{"id":46454,"date":"2022-03-09T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/09\/two-army-patriot-missile-batteries-dispatched-to-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:25:11","slug":"two-army-patriot-missile-batteries-dispatched-to-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/03\/09\/two-army-patriot-missile-batteries-dispatched-to-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Army Patriot missile batteries dispatched to Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon is sending two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2022\/02\/01\/us-military-fired-patriot-missiles-during-yemen-houthi-attack-on-uae\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patriot surface-to-air missile<\/a> batteries to Poland \u2014 a move U.S. European Command said would \u201cproactively\u201d counter \u201cany potential threat\u201d to U.S. and NATO forces in the alliance\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/02\/28\/more-us-troops-could-head-to-europe-amid-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">4,700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division<\/a> were dispatched to Poland last month to bolster NATO\u2019s deterrence posture as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Poland\u2019s border has been a conduit through which man-portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons have traveled to Ukrainians fending off the Russian military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Patriot systems, which will come from the Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Germany, can track and intercept ballistic missiles launched at U.S. forces in the event of an attack. Russia has fired more than 600 missiles into Ukraine, and the Patriot system could also guard against a stray shot if the war creeps closer to Polish borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a prudent force protection measure that underpins our commitment to Article Five and will in no way support any offensive operations,\u201d U.S. European Command spokesman Scott Ghiringhelli said in a statement. \u201cEvery step we take is intended to deter aggression and reassure our allies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article Five is the NATO\u2019s collective defense principle. It requires all member states to treat an attack on one as an attack on the entire alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/03\/08\/us-can-transfer-polands-fighter-jets-to-ukraine-polish-foreign-minister-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635719741065632480-000-dv2011326jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon says Poland\u2019s fighter jet transfer offer not \u2018tenable\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The announcement from Poland&#039;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs appeared to surprise some U.S. officials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deployment of the two Patriot batteries will likely reassure Polish allies after a faux pas early this week involving the attempted transfer of Polish aircraft to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In statements Tuesday, Poland suggested it was \u201cimmediately\u201d sending all of its MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany so that U.S. officials could give them to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon rebuked the offer Tuesday evening. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the move was not \u201ctenable,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe prospect of fighter jets \u2018at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America\u2019 departing from a U.S.\/NATO base in Germany to fly into airspace that is contested with Russia over Ukraine raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance,\u201d Kirby said in a statement. \u201cIt is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airspace over Ukraine remains contested, to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rusi.org\/explore-our-research\/publications\/rusi-defence-systems\/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations\" target=\"_blank\">shock of many observers<\/a> of the Russian Air Force. During a call with U.S. senators over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requested the U.S. send more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/2022\/03\/05\/putin-warns-3rd-parties-against-creating-ukraine-no-fly-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian-made planes<\/a> that his pilots already know how to fly, and drones, to help Ukrainians battle for the skies there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden and other top officials have ruled out Zelenskyy\u2019s requests for a no-fly zone. 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