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Defence

Parliament panel to look into installation of Russian system in railways

The parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee opened an investigation into possibly unlawful influence upon decisions of state institutions, aiming to establish the person behind the decision to install Russian-made safety system Klub-U in modernized locomotives of the state-run Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG). […]

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Defence

Air-policing fighter-jets scrambled from Lithuania once last week over Russian warplane

NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes over the Baltic Sea, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]

Ministry of National Defence
Defence

Lithuania plans to raise military salaries

The Lithuanian government plans a 30-percent increase in military salaries by the end of 2020 compared with 2016, with over 88 million euros in state budget funds to be provided for this purpose over the next three years, according to a draft budget approved by the Cabinet. […]

NASAMS rocket system
Defence

5 biggest Lithuanian army acquisitions after Crimea annexation

After Lithuania’s Armed Forces and Norway‘s Kongsberg signed a contract on acquisition of medium-range anti-missile defense systems NASAMS last Thursday, BNS Lithuania provides a list of five biggest army acquisitions after the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia. […]

NASAMS
Defence

Mid-range air defense systems to cost Lithuania EUR 110 mln

Mid-range air defense systems will cost Lithuania 110 million euros, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after signing a contract on the acquisition of Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). […]