The deployment will include about 300 Dutch troops and an anti-drone system to protect the batteries and surrounding airspace, Kosiniak-Kamysz told reporters during a visit to Tarnów Mechanical Works, an arms plant in southern Poland.
"About 300 soldiers, two Patriot batteries and an anti-drone system will arrive in December," he said. "They will replace the German batteries currently in the Jasionka area."
The Netherlands is contributing two of the three Patriot systems it operates, he added.
Dutch F-35 fighter jets will also be stationed in Poland, Kosiniak-Kamysz announced.
Poland already hosts Norwegian F-35s, German Eurofighters, Swedish Gripens and British aircraft flying missions from Malbork Air Base in the north, state news agency PAP reported.
Kosiniak-Kamysz said Poland was building a "multi-layered air defence system" and announced that Tarnów Mechanical Works had pledged to speed up production of its Pilica+ short-range air defence system, which he described as crucial for countering threats linked to Russia's war in neighbouring Ukraine.
The Tarnów plant, part of the state-run Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), produces equipment for the Polish military, including remotely controlled weapons stations, mortars, grenade launchers and precision rifles, according to the PAP news agency.
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Source: IAR, PAP