Poland

 Background

Poland itself does not have any missile defense capabilities but the country was chosen by the Bush Administration to host 10 Ground-Based Interceptors as part of the European component of the American Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD). In return for cooperation and support on missile defense, Poland was to be given Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3) Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

  Current Development

The new Administration of President Obama is conducting a revision of the plans to build the Third Site. The plan is likely to be abandoned because associated costs are too high. There is also the significant problem of relatively low public support in recipient countries.

 Capabilities