U.S. Department of Defense: Work Joins Groundbreaking for Ballistic Missile Defense Site in Poland
At a groundbreaking ceremony here for an Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense site today, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work emphasized the system is for the protection of NATO members and not directed at Russia.
As American and Polish flags fluttered in the breeze, Work and dignitaries including Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz and NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Investment Patrick Auroy tossed shovelfuls of dirt to signify the start of the construction phase.
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WNU Editor: The locals are not happy ..... but even then the protests were small .... Not That Welcome: Polish Village Protests Against US Missile Defense System (Sputnik). How times have changed .... 30 years ago tens of thousands would have showed up .... today .... a few dozen.
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Construction of NATO missile base begins -- Radio Poland
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Poland begins construction of NATO anti-ballistic-missile defense site -- APA
Putin warns NATO missile shield is threat to peace in Europe -- Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg
US Missile Defense System in Poland Not Directed Against Russia - Warsaw -- Sputnik
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