Poland to get US Patriot missiles

The Africa News.Net
Thursday 26th November, 2009

US Patriot missile PAC-3 systems will be placed in Poland next year.

The United States and Poland have agreed to terms surrounding the deployment of troops and Patriot missiles in the country.

The military presence of the United States will be formally signed in Warsaw in December at a formalising ceremony to allow the US ground-to-air missile base in Poland.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said the United States also wants to deploy the missiles in the neighbouring Czech Republic by 2015.

His announcement has replaced previous US plans to install a controversial anti-missile shield system in the two countries.

The shield, which was promoted by President George W. Bush when he was in office, angered Russia, which considered it a threat to its security.

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