Patriot Missile Battery Arrives In Poland -- ReutersA U.S. Patriot missile battery has arrived in Poland as part of an agreement to upgrade the NATO ally's air defenses, the U.S. embassy said on Monday, in a deployment likely to irritate neighboring Russia.
The battery, manned by up to 150 U.S. troops, will be stationed for about one month four times a year in Morag, northern Poland, close to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad. Its main mission is to train Polish military personnel.
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Update: U.S. Joins Poland for Exercises -- Wall Street Journal
My Comment: It sends a wrong message to Russia, on top of the fact that it's contribution to the security to Eastern Europe will be next to nil.
This is all about politics, with the Poles using the Americans to rile up the Russians .... and being very successful at it.
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