Estonia will purchase Poland-made Piorun (Thunderbolt) air defence systems, which have been battle-tested in the Ukraine war. Man-portable Piorun surface-to-air missiles are designed to target low-flying aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. Under the deal, signed by Mariusz Blaszczak, the Polish defence minister, and his Estonian counterpart Hanno Pevkur on September 7, Poland will supply…
Lithuania’s armed forces have now fixed technical and software problems on their Germany-made Boxer IFV platform that houses an Israeli turret, the country’s Defence Ministry reports. “Upgrades are now being installed in vehicles delivered to Lithuania and this process will be finalised in November. The delivery of new Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) to the…
All Lithuanian border guards should receive NATO-standard compliant weapons until the end of 2023, Rustamas Liubajevas, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT), has said. “We are planning to fully meet our needs next year,” he told reporters. The Lithuanian Armed Forces transferred 200 G-36 automatic rifles to border guards some time…
The Lithuanian Armed Forces is undergoing significant upgrades. Construction of a new military campus has started near Vilnius, and two more will soon be launched in Silale and Siauliai. New ammunition depots are also being built. In addition to that, the ministry is planning to buy new weapons and expects the military budget, which has…
Work is getting underway to refit HMS Quorn, a former British Royal Navy mine-hunting vessel purchased by Lithuania. The ship is expected to be ready for service with the Lithuanian Navy in two years. The Lithuanian Defence Ministry, which acquired HMS Quorn from the UK Ministry of Defence under a contract signed in April 2020,…
Lithuania reached a deal with a Polish company to purchase the Warmate loitering munition system. The so-called kamikaze drones will be handed over to Ukraine, Lithuania’s Ministry of Defence says. The agreement was concluded between Vice Minister of Defence Vilius Semeska and Poland’s WB Group in Warsaw. The Defence Ministry will broker the drone purchase…
Lithuanian border guards’ unions complain that they are armed with old unreliable Kalashnikovs and undersupplied with ammunition. In case of a foreign invasion, border guards say they would be the first line of defence. Shooting is an important part of border guards’ training and the main weapon is the pistol. However, border guards’ trade unions…