The much awaited Patriot missiles, developed by the United States as part of the anti-missile defense system for Europe, will be deployed in Poland by the year 2010, according to U.S officials. The first consignment of the ground to air missiles, designated to be the first line of defense against incoming ballistic missiles are to be stationed in Poland’s capital, Warsaw.

According to Alexander Vershbow (US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security),

“We presented some detailed information on how the rotations of our Patriot batteries would be conducted over the next few years under the August 2008 agreement. We look forward to the commencement of those rotations next year. We are very interested in the possibility that Poland would be the host country for one of the two land-based SM-3 missile sites that are envisaged under the four-staged plan that President Obama has laid out. This system is specifically designed to protect all of NATO as well as US forces and US civilians based in Europe.”

The Patriot missiles stationed in Poland will be pre-armed and have been designed to merge with the Polish defense systems with relative ease, thereby making their operational status an instant reality. This step further solidifies U.S President Barrack Obama’s initiative to secure the European Union against any preemptive nuclear or conventional strike from Russia and will make Poland an active member in the newly formed anti-missile system pact.

Apart from the Patriot missile batteries, the United States has also planned to place and deploy SM-3 missiles in Poland and the Czech Republic. The SM-3 is a ship launched anti ballistic missile, not only capable of taking out incoming ballistic projectiles, but can also be used in the capacity as an satellite intercept system, capable of neutralizing enemy satellites, operational in the low-level orbit.

Via Space War.