Nighttime Chaos over Lithuania: NATO Fighter Jets Were Also Scrambled
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On Tuesday night, it was not only Vilnius that was troubled, where temporary airspace restrictions had to be imposed. Italian Eurofighter Typhoon jet fighters were also scrambled due to possible airspace violations. True, their patrol was without incident.
Unidentified objects spotted at Vilnius Airport on Monday evening disrupted flights for several hours. At least 20 flights were affected, some of which were directed to Riga and Kaunas. It turns out that NATO air defense fighters were also scrambled during the night.
On Monday evening, Vilnius airport suspended its arrivals after the detection of balloons from Belarus. In the same evening, Poland and Latvia launched preventive military air operations.
In Poland and Latvia, Combat Aircraft Were Raised to the Sky because of the Threat of Drone Attacks.
What is known about the threat of an attack? On Monday late in the evening, 21 September, in Poland and Latvia, military aircraft were raised to the sky because of the threat of an air attack. This occurs against the background of a massive drone attack in Ukraine. This is reported by RBK-Ukraine with reference to posts in X of the State Security Centre of Poland and the Latvian Army. In the first instance, aircraft were raised to the sky in Lat…
Unidentified objects were spotted in Lithuanian airspace on Tuesday night, causing the closure of Vilnius Airport for more than three hours. NATO fighter jets were also scrambled.
‘Unidentified Objects': Lithuania, Poland and Latvia Alert Their Air Forces, NATO Aircraft Mobilised
Lithuania, Poland and Latvia placed on Monday night their air areas under enhanced surveillance and urgently mobilised their air forces. In particular, various potentially threatening acts of destabilization observed in the sky. NATO fighters were activated. Several Baltic countries on maximum alert this Monday evening. Lithuania, Poland and Latvia placed in Monday evening their air areas under enhanced surveillance after detection of a potentia…
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