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June 13-18, LAF Air Defence Battalion's troops took part in Stinger missile short-range air defence system firing at air-born exercise in Denmark, Gniben Military Area.

 

Lithuanian troops take part in such firing exercise organised in Denmark under cooperation program between Lithuanian Armed Forces and Danish Armed Forces for a third time. This year unmanned aircrafts served as targets as it was during the first exercise, last year servicemen aimed at surface-to-air missiles.

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International naval exercise „Baltic Bikini 10" held in the Baltic Sea
International naval exercise „Baltic Bikini 10" was opened in Klaipėda, July 26. More than 70 airborne personnel of the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian Air Forces take part in the training event.

 

During the exercise aircrews will train to abandon an aircraft after ditching, and drill their skills of using rescue equipment.

 

During the active phase aircrews will rely on their own strength and rescue equipment at hand to dive out of the cockpit of an imitation aircraft submerged 2 metres under water. The cockpit will be lowered from a ship following the pattern of ditching. After that participants will use rescue equipment to stay on water surface for around an hour waiting for the rescue helicopter.

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Military Police of the Lithuanian Armed Forces took over protection of the Head of the Lithuanian Special Mission in Afghanistan
From July 16 the Head of the Lithuanian Special Mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will be guarded by Military Police of the Lithuanian Armed Forces who took over the function from the Lithuanian Special Forces.

 

MP will conduct the duty on a rotational basis of several months. They will take over the same responsibilities as were performed by the Special Operations Forces previously.

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NATO holds the 6th Baltic Regional Training Event in the Baltic States
On July 20-22 Adaži Military Area (Latvia) will host the Baltic Region Training Event VI (BRTE VI) NATO Allied Air Component Command Ramstein (Germany) organises for forward air controllers of air forces of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

 

NATO has been holding BRTE in the Baltic States since 2008. Five training events held so far were tailored to drill capabilities of the Baltic States taking part in the Baltic Air-policing mission. BRTEs are organised to enhance interoperability of the Baltic military capabilities, to highlight NATO's commitments to the Baltic Region, and to demonstrate visibility of the Alliance in the region.

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Supreme Allied Commander Europe thanks for reception
Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Adm. James Stavridis after his visit in Lithuania thanked people of our country in a letter.

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Representatives of Poland and Finland joined the EU Police Forces in Afghanistan Ghor province

July 4, three Polish and three Finnish police representatives joined the EU police mission (EOROPOL) in Afghanistan's Ghor province. Together with other team members of EUPOL in Ghor they will participate in the City Police and Justice Project, designed to improve activity of local law enforcement agencies and coordinated by EU.

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Lithuanian peacekeepers neutralised hazardous explosive

June 21, peacekeepers of the Lithuanian-led PRT-11 destroyed an undetonated cluster bomb that threatened wellbeing of inhabitants of Chaghcharan.

 

PRT-11 began actions of identification and neutralisation upon receiving a report about an undetonated explosive found in the city of Chaghcharan. Having arrived at the reported location PRT deminers and representatives of the National Security Department of Afghanistan identified the explosive as an aviation bomb bomblet, otherwise called cluster bomb. The device dated back to the Soviet Union's war in Afghanistan.

 

The bomb could not be transported for destruction to the shooting range so PRT-11 deminers neutralised it on the street. Neither people nor environment were damaged.

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