Patriot missile service center. The Prime Minister has good news

The Prime Minister said that Poland was competing with "several ambitious competitors, including Germany" to locate a service center for Patriots on its territory.

There are many, many indications (...) that approximately after the end of the government meeting, we will receive good news that Poland has been chosen as a partner for this project, which is extremely important from the point of view of defense, Tusk said on Tuesday.

Poland is to be chosen as the location of the European service center for PAC-3 interceptor missiles for Patriot systems, produced by Lockheed Martin. The center would be responsible for technical service, inspections and maintaining the readiness of missiles used by NATO countries, and not for their production.

The project is being developed by the USA, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. The agreement to explore the possibility of its creation was signed in July during the NATO summit in Ankara. The main competitors for the location of the center were Poland and Germany.

For Warsaw, the investment is of strategic importance because the Patriot system is one of the pillars of the Wisła air defense program. Poland has so far purchased eight Patriot batteries and PAC-3 MSE missiles. The national center could shorten missile servicing time, strengthen supply security and provide Polish industry with competences in maintaining them.