Germany to Offer Poland Patriot System After Stray Missile Crash

Germany to Offer Poland Patriot System After Stray Missile Crash
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht delivers a speech during a swearing-in ceremony for new recruits at the Bendlerblock, the German Ministry of Defense in Berlin on Nov. 12, 2022. Christian Mang/Reuters
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BERLIN—Germany has offered Warsaw the Patriot missile defense system to help it to secure its airspace after a stray missile crashed in Poland last week, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht told a newspaper on Sunday.

The German government had already said it would offer its neighbor further help in air policing with German Eurofighters after the incident, which initially raised fears that the war in Ukraine could spill across the border.