Poland seeks to combine short and medium-range missile defence - MoD

The subject of negotiations related to deliveries of the US Patriot air-defence system includes connecting the Wisla medium-range air defence system with the short-range Narew system, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Monday. On Monday, Polish negotiators started the next round of negotiations with the United States on the means of carrying out the first stage of Patriot deliveries, and details of the second phase of the programme. "On March 28, I signed a deal with the Americans for delivery of the first elements, as well as delivery of the new battlefield command system, IBCS." Blaszczak said. "We will immediately progress to work related to the second phase of the programme," he said. "In the second phase we want to purchase further Patriot batteries, a new, 360-degree radar, which gives a greater capacity to effectively counter missile attacks than the sector-scan radar," the minister added.