British defence minister Ben Wallace said the UK will deploy its Sky Sabre missile defence system in Poland as NATO moves to bolster its eastern flank in light of the Russia–Ukraine war. “We are going to deploy the Sky Sabre medium-range, anti-air missile system to Poland with about 100 personnel to make sure that we stand alongside Poland, protecting her airspace from any further aggression by Russia,” Wallace said at a March 17 press conference in Warsaw. The Sky Sabre “detect and destroy” system can intercept an object the size of a tennis ball traveling at the speed of sound, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. It has a radar that can scan out to 75 miles for threats and a launcher with eight missiles that can reach speeds of 2,300 mph to hit fighter aircraft, drones, and even laser-guided smart bombs. The British Ministry of Defence said the …