Lithuania Military & Defence

This first deployment of fifth-generation aircraft shows how NATO's air force is adapting to the mission, using modern technology for sustainable missions

Within a week, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered three employees of the Slovak embassy, ​​two employees of the Lithuanian embassy. One each - embassies of Latvia and Estonia to leave the country. The Russian ministry announced this in a press release released on Wednesday

Russian-Belarusian military maneuvers will now be held at the forefront of NATO all year round, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Free Press. The joint exercises of the two armies of the Union State "Slavic Brotherhood-2020"

A serious struggle unfolded between the Baltic countries for the right to receive and deploy on their territory a part of the American military contingent withdrawn from Germany, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

Nine American Air Force helicopters were spotted at the training ground near the Pabrade settlement in Lithuania. Then attack helicopters Apache and Black Hawk were spotted over Vilnius, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Telegraf.by.

Lithuania is used to maintain national security and defence relying on NATO allies in many ways. Such approach helps to save money and receive political preferences within the Alliance.

VILNIUS, (BM) - Lithuania wants NATO to reframe its mission of protecting the Baltic airspace with more of a combat punch in mind, as nations in the region consider their defensive posture toward Russia, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense News. Leaders from the southernmost Baltic country previously told alliance officials that they…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Lithuania of five hundred Joint Light Tactical Vehicles with support for an estimated cost of $170.8 million, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defene 360 Europe. Read more: Lithuania and Poland Discussed Military Cooperation…

VILNIUS, the Republic of Lithuania (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence announced on 21st February 2019 that the Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and his Polish counterpart Mariusz Błaszczak met in Warsaw, Poland on the same day to discuss security and defence issues and emphasised the importance…

VILNIUS, the Republic of Lithuania (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania revealed at the beginning of last week (19th February 2019) that additional missiles for the Javelin anti-tank defence systems have been delivered to Lithuania, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The missiles were procured by…

VILNIUS, the Republic of Lithuania (BulgarianMilitary.com), 27 July 2018, Editor: Galina Zdravkova, Photo credit: Master Sergeant Gintautas Mauricas/Lithuanian Armed Forces On Monday, 23 July 2018, the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania announced the new military infrastructure development projects. The contract on the…

Today, the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania awarded Kongsberg a contract worth €109 million (approx. NOK1.000 million) to supply NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System). Lithuania announced 21 October 2016 an agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence on procurement of NASAMS components; today’s…