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International News The United States will deploy its Patriot Missile system on Polish soil this year with a highly trained 100 strong unit of US military personnel despite strong objections by Russia.
Tensions between Moscow and the European Union have been escalating following various plans by the US to deploy a missile defence system in the Czech Republic and Poland to counter a potential threat from Iran.
Analysts in Moscow have confirmed that moves are now in place to try to negotiate a missile deployment in Poland that will not jeopardize "Russia's traditional sphere of influence" and provoke a "Georgia type response". Last year Russia sent troops into Georgia over a territorial dispute.
The United States in recent briefings according to sources at the US Defense Department is "extremely concerned" over a recent Iranian missile test with a medium range ballistic missile that can reach Israel, southeastern Europe, and U.S. bases in the Middle East. The US Pentagon confirmed that this recent test "is consistent" with U.S. concerns about Iran's effort to develop ballistic missiles and its nuclear program.
Global Security has reported that "Iran's ability to threaten U.S. allies in Europe is a key motivation for the missile defense system the Bush Administration was working on installing in Poland and the Czech Republic. The Obama Administration has been reviewing whether it wants to proceed with the program. President Obama says he wants to evaluate whether the system is technologically feasible and cost effective, and whether the Iranian threat can be eased through diplomacy."
About the Patriot Missile System
The Patriot Programs Integrated Business Team delivers the world’s most advanced air and missile defense system globally. Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is the prime contractor for Patriot, the world’s most sophisticated long-range, high-altitude, all-weather air and missile defense system, and is the Mission Systems Integrator (MSI) for the PAC-3 system.
As MSI, Raytheon IDS ensures that all Patriot system components provide the warfighter a reliable and lethal capability to defeat advanced threats, including aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and UAVs in current and future operational combat environments. photo credit: Ratheon
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