Missile shield deal with US signed - Russia outraged
In exchange for the permission for the installation of an element of the US defense system, the American administration will also install a Patriot battery in Poland by 2012. The Patriot battery will be transferred from Germany to Poland.
Moreover, 110-120 soldiers will come to train the Polish officials on using the missiles. The agreement also envisages annual investments made by the US party into the modernization of the Polish army of around $40 million a year.
Representatives of both sides were very glad with the outcome of the negotiations. Russian representatives harshly declared that the anti missile shield is aimed against their country. "Poland has shown the real strategic targets of the shield. The fact that the agreement was signed during the Russian-US crisis shows that it is aimed against Russia and not Iran," said Dmitry Rogozin, Russian representative in NATO.
Sources: Gazeta Wyborcza, Dziennik, Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
Moreover, 110-120 soldiers will come to train the Polish officials on using the missiles. The agreement also envisages annual investments made by the US party into the modernization of the Polish army of around $40 million a year.
Representatives of both sides were very glad with the outcome of the negotiations. Russian representatives harshly declared that the anti missile shield is aimed against their country. "Poland has shown the real strategic targets of the shield. The fact that the agreement was signed during the Russian-US crisis shows that it is aimed against Russia and not Iran," said Dmitry Rogozin, Russian representative in NATO.
Sources: Gazeta Wyborcza, Dziennik, Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
