US defence secretary can't elaborate on Patriot systems

  • 2017-05-17
  • BNS/TBT Staff
United States Secretary of Defence James Mattis said in Vilnius on Wednesday, May 10, that the US was ready to deploy defence systems in the Baltic States to deter Russia, however, has given no comment on the possibility to bring the long-range defence system Patriot. He emphasized that NATO capabilities in Eastern Europe were exceptionally defensive, dismissing build-up of Russia's military power in the region as a destabilizing factor.
 
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