top paragraph is still showing as a match so that one will need a little more rewording.

Alright, slightly reworded it. I think it should be fine now, unless the C4I definition has something to do with it.

Infobox

Little thing I found, was reading through Source [3] and I noticed it mentions a Colonel Veronel Vavura who served before Razvan Bratulescu. You may want to mention him in the "Past Commanders" infobox section

Done Also changed the source to an official one and changed the years of use for the base to match its establishment in 2012.

Spotcheck

Will be checking 5 random sources later to make sure there's no original research

Source 17: Y Verified.
Source 6: Y Verified.
Source 16: Y Verified.
Source 2: Y Verified.
Source 7: Y Verified.

Spotcheck Notes

Just want to check, is roaf.ro the official Romanian Air Force website? [4]

Yes. You can also check the official sites with the site of the Ministry of Defence - [5]

Brilliant, thank you.

Closing Comments

I have concluded my review. Excellent job with this article, it meets all 6 criteria and all of my suggestions and issues have been addressed well. I'm happy to say that this article has Passed. Congratulations. :) Oxi (talk|he/him) 10:11, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again for the review! :) Alin2808 (talk) 12:34, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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