U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen Poland. Polish officials welcomed it as a significant boost to the security of the nation and the wider NATO region at a time of war in neighboring Ukraine.

On November 13, the United States opened a new missile defense base in Redzikowo, a town in northern Poland near the Baltic Sea, as reported by Reuters. Polish President Andrzej Duda said the new base reinforces Poland’s security as a NATO member,