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Defence

Lithuania’s largest national military exercise in 2016 has begun

This year’s largest national Lithuanian military exercise, Lightning Strike 2016, has begun. The Lithuanian military, together with police, firefighters, ambulances, border guards, municipal personnel and riflemen, will practice responding to the first stages of hybrid and other types of military actions. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian army holds mobilization drill

The Lithuanian army is on Thursday testing its mobilization system. […]

Nazi armada in Klaipėda
Society

History lessons in hybrid warfare: How Lithuania lost Klaipėda to Nazi Germany without firing a shot

Russia ripping off Crimea from Ukraine has historical precedents that Lithuania experienced first-hand, according to historian Vytautas Jokubauskas, who spoke at a Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union conference on civil defence during hybrid war. […]

a conference Civil Defence in Hybrid Warfare held by the Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
Defence

Most powerful Lithuania’s weapon is people’s resolve to protect their land, freedom – Grybauskaitė

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a conference Civil Defence in Hybrid Warfare held by the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and thanked the organisation for successfully involving Lithuanian citizens in national defence. The head of state emphasised that the most powerful weapon available to Lithuania is people’s resolve to protect their land and freedom. […]