#ESSI

Switzerland has signed up to the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), the government said on Friday, a project that seeks to build a unified air and missile defense system across Europe.

Poland’s Defense Ministry issued a statement emphasizing that the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), backed by NATO, is not only beneficial to air defense systems developed by Germany but could also be advantageous to Poland in terms of joint purchases of military equipment, among other things. The announcement came following claims from Poland’s former Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, saying that the initiative only favors Germany.