The Netherlands will deploy a Patriot air defense unit to its NATO ally Lithuania as part of a summer joint air defense exercise, the Dutch Defense Ministry announced this week.
The several-week-long drill is essential to strengthening air defenses on the eastern flank, the Dutch military said in a press release on Thursday, adding that the goal is to test the ability of NATO troops to quickly transport and deploy such units to a given area.
The decision to position a US-made system near the Russian border “contributes to the readiness of NATO air defense,” Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said, RT reported.
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