Air Defense Battalion renamed First Air Defense Battalion
Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A Lithuanian military unit received the name First Air Defense Battalion on September 1.
- Its duties remain unchanged: training air-defense units and helping protect important state and municipal sites.
- The battalion can operate independently or with NATO allies and also carries out national-defense and rapid-response tasks.
Since September 1, the Lithuanian military unit has had a new name: the First Air Defense Battalion.
Its main work has not changed. The battalion continues to help the armed forces use air-defense capabilities and trains air-defense units that protect important state and municipal facilities.
The unit can operate on its own or alongside NATO allies. It also performs national-defense duties and takes part in rapid-response and peacetime missions.
The battalion commander said air defense is now very important.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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