Lithuania Requests NATO Air Defense Support | Aviation Week Network

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Robert Wall
August 06, 2025

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Lithuania has relied on allied deployments of Patriot and other air defense system to provide more protection of its sky.

Credit: Lithuanian Defense Ministry

The Lithuanian government has formally asked NATO to bolster its air and missile defenses over growing concerns about Russian military activity. “Last Monday, a Russian military drone violated Lithuanian airspace. This marks the second such incident in less than a month,” the country’s foreign…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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