.What use unarmed Patriots in Poland?
Patriot rockets which Poland is to receive this year from the US, to beef up its air defences, will not be armed, it has been revealed.
Unarmed missiles will not be capable of destroying approaching enemy missiles. The situation, however temporary, is “highly undesirable”, Wladyslaw Stasiak, deputy head of the President’s Office, told Polish Radio Three this morning.
“Should the rockets be without warheads then even their symbolic meaning would be doubtful,” he said.
It was reported last week that Poland would receive the Patriot missile battery from the US whether the anti-missile shield - agreed by the Polish government and the previous Bush administration in Washington - gets the go-ahead from President Obama. “We expect the Patriot battery to be deployed on Polish soil by the end of 2009, as initially agreed with the Americans. This is important for Polish public opinion," Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Komorowski told Reuters, reminding that strengthening air defences was part of the deal for Poland stationing the 10 interceptor missiles.
Obama’s administration is currently reviewing the anti-missile system plan for cost and effectiveness.
It is not yet known whether the warheads for the Patriots will be stored in the same base as the US battery located in Poland - guarded by 100 American troops - or, for instance, in neighbouring Germany. This would be a crucial factor determining the time span during which the anti-rockets could be armed in case of a real security threat for Poland.
Polskie Radio
I'm doubting this story. If true, it would make Obama out to be an empty suit. And I don't see that.
Unarmed missiles will not be capable of destroying approaching enemy missiles. The situation, however temporary, is “highly undesirable”, Wladyslaw Stasiak, deputy head of the President’s Office, told Polish Radio Three this morning.
“Should the rockets be without warheads then even their symbolic meaning would be doubtful,” he said.
It was reported last week that Poland would receive the Patriot missile battery from the US whether the anti-missile shield - agreed by the Polish government and the previous Bush administration in Washington - gets the go-ahead from President Obama. “We expect the Patriot battery to be deployed on Polish soil by the end of 2009, as initially agreed with the Americans. This is important for Polish public opinion," Deputy Defence Minister Stanislaw Komorowski told Reuters, reminding that strengthening air defences was part of the deal for Poland stationing the 10 interceptor missiles.
Obama’s administration is currently reviewing the anti-missile system plan for cost and effectiveness.
It is not yet known whether the warheads for the Patriots will be stored in the same base as the US battery located in Poland - guarded by 100 American troops - or, for instance, in neighbouring Germany. This would be a crucial factor determining the time span during which the anti-rockets could be armed in case of a real security threat for Poland.
Polskie Radio
I'm doubting this story. If true, it would make Obama out to be an empty suit. And I don't see that.
posted by madtom at 9:32 PM
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Fucken americans. You balls-less assholes, you change your minds like baby girl. Fuck your own citizens with another bailout and leave other countries alone.
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