Lithuania Issues 'Find a Safe Place' Drone Alert After Airspace Incursion, NATO Jets Scrambled
Lithuanian authorities issued a 'possible air threat' warning and scrambled NATO fighter jets after an unidentified object entered its airspace from Belarus. The alert, which urged residents to seek safe locations, was issued shortly before 10 AM local time and lasted approximately 40 minutes before being canceled. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre, stated that a search was underway to determine the nature of the object, which initially appeared on radar to resemble a drone. However, officials could not fully identify it before lifting the alert, noting that certain parameters suggested a speed lower than typical for a drone, potentially indicating an anomaly or even bird migration. This incident follows a previous drone sighting last month that was later attributed to birds, and an Italian fighter jet stationed in Lithuania shot down a suspected drone in September, marking the first reported instance of a UAV being brought down over Lithuania. The country's strate...
