US deploys Patriot Missiles close to Russia?

U.S. Patriot missiles may soon appear near the Russian border as Poland decides to move the long planned base just one hundred kilometers from the western Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. The battery - scheduled to be set up by April - will have up to eight launchers and will be manned by some 100 U.S. soldiers. The decision to set up the base was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama shortly after he shelved the Bush-era plan for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. Russia's Defence ministry denies reports leaked from the country's Navy that Russia's Baltic fleet will be upgraded with high-precision weapons to balance the deployment of the U.S. base in Poland. However, some experts fear that Washington's step is a threat to Russia's security.

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