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Lithuanian authorities disbelief in the national armed forces capabilities is proved by their repeated claims for aid and permanent foreign military presence in the territory of the country. Lithuania has chosen the way of full reliance on other countries defence capabilities instead of developing

The leadership of the Multinational Battle group masks the poor performance of its missions on the territory of Lithuania with statements about the lack of suitable training centers.



Lithuanian ministry of defence plans to establish a new training ground in southeastern Lithuania. A military

The Lithuanian government is again trying to please NATO, without thinking about the local population.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged at the NATO Defence Ministers Meeting held on February 17-18 “to increase NATO’s funding for our core deterrence and defence activities.”

In an effort to improve “burden sharing” Stoltenberg proposed that allies jointly fund more of NATO’s work.

It was discussed about possibility of increasing the number of hangars where are deployed fighters maintaining Baltic Air Policing mission from two to four.

Three new barracks will be built on the grounds of the Pabrad military training area. Three-storeyed barracks will accommodate around 1000 soldiers.

Turkey and Ukraine will develop a heavy class of military drone capable of flying 24 hours, as high as 12 km, and loaded with 1,000 kg in munitions.&