USA asked Poland to transfer a Patriot battery to the Middle East
The United States of America has asked Poland to transfer one of its Patriot missile batteries and some PAC-3 MSE missiles to the Middle East. This is stated in a publication by Rzeczpospolita, writes "European Pravda".
Illustrative photo. Photo: AP / Mindaugas Kulbis
The Americans unofficially approached Poland with a request to consider transferring one of the two Patriot air defense system batteries and PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles, which have already been delivered to Poland and are the property of the Polish army, to the Middle East.
The Polish army has two Patriot system batteries, which include 16 launchers. They reached full operational readiness at the end of 2025. This equipment allows destroying enemy missiles or aircraft from a distance of up to 100 km. The launchers can, among other things, fire PAC-3 MSE missiles, of which approximately 200 were ordered under a contract signed in 2019. Most of them are already in Poland.
Deliveries of the next six batteries, contracts for which were concluded in the autumn of 2023, are expected in 2027. Approximately 600 PAC-3 missiles were ordered then. These deliveries have not yet begun.
After the publication of this article, Polish Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote on social network X that Polish Patriot batteries and their weapons are used to defend Polish skies and NATO's eastern flank.
"Nothing has changed in this regard, and we do not plan to redeploy them anywhere! Our allies know and understand how important our tasks here are. Poland's security is our absolute priority," Kosiniak-Kamysz wrote.
According to Politico, representatives of the administration of American President Donald Trump recently began to warn other countries that US arms supplies to Ukraine could be interrupted in the coming months, as the Pentagon prioritizes their use in the war in Iran.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the US is not yet redirecting weapons for Ukraine to the Middle East, but may do so.
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