“According to Polish Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosyniak-Kamys, Poland is ready to shoot down Russian missiles if they pose a direct threat to Poland or NATO countries. Source: Kosinyak-Kamysh in an interview with “Voice of America” Direct speech of Kosinyak-Kamysh: “We have prepared an air defense system, we also have an enhanced air defense system.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
According to Polish Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosyniak-Kamys, Poland is ready to shoot down Russian missiles if they pose a direct threat to Poland or NATO countries.
Source: Kosinyak-Kamysh in an interview with “Voice of America”
Direct speech Kosiniaka-Kamisha: “We have prepared an air defense system, we also have a reinforced air defense system. We are talking about the Rzeszów airport, which is under NATO protection. Our allies America, Britain, Germany, Norway and other countries protect us at the air base. And if this airspace will be violated, the missile or drone will be shot down.”
“…The situation is different when it comes to shooting down targets over Ukrainian space. There is no single NATO decision on this. We will defend our territory.”
“Very often we put our F-16s on standby to act accordingly if there is a danger for Poland to defend our territory.”
“There was no such case when a missile was aimed at a target on Polish territory, but yes, last week Polish F-16s took off and were ready to defend the territory near the border.”
Prehistory: Poland raised aviation as a result of Russia’s massive combined strike on the regions of Ukraine on December 13.
We will remind: Even earlier, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, stated that Poland should shoot down Russian missiles over the territory of Ukrainewhich may fly into Polish airspace, in particular due to the fact that in the event of a shoot-down over Polish territory, the risks for Polish citizens increase.
In the fall, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers appealed to President Joe Biden allow Poland to apply its air defenses over Ukraine to shoot down Russian missiles.
And Sikorsky once again stated that he hopes that in NATO will give permission to Poland use its air defenses to shoot down Russian missiles that fly over Ukraine and may threaten it.