The Bundeswehr will begin the relocation of Patriot air defence systems into Poland’s territory in the coming days following a deal that was agreed upon by Berlin and Warsaw last month.
The deployment of the Patriots will begin “in the coming days,” as reported by DPA. The first soldiers set out from Bad Suelze, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Monday.
“In sum, three batteries will protect the critical infrastructure of the NATO ally (Poland) in the region near the Ukrainian border,” DPA reported.
MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system used by the United States and several other countries. Developed in the 1960s, it was originally produced by Raytheon. Over the years, the system evaluated and the versions currently used by different countries differ from each other.
The German offer to deploy Patriots in Poland was made after a missile explosion…
Germany to deploy Patriot batteries into Poland in coming days – EURACTIV.com
