US to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland in 2010: US official
"We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the August 2008 agreement" with Poland, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Alexander Vershbow said in Warsaw.
"We look forward to the commencement of those rotations next year," Vershbow said following talks with Poland's Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Komorowski Friday ahead of next week's visit by Vice President Joe Biden.
"This system is specifically designed to protect all of NATO as well as US forces and US civilians based in Europe," he added.
Last month Obama scrapped a plan agreed by his Republican predecessor George W. Bush to install a controversial anti-missile system in the two neighbours.
The Bush administration said the shield was designed to deal with attacks by so-called "rogue" states, namely Iran, but Russia slammed it as a threat to its national security.
Obama said that after a rethink, and the realisation that Iran was developing its own missiles more slowly than anticipated, his administration was opting for a more flexible system.
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- bansheewail
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A logical approach to supporting our allies is refreshing.
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- bansheewail
- 1 month ago
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The Patriot missles were so ineffective at stopping the primitive SCUD missles in the first Iraq war; I believe they had a one in twenty success rate, why on earth would we think they would be of any use in Poland? Have they been upgraded with "Transformer, Robots in Disguise" technology?
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Why deploy antiquated weaponry? Why deploy any weaponry?
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- samthesixth
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Its not really for defense... its for defense projection. People are just happy to think that the US has their back.
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A logical approach would be spending our tax dollars on something that benefits us. How do missiles on the other side of the world benefit the American people at all?
Wake up America. The Cold War is over.
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- FallenMorgan
- 1 month ago
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I don't think the Cold War is over (just because one side declared it to be over and took their ball and went home doesn't mean it is over), but I agree with FallenMorgan's desire to spend money on something that benefits us.
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- samthesixth
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Good
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- larrysnotes
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What I meant by "the Cold War is over" is that we don't need to "fight communism" and "defend freedom" anymore. World War II should have been followed by a period of normalcy, but we spent the next sixty years in a pissing contest with another country.
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- FallenMorgan
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The money it took to deploy these missels could have fed a whole lot of starving people in America.But its nothing new for this country to pour money into other countries. I mean look how our Government has supported Israel. enough said !
