NATO deploys AWACS aircraft to Lithuania to monitor Russian military activities

O NATO announced this Thursday the temporary deployment of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance aircraft at the Siauliai base, in Lithuaniato control the military activities of Russia near the Alliance border.

O NATO reported in a statement that the first of the two planes planned for this mission arrived at that air base this Thursday.

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“The war of aggression of Russia against Ukraine “increased our attention to the security environment in the Baltic Sea region”indicated the interim spokesperson for the NATODylan White.

He explained that planes AWACS of the Alliance can detect aircraft and missiles hundreds of kilometers away, making them “a key early warning capability for NATO”.

“It is an important contribution to our shared security”concluded.

In response to the war Russia in UkraineO NATO reinforced its air presence in the eastern part of the Alliance using fighters, surveillance planes and tankers.

After Russian drone attacks near the territory of NATOThe United States last week sent four additional F-16 fighter jets to Romania to reinforce NATO’s aerial surveillance mission.

The allied secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, indicated today, from Kiev, that the remains of drones that fell in Romania in recent weeks do not offer “no indication” that are the result of an “intentional attack” by Russia.

It specified, in any case, that Russian attacks near the border are “reckless and destabilizing” is that “There should be no doubt that NATO “He is there to defend all allies.”.

From February 2022, AWACS from the NATO They made hundreds of flights over Eastern Europe to monitor Russian warplanes.

O AWACS They will begin their reconnaissance flights over Alliance territory in the coming days and the mission from the Siauliai base – where around 150 soldiers will be deployed to support the aircraft – is expected to last several weeks.

The devices belong to a fleet of 14 surveillance aircraft owned by NATO headquartered in Geilenkirchen (Germany).

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Source: Elcomercio

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