The US deploys cruise missiles to Poland.

• January 22, 2017 18:56

The first units of the US-made Jassm Extended Range "air-to-surface" high-precision cruise missile have arrived at the Polish air base Krzesiny.

The first JASSM-ER cruise missiles from the US have arrived in Poland.

This was reported by "Radio Poland," citing a statement from Deputy Defense Minister Bartosz Kovnatskogo. Notably, the missiles will be equipped on F-16 fighter jets currently stationed at bases in Poznan and Laski.

Earlier reports indicated that Warsaw and Washington had signed an agreement for the supply of JASSM-ER cruise missiles from the United States to Poland. The contract was valued at 940 million zloty (approximately $230 million).

According to Sputnik

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