on March 28 Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland will sign the weapon contract on delivery the first batteries for system of air and antimissile defense "Vistula", writes the edition to Polityka .
"After decade of planning, analyses, selection and negotiating Poland goes to signing of the greatest in the history of the weapon agreement for delivery the first batteries of system of air and antimissile defense "Vistula"" — is spoken in the material Polityka.
Signing of the agreement will happen in Sochaczew where there is a command of the Warsaw crew of rocket air protection. This crew unique in Air Forces Poland where divisions of antiaircraft "Surface-to-air" rockets concentrated.
These arms are included into the American Patriot system. But, as experts note, the configuration of "Vistula" will be more ambitious: new radar with critical technologies and the Israeli invention — the SkyCeptor rockets adapted for requirements of NATO.
under Only contract Poland will spend over 30 billion zloties.
It is known that after official signatures Poland becomes the 15th client of a missile system of air and antimissile defense of Patriot in the world.
Earlier, out of United States of America, this system bought and entered on arms Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Province of Taiwan, Greece, Spain, South Korea, Connected Arab Emirates and Qatar. The last agreement on purchase was signed by Romania, in January.