The start of operations of the US anti-missile base in Poland
| On Monday, the Prime Minister of Poland announced that the American anti-missile base in the country would become operational in the coming days. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the Polish government announced the operationalization of the American anti-missile base in the coming days. Russia considers this decision a security threat.
According to the website of the news network “BBC
The Redzikow base in northern Poland will be the second US base of its kind in Europe and is scheduled to begin operating on Friday. The first American base is located in the south of Romania.
The NATO coalition has announced that the American-made Aegis missile system deployed in both bases for equal protection Iranian and Russian missiles. Russia strongly opposes these bases and considers them a security threat. has proposed a special dollar for military modernization to Poland. In a statement, the US State Department described the Warsaw government as a staunch ally of the US whose security is vital for the collective defense of NATO’s eastern flank and claimed: “Washington considers such credits only for its most important security partners.”
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the country’s parliament that the United States had informed that the base would start operating on Friday.
The bases in Romania and Poland are part of a missile defense system that also includes a radar center in Turkey, a command center in Germany and links to US Navy ships. This missile system only works against ballistic missiles and does not work against cruise missiles.
Redzikov base was supposed to start working in 2018, but its opening has been postponed many times.
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