Warsaw does not have $ 10 billion for the deployment on the Polish territory of the US Patriot missile defense complex.

This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense of Poland Bartosz Kovnacki. In his opinion, this is too high a price for the Polish budget. "Our specialists went to the US to negotiate about its reduction. Keep calm, because this is just a normal stage of negotiations. It is important that the final goal is achieved, "Kovnatsky told" Polish Radio ". Meanwhile, as follows from the document sent by the US State Department to the Congress, the published price is not final. Experts believe that in this way the Polish side entered into bargaining with the Americans. However, Warsaw, confident that Moscow is preparing for her attack, you want to get these Patriots. "If Americans are flexible, the Poles will pay 10 billion.

It is interesting that representatives of the Defense Ministry began to speak out about money - it is logical that the Ministry of Finance should raise it, "the senior researcher of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an expert on Poland Vadim Volobuev. In mid-November this year it became known that the US administration decided to sell to Poland the air defense and antimissile defense system Patriot in the configuration of "3+" for a total of about $ 10.5 billion. In particular, the Pentagon plans to transfer 4 AN / MPQ-65 radar stations, 4 fire control points, 16 launchers and 208 missiles to the designated complex to Warsaw.