An agreement on the American light shield in Poland is refined

(B2) The Poles and the Americans are fine-tuning a force protection agreement (SOFA) allowing the installation of the new US versus Obama anti-missile shield. Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States, is expected to be in Warsaw on October 21. The Obama administration should, in fact, begin by keeping a promise of the Bush administration: the installation of “Patriot” missiles. A first battery should be installed in the spring, near Warsaw in Wesola, reveals the daily Dziennik. In addition, Poland would remain one of the host countries of the new version anti-missile shield. From 2014, the country should host 30 SM-3 batteries. The European command center for these SM-3s would be located in the Czech Republic. This device is less expensive than the old system (10 million instead of 70 million) and above all requires less staff (100 instead of 400). The installation should start from 2014 to be operational one year later.