(6 Feb 2023)
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Warsaw - 6 February 2023
1. Various of Patriot air defense system at Warsaw's Bemowo airport
2. Various of patriot launchers and military trucks behind wire fence
3. Wide of fence with sign behind reading (Polish) "Airport area, access strictly prohibited"
4. Wide of military machinery behind fence
STORYLINE:
Patriot missile batteries that Poland acquired from the U.S. last year have been deployed to the country's capital Warsaw as part of military exercises, according to Poland's defense ministry.
Poland is taking additional steps to strengthen its defensive capabilities as Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine enters its second year later this month.
At least three ground-to-air missile launchers were seen Monday at Warsaw’s Bemowo airport.
Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Twitter over the weekend that the redeployment of the missile batteries from their base in Sochaczew, central Poland, to Warsaw was “an important element to the training" of the 3rd Warsaw Brigade of Missile Air Defense.
The Patriot batteries are part of Poland’s multibillion dollar armaments purchases from the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere.
AP video shot by Rafal Niedzielski.
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