This year the Latvian government will invest about 20 million euros in the development of a "army of drones".
Latvia plans to create a “drone army” as part of efforts to boost local defense industry production and strengthen military capabilities in the Baltic region.
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As Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds reported online, in 2024 the government will invest about 20 million euros in the development of a “drone army.” In June, a mobile training and testing location for drones will also open at the Celia training ground. and the National Security and Defense Council,” Sprudes said in a statement.
The Latvian Defense Minister's statement comes after a similar move last week by his colleague Laurynas Kastiunas in neighboring Lithuania. The minister announced that the state will invest 10 million euros in the local production of drones. Of this amount, 3 million euros will be allocated for drones that will be sent to Ukraine.
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The publication noted that Baltic region countries are developing new defense capabilities to counter threats from neighboring Russia and Belarus amid rising tensions between the Kremlin and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement due to the war in Ukraine.
In addition, last week the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Baltic countries said that Russia’s European neighbors from Norway to Poland are considering the possibility of creating a “wall of drones” for migration tracking, surveillance and anti-smuggling.
By the way, earlier in May, NATO troops conducted the largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War from the Baltics to the Balkans. Western armies learned to fight, taking into account the experience of Ukraine, in order to resist the Russian army.
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