BBC: Poland signs $4.75bn deal to buy US Patriot missiles
Poland has signed an agreement to buy the Patriot missile defence system from the US, in a move that is likely to anger Russia.
President Andrzej Duda said the "historic" $4.75bn (£3.4bn) deal gave Poland "state-of-the-art" defences.
It follows reports that Russia had permanently deployed nuclear-capable missile systems in its territory of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland.
Ties between Poland, a Nato member, and Russia remain strained.
Moscow's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 has prompted Warsaw to speed up its military modernisation.
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