Dutch-operated long-range air defence system Patriot will be deployed in Lithuania for the exercise Baltic Connection 24 on 7-19 July.
Patriot air defense system
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Chief of Defense of Poland Lieutenant General Rajmund Andrzejczak, currently on a visit to Vilnius, has vowed to consider using the Patriot air defense systems Poland is now buying to defend objects in Lithuania.
Lithuania will spend almost 10 million euros on upgrading the RBS 70 short-range air defense capability the Lithuanian Armed Forces currently have, by purchasing missiles and equipment from Sweden's Saab.
US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country's defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO's Baltic air policing mission's mandate into that of an air defense mission.
United States President Donald Trump pledged on Tuesday that the US would periodically station troops in the Baltic states in an effort to deter Russia.
Ahead of the meeting of United States President Donald Trump with the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, BNS Lithuania is presenting three key topics of the meeting.
