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Lithuania promises to adapt Šiauliai air base for fifth-generation fighters by 2028
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Lithuania promises to adapt Šiauliai air base for fifth-generation fighters by 2028

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

Translated from Lithuanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lithuania’s government implementation plan calls for adapting Šiauliai Air Base to host fifth-generation fighter aircraft by the second half of 2028.
  • The plan links the upgrade to strengthening NATO’s integrated air and missile defense and maintaining allied air-defense forces on NATO’s eastern flank.
  • The document notes that fifth-generation fighters can gather intelligence covertly, strike enemy territory and take part in air combat.

Lithuania’s Defense Ministry plans to adapt the air base in Šiauliai to receive fifth-generation fighter jets by the second half of 2028.

The commitment appears in the implementation plan for the 21st Government’s program. The plan calls for strengthening NATO’s integrated air and missile defense, ensuring the presence of allied air-defense forces on NATO’s eastern flank and preparing the Lithuanian base for the newer aircraft.

The document describes fifth-generation fighters as capable of covert intelligence gathering, strikes against enemy territory and participation in air-to-air combat. The government program implementation plan is the cabinet’s main document for setting concrete actions, priorities and deadlines in areas considered important to the state and society.

Strengthen NATO’s integrated air and missile defense, ensuring the presence of allied air-defense forces on NATO’s eastern flank and specifically in Lithuania, and adapt the air base to receive fifth-generation fighters

— Lithuanian government implementation planThe plan’s stated defense objective for the Šiauliai air base.
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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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