U.S. sends Patriot missiles, soldiers to Poland


World | 206776 hits | May 25 1:13 am | Posted by: Hyack
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WARSAW, Poland � Dozens of American soldiers and a battery of Patriot missiles have arrived in Poland, where they will spend the next two years teaching the Polish military to operate the advanced guided missile system at a base just a few miles from the

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  1. by avatar GreenTiger
    Tue May 25, 2010 3:55 pm
    This should irk the Russians.

  2. by avatar Dragom
    Tue May 25, 2010 4:35 pm
    I think it was Poland where a bunch of protesters hopped a fence of a military base to protest the American nuclear arms held there.

    Walked right up the the building they where stored in before anyone knew what was happening.

    And I guess that's why their sending their own soldiers.

  3. by avatar PostFactum
    Tue May 25, 2010 4:46 pm
    Russia gets nervous:)

  4. by avatar PostFactum
    Tue May 25, 2010 4:50 pm
    "GreenTiger" said
    This should irk the Russians.

    Everything was agreed half of a year ago between Medvedev and Obama it's strategical missles not tactical. Looking for nowdays types of doing war, distance doesn't matter :)

  5. by avatar Bacardi4206
    Tue May 25, 2010 5:08 pm
    "GreenTiger" said
    This should irk the Russians.

    What doesn't irk them.

  6. by avatar Wada
    Tue May 25, 2010 5:26 pm
    Washington is more than aware of their position....they still remember Cuba. :roll:

  7. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue May 25, 2010 5:35 pm
    "GreenTiger" said
    This should irk the Russians.


    Too bad.

  8. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue May 25, 2010 5:39 pm
    Why should it irk the Russians? Unless they still have eyes for Poland.

  9. by avatar Proculation
    Tue May 25, 2010 6:07 pm
    Hey USA, North Korea is more farer.

  10. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue May 25, 2010 7:23 pm
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    Why should it irk the Russians? Unless they still have eyes for Poland.


    They do.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/colu ... mpire.html

  11. by Thanos
    Tue May 25, 2010 8:45 pm
    Bush's envisioned missile defence interceptors were separate from the Patriots missiles, which have a shorter range and have not provoked Russian anger as greatly as the missile defence plan had.


    Different animal altogether, which explains why Moscow isn't too torqued up about this yet. One wonders what would have happened with the global anti-terror campaign, and whether or not Iran would have gotten so belligerent over the last few years, if Bush hadn't pissed in the Russians faces by tearing up the old ABM treaty. Add Russian aid into the situation, instead of giving Russia reasons to lean towards the enemy side, and the entire scenario today might have been completely different than the quagmire it's turned into.

  12. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue May 25, 2010 9:21 pm
    Patriot missiles can defend a specific location from inbound ballistic missiles and the Bush proposal was to use a mere ten modified SM-3 missiles (basically the SM-3 with an inexpensive booster stage) to defend a region from one or two inbound threats. That the Russians got SO upset over this speaks not to any provocation by Bush, but to the fact that the Russians are concerned that they might only be able to get 1 or 2 of their missiles off the ground at any given time.

    Oh, and don't forget that those hypocrites have a massive anti-ICBM capability all over Russia despite treaty obligations that limited ABM forces to Moscow only.



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