Poland missile site angers Russia

22nd January 2010

Poland prepares its defences

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A Patriot missile battery and 100 hundred US troops will be deployed close to the Russian border as part of Polish plans to shore up its aging defences.

The anti-missile system and its support staff will head to an air-base near the north-eastern town of Morag despite fears that Russia may view the deployment with unease.

Dismissing speculation that Morag was chosen in order to send a message to the Kremlin, Bogdan Klich, Poland’s defence minister, said the decision was dictated by practical reasons rather than strategic.

“The decision does not have any significance: neither political nor strategic,” he told reporters. “The only reason was the good infrastructure. “In Mora ...

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