Weimar Triangle: Poland Wants Missile System With France, Germany
Focus News Agency
August 11, 2012
Poland wants to build missile defence system with France, Germany
Warsaw: Poland wants to cooperate with France and Germany on the establishment of its own missile defence system, the Polish Press Agency reported on Saturday, quoting Polish Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak as saying, RIA Novosti informed.
“We want it [creation of the missile defence system] to happen in cooperation with France, Germany and other our allies. NATO welcomes the initiatives of the countries to build up their joint defence capabilities.
This is so-called smart defence,” Siemoniak told the agency.
The minister estimated the planned Polish missile defence system at $3-6 billion.
In early August, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said that Warsaw needed its own missile defence shield which would be a part of the NATO missile defence system, along with the U.S. elements of the European Missile Defence that will be deployed on the Polish territory by 2018.
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Russian Information Agency Novosti
August 11, 2012
Poland Wants to Build Missile Defense System with France, Germany
WARSAW: Poland wants to cooperate with France and Germany on the establishment of its own missile defense system, Polish Press Agency reported on Saturday, quoting Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak as saying.
“We want it [creation of the missile defense system] to happen in cooperation with France, Germany and other our allies. NATO welcomes the initiatives of the countries to build up their joint defense capabilities. This is so-called smart defense,” Siemoniak told the agency.
The minister estimated the planned Polish missile defense system at $3-6 billion.
In early August, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said that Warsaw needed s its own missile defense shield which would be a part of the NATO missile defense system, along with the U.S. elements of the European Missile Defense that will be deployed on the Polish territory by 2018.
The United States scrapped plans in September, 2010 for an anti-ballistic-missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland. Moscow welcomed the move, and Russia’s then-President Dmitry Medvedev said later that Russia would drop plans to deploy Iskander-M tactical missiles in its Kaliningrad Region, which borders NATO members, Poland and Lithuania.
Last year, however, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Washington’s plans to deploy the U.S. new-generation ballistic missile defense interceptor site in Poland by 2018.
