Poland and U.S. Army hold joint air defence exercises near Warsaw


  • World
  • Sunday, 22 Mar 2015

WARSAW (Reuters) - The U.S. Army Europe has deployed a Patriot missile defence battery near Warsaw as part of joint exercises with Poland aimed at reassuring the NATO member in light of the conflict in neighbouring Ukraine.

Poland, in NATO since 1999, does not have its own system to protect against ballistic missiles and is to take a decision regarding the supplier for its medium-range missile defence system within weeks.

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