US Patriots to be stationed in northern Poland

The Polish Defense Ministry says a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles will be stationed in northern Poland in April.

Ministry spokesman Janusz Sejmej said Wednesday that a base with up to eight launch pads and manned by some 100 U.S. troops will be installed in the town of Morag.

The Patriot defense missiles will be used to train the Polish military.

The Patriot garrison was a Polish condition for a 2008 deal to host long-range missile defense interceptors. The deal, which was struck by the Bush administration, angered Russia and was later reconfigured under President Barack Obama's administration.

Morag is 37 miles (60 kilometers) from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.