On July 10, U.S. Patriot missiles arrived at Lithuania’s northern Siauliai military airbase in preparation for NATO’s Tobruk Legacy air defense military exercises occurring July 11-22. The exercise, “demonstrates that such moves are no longer a taboo in the region,” according to Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimondas Karoblis. Lithuania has been calling for assistance in deploying...
On July 5, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the United States to sell an undisclosed number of Patriot systems to Poland. In March 2017, Warsaw announced its interest in purchasing as many as eight Patriot systems by the end of the year, but stipulated that the systems must...
Media reports indicate that Norway may begin contributing to NATO’s European missile defense system, despite its earlier opposition to the NATO effort when it was originally proposed in the early 2000s. While Norway has no plans to acquire missile defense interceptors, the country can integrate the sensors onboard five radar-equipped warships into NATO’s BMD architecture. Norway’s radars...
