The “long-awaited” anti-missile defense base with a “top-class air defense system.” World media report on the opening of a new American base in Redzikowo, writing, among other things, about the genesis of its creation.
The ceremonial opening of the American missile defense base in Redzikowo (Pomeranian Voivodeship) took place on Wednesday. “Poland regards the opening of the American missile base as a symbol of security,” Reuters reported on the same day, writing that “Warsaw claims that the continuation of work on the base by subsequent U.S. presidents shows that Poland's military alliance with Washington remains durable, regardless of who sits in the White House.
Opening of the American anti-missile base in RedzikowoPAP/Adam Warżawa
Base in Redzikowo – media about its history
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declared that the opening of the American missile defense base in Redzikowo is an attempt to contain the military potential Russia. He announced that Russia “will use retaliatory measures to guarantee parity.” Reuters recalled the Kremlin's position and, citing military sources, reported that the American system in Poland “can currently only be used against missiles launched from the Middle East, and the radar would have to change direction to intercept missiles from Russia, which is a complex procedure requiring a change in policy.” “.
The British “Independent” emphasized that the base in Redzikowo is intended to protect USA and their European allies against ballistic missile attacks, primarily from Iran. As the daily recalled, the base “was originally planned by US President George W. Bush as a way to protect Europe against ballistic threats from Iran.”
Cutting the ribbon at the ceremony in RedzikowoPAP/Adam Warżawa
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“Top-class air defense system”
The opening of the base in Redzikowo did not go unnoticed in the countries neighboring Poland. The Czech Radio website iROZHLAS.cz published an interview with geopolitics and military specialist Dr. Jan Kofron, who pointed out that the base's equipment is a “top-class air defense system.” “The US opens an anti-missile base in Poland to the irritation of Moscow” – this is the title of an article published on the English-language website of the German news agency dpa.
Outside Europe, an article devoted to the new base was devoted, among others, to the Al-Jazeera television website, which reported that its opening “may alleviate concerns about Europe's security” when Donald Trump will sit in the White House. The American “Newsweek” reported on its website a few hours before the opening of the base in Pomerania that it was the first permanent American military base in Poland. The website of the American weekly “Barron's” described the base as “long-awaited”.
American anti-missile base in Redzikowo Adam Warżawa/PAP/EPA
Reuters, The Independent, iROZHLAS.cz, dpa, Al-Jazeera, Newsweek, Barron's, tvn24.pl
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