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The Defence Materiel Agency is buying drones worth EUR 8 million from five Lithuanian manufacturers of combat drones, the National Defence Ministry said Monday. The new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are intended for the Lithuanian military and Ukrainian armed forces.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Paulius Saudargas believes that Lithuania should focus on the production of combat drones to boost its defence as the country does not manufacture heavy military equipment.
The Ministry of National Defence has announced that US-made sniper rifles Barrett and Belgian machineguns FN Minimi have been transferred to the Lithuanian Armed Forces to boost their capability.
The Ministry of National Defence announces that the country’s defence budget has nearly doubled in the recent three years, rising to over 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) this year.
The Lithuanian and German chiefs of defence met on Monday to discuss the progress of a plan to station a brigade in Lithuania.
Lithuania's Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupsys says NATO's multinational battalion that was deployed to Lithuania three years ago is a significant factor of deterrence against Russia and has significantly increased in quality.
Lithuanian military intelligence says Russia continues to build up its military capabilities in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad by creating a new division and deploying ships capable of carrying Kalibr cruise missiles.
Additional measures have been taken to ensure the security of Lithuania's military personnel in Iraq amid escalating tensions after the recent killing of Iran's top general in Baghdad, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Lithuania will not sent its soldiers to Syria if no US troops remain in the Middle East country, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday.
The spokeswoman for Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said she had no information on a possible exchange of spies with Lithuania and Norway.
Lithuania and Russia have agreed on an exchange of people convicted of espionage, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.
Supporters of Jonas Noreika, a controversial Lithuanian military officer known as Generolas Vetra (General Storm), plan in early September to install a new plaque to honor him in the place of the old one removed from the facade of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in centr...
A controversial memorial plaque to Jonas Noreika, a Lithuanian military officer known as Generolas Vetra (General Storm), in central Vilnius was removed on Saturday morning, Aleksandras Zubriakovas, an advisor to the Vilnius mayor, confirmed it to BNS Lithuania.
New barracks are planned to be built in Rukla, in central Lithuania, in 2019, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday granted the status of an international operation to a mission of Lithuanian military instructors in Ukraine.
Former Lithuanian military officer and a Russian citizen have filed an appeal against the verdict of guilty on charges of spying.
Lithuania on Tuesday formally welcomed troops of NATO's enhanced forward presence battalion that is being deployed to the country in response to Russia's threat.
Six Lithuanian military instructors on Tuesday begin service in Iraq as part of the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve to train Iraqi forces to fight the Islamic State.
