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International exercise Flaming Thunder 2014 begins in Lithuania

International exercise dedicated for artillery and mortar units Flaming Thunder 2014, organised by the Land Force, is commencing on Monday at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Range. Over the course of two weeks, more than three hundred Lithuanian and US soldiers will be improving their skills, training to conduct defensive operations using artillery and mortars. […]

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Dalia Grybauskaitė, David Cameron
Defence

What NATO summit decisions mean for Lithuania?

NATO decisions, announced on Friday in Wales, are very favourable to Lithuania, says professor Valdas Rakutis of the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy. […]

NATO summit in Wales
Defence

Lithuanian defence minister signs agreement on NATO’s Joint Expeditionary Force

Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas and his counterparts from Estonia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Latvia, Norway and the UK signed a protocol of intentions for establishing the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) at a ceremony during the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
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