The Netherlands has announced that it will send Patriot long-range air defense systems to Lithuania for several weeks.
“This directly contributes to our readiness and reassures our allies,” Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren wrote on the social network X on Thursday.
The message does not mention when the systems will be deployed in Lithuania.
Lithuania is asking NATO allies to rotate ground-based air defense systems in implementation of the regional rotational air defense model agreed last year.
Former Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas announced at the beginning of March that the model will start operating this year, including the deployment of Patriot
Lithuania has discussed the possibility of deploying air defense capabilities in the region with the USA, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, and Greece.
The Patriots were last deployed in Lithuania last July, when the NATO summit was held in Vilnius.
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