US To Deploy Patriot Missiles In Poland In 2010: US Official

A US Army's Patriot Surface-to Air missile system is displayed during the Air Power Day
at the US airbase in Osan. Photo AFP

From AFP:

WARSAW — The United States will deploy ground-to-air Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010 and is discussing its plans for a new anti-missile system with Warsaw, a US defence official said Friday.

"We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the August 2008 agreement" with Poland, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Alexander Vershbow said in Warsaw.

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My Comment: The Russians are going to be "steamed" with this installation. Instead of 10 interceptors whose functionality and reliability are questionable, there are now going to face an unknown number of ground-to-air Patriot missiles whose accuracy and reliability are known.

From the Russian perspective .... this is the worse of all possible worlds.

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