Lithuania To Shoot Down Encroaching Belarussian Balloons | Aviation Week Network
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Alan Dron
October 30, 2025
Vilnius International Airport
Credit: Diego Coppola / Alamy Stock Photo
The Lithuanian government plans to shoot down large balloons encroaching on its airspace from neighboring Belarus, after intrusions that have led to multiple closures of the country’s main airport. The small Baltic nation has had to halt arrivals and departures at Vilnius International Airport four…
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