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| Patriot Missiles In Poland May Not Be Armed And Be Worthless |
| 2009-05-23 |
| 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. Because style always matters more than substance. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 The fail point is Bammo as CINC. Someone arrest the idiot for crimes against the Constitution, lock him up in Gitmo and waterboard his pansy ass until he gives up the names of his bankrollers. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2009-05-23 22:20 |
| #1 The anti-missile Patriot (PAC3) doesn't have a warhead. It's hit to kill. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-23 21:59 |