U.S. to Deliver Missile Shield to Poland, Irritating Putin
- Poland signs $4.75 billion deal for Raytheon’s Patriot system
- Countries to start talks on buying further batteries in April
A Patriot missile battery
Photographer: Master Sgt. Sean M. Worrell/USAF
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Poland signed a $4.75 billion contract with the U.S. for the first phase of a Patriot air missile-defense system to soothe concerns over a more assertive Russia, which has been critical of NATO’s increasing presence in the region.
The agreement follows Monday’s coordinated expulsion of more than 100 Russian diplomats by 24 nations, including the U.S. and Poland, in response to a nerve-agent attack in the U.K. Under Poland’s largest-ever weapons purchase, Patriot producer Raytheon Co. will start deliveries of rockets and communication systems in 2022.