Defence
4 in 5 conscripts will serve in Land Forces, Lithuanian army says
Four in five conscripts to be recruited this year will serve in the Land Forces of the Lithuanian Army, the army said on Tuesday. […]
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Defence
Exercise involving 450 troops from NATO countries starting in Lithuania
An international exercise Fire Thunder 2015 is starting in Lithuania on Monday, involving about 450 troops from Lithuania, the United States, Poland and Portugal. […]
Defence
Over 200 Lithuanians volunteer for military service
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that over the last two weeks a total of 206 citizens had volunteered to sign up for a 9-month military service, including 9 women. […]
Defence
US Paladin artillery systems brought to Lithuania for international training event
US Paladin artillery systems were brought to Lithuania on Saturday for the first time for an international exercise. […]
Defence
Lithuanian PM suggests Baltic states could buy weaponry together
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said after meeting with his Baltic counterparts on Friday that the three Baltic states should consider joint acquisition of weaponry as part of defence cooperation. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army needs permanent conscription, not 5-year fix-ups, opposition leader says
Lithuania’s Armed Forces cannot do without conscripts, they are needed all the time, not for five years only, says opposition leader Andrius Kubilius. […]
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Norway and Italy to take over Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania
Norway will take over the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states in May, while the Italian contingent will stay in Šiauliai, Lithuania, for the second shift to reinforce the mission. […]
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Defence
Lithuanian army hands over 500,000 munitions to police
The Lithuanian army‘s Logistics Board handed over about 500,000 munitions for automatic weapons to the police at an arsenal in Linkaičiai on Thursday. […]
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US tanks to participate in combat firing exercise in Lithuania
US troops currently in Lithuania will Wednesday perform the first combat firing with main combat tanks M1A2 Abrams, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Defence
NATO fighter jets raised from Lithuania over Russian transport plane
NATO air policing jets were Tuesday scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane. […]
Defence
100 volunteers register for military service in 10 days
More than 100 volunteers registered for initial mandatory military service over the first ten days, Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at the parliament on Tuesday in his presentation of the guarantees and privileges for conscripts. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Lithuania alerted by Russian fighter-jet
Fighter-jets of the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Monday to identify and accompany a Russian jet that was flying with its transponder switched off. […]
Defence
US may leave behind part of weaponry in Lithuania, chief of defence says
Lithuania’s Armed Forces and the United States government are in talks about leaving some of the US weaponry in Lithuania, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. […]
Defence
Russia’s militarization of Kaliningrad – sign of forthcoming military stand-off?
Media around the world are increasingly focusing on Kaliningrad as the possible next site of Russian-Western confrontation, as Moscow keeps dispatching military equipment to its enclave squeezed between Lithuania and Poland. […]
Defence
Army founding new brigade in western Lithuania
Lithuania’s Armed Forces intend to establish a new motorized infantry brigade in western Lithuania, with the brigade staff to be set up next year. […]
Defence
US presence in Lithuania is a message that we are not alone, defence minister says
On April 2 Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with a delegation of US congressmen led by US Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry, conducting visit in Lithuania, the Ministry reports. […]
Defence
NATO fighter jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian transport plane
NATO fighter-jets guarding the Baltic skies from Šiauliai, Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday evening to accompany a Russian transport airplane that was flying without a flight plan. […]
Defence
Lithuanian State Defence Council wants additional EUR 150m in defence spending
Lithuania’s State Defence Council has proposed raising the 2016 defence budget by further 150 million euros. […]
Defence
Lithuanian reserve troops to be mobilized for exercise
Lithuania’s Armed Forces is Thursday starting to send out induction papers to reserve soldiers for one-day mobilization exercise to check the performance of the mobilization system. […]