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Lithuania aims to have integrated airspace detection system partially operational by 2027

LRT English19 October 2026, 12:57 UTCLithuania

Lithuania expects to have at least part of an integrated airspace detection system operational by the end of 2027, Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas said Monday, following a drone incursion that ended with an explosion in the country’s north.

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