Polish and U.S. soldiers look at a Patriot missile defence battery during joint exercises at the military grounds in Sochaczew, near Warsaw, in this file picture taken March 21, 2015. Poland has chosen U.S. firm Raytheon, the maker of the Patriot missile, as the supplier for its medium-range missile defence system, Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/Franciszek Mazur/Agencja Gazeta/Files
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland said on Tuesday it would buy Raytheon Co's Patriot missiles from the United States and provisionally selected French Airbus Group helicopters as it speeds up the modernization of its military amid tensions with Russia.
The choice of suppliers, in deals potentially worth $8 billion, strikes a trans-Atlantic balance as Eastern Europe's largest economy re-arms itself on NATO's frontline while edging toward a bigger role in Europe's defence industry.
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