Thread: Poland and the US Sign Missile Defense Agreement

8/20/2008 - Poland and the US Sign Missile Defense Agreement to Provide NATO and Europe Protection Against Long

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WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org) reports that on a stunning summer day at 1130 a.m. this morning in Warsaw, Poland, the Republic of Poland signed an agreement with the United States of America to host 10 U.S. two-stage ground-based missile defense interceptors that will defend and protect NATO and the United States from long range ballistic missiles.
Poland received for compensation a strategic partnership with the United States that includes a permanent presence of US personnel to operate the missile defense site in Poland and a rotational permanent presence of one United States Patriot missile defense battery stationed currently in Germany. The Patriot battery includes five launchers, Patriot missiles and the US military Army soldiers that man the battery for short-range ballist ic missile defense protection of NATO. The United States receives a capability to defend its armed forces, the citizens and allies in most of Europe as well as adding protection for its population and territory against long-range ballistic missiles from Iran.

The United States with this agreement alongside the European Midcourse Radar agreement signed with the Czech Republic on July 8th will provide NATO and most of Europe and its population protection for the first time against long-range ballistic missiles. The European Missile Defense system will integrate and assist current and future NATO missile defense assets that would include Aegis, Air Defense Command Frigates and Type 45 Destroyers sea based systems, THAAD, MEADS, Patriot g round based systems, Tactical Transport Radars and forward based radars to provide a layered shield of missile defense protection against all ranges of ballistic missiles to Europe and NATO.

The 10 two-stage Ground Based Missiles, the silos and the construction of the missile site is to be located on the Redzikovo Polish military base outside of Slupska and close to the Baltic Sea in northern Poland. The United States Army Corps of Engineers stationed in Europe will begin construction in the next 12-18 months with the first deployed defensive missile to be on alert in 2012, and the remaining defensive missiles to be on full alert by 2015. The two-stage ground based missile is the same missile without the third stage as the current ground-based defensive missiles deployed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California and Fort Greely, Alaska. The two-stage ground based defensive missiles will complete their testing and verification by the US Department of Defense before the first missile is deployed in 2012.

Public support is strong both in Poland and the United States. 63% of the Polish public in a poll released today by the largest newspaper, Gazeta, in Warsaw are in support of20the agreement. 87% of the Polish public believes that the agreement will strengthen Poland's relationship with the United States. This follows a poll by opinion research in the United States that shows 72% of the United States public support the agreement with the Polish government.

The continual intent by Iran to develop long-range ballistic missiles coupled with their desire to have nu clear weapons as displayed by this past Saturday's Satellite Launch Vehicle attempt to deliver payloads into orbit provides the will and need by NATO, Poland and the United States to deploy a defensive capability to protect and defend their national security.

Riki Ellison is in Warsaw today and is available for one-on-one interviews about the significance of the agreement. Call Mike Terrill at 602 885-1955 to arrange.

Not a Smart move by NATO, Reciprocity

Any signs yet of Russian troops movements in that direction? Keep us posted.

This coming right on the heals of the Russian invasion of Georgia.......Make no mistake, this action is not directed against Iran. They have no nukes (yet) and if/when they do, why in the world would they nuke Poland? POLAND. Serioulsy? This is directed at Russia, without a doubt.

The dopes in DC must have missed the last 20 years, because they are fighting this thing like the Cold War. If they keep acting like this, they might get their wish....

Russians have reasonly moved 2 SS 21 Mobile Ballistic Missile Launchers (Nuclear capable) into South Ossetia in case NATO tries to make a move there. As far as Poland is concerned who knows, but signing a misslie defence agreement will only further escalate tension between NATO & US and Russia, all in all a very bad move by NATO and the US.

This is a breach of our deal with Russia concerning SDI. A terrible move by NATO and the United States. Russia isn't stupid, they know this missile defense system enables a pre-emptive strike by the US against Russia because the missile defense system interrupts a counter-strike.

This is the Cuban Missile Crisis in reverse.

Russia can not let this stand. We wouldn't and we can't expect them to accept something we never would.

Dumb and Dangerous.