Poland to build missile defense with US
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Poland's President Bronislaw Komorowski said Tuesday that the defense minister will travel to the US in May to negotiate cooperation on a state-of-the-art missile defense system that Poland wants to build.
Poland is accelerating efforts to upgrade its defense systems and armed forces, spurred by the conflict between Russian-backed separatists and government forces in neighboring Ukraine. The Defense Ministry said Tuesday it was seeking to obtain eight medium range Patriot missile batteries by 2025, two of them within three years after signing the contract. Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak will also negotiate an offset agreement to guarantee the participation of Poland's defense companies in the building of the system, the ministry said.
