Event 425

{
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Multiple supporting details and official quotes are visible in the article screenshot; concrete production numbers and facility role are explicitly stated.",
  "country": "Latvia",
  "defense_prep": {
    "is_defense_prep_event": true,
    "links": [
      "https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/latvias-valmiera-plant-set-to-deliver-first-patria-6x6-armored-personnel-carrier-in-coming-weeks"
    ],
    "notes": "Supports increased self-sufficiency and NATO defense integration via domestic armored vehicle production.",
    "title": "Launch of local APC production line for Latvian Armed Forces"
  },
  "description": "Latvia's Valmiera plant is set to deliver the first Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier (APC) in the coming weeks, as part of an extensive defense production initiative. The facility has been newly inaugurated and will build 25 units by the end of the year, supporting orders for the Latvian National Armed Forces and broader regional defense cooperation.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-06-27T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "The first Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier (APC) is set to roll off the assembly line at the newly inaugurated Valmiera plant in Latvia in the coming weeks.",
    "As reported by the Latvian TV LSM website, this milestone is part of an ambitious plan to build 25 units by the end of the year.",
    "Currently, the Valmiera plant exclusively fulfills orders for the National Armed Forces (NAF) of Latvia.",
    "A new building adjacent to the factory is under construction and will be dedicated to testing the armored personnel carriers."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"The first Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier (APC) is set to roll off the assembly line at the newly inaugurated Valmiera plant in Latvia in the coming weeks.\"",
    "\"As reported by the Latvian TV LSM website, this milestone is part of an ambitious plan to build 25 units by the end of the year.\""
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "The first Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier (APC) is set to roll off the assembly line at the newly inaugurated Valmiera plant in Latvia in the coming weeks.",
            "As reported by the Latvian TV LSM website, this milestone is part of an ambitious plan to build 25 units by the end of the year.",
            "Currently, the Valmiera plant exclusively fulfills orders for the National Armed Forces (NAF) of Latvia.",
            "A new building adjacent to the factory is under construction and will be dedicated to testing the armored personnel carriers."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Latvia's Valmiera Plant Set to Deliver First Patria 6x6 Armored Personnel Carrier in Coming Weeks.",
  "location_text": "Valmiera, Latvia",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_425_1763926642_3b2ae7f9.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Latvia's Valmiera plant to deliver first Patria 6x6 APC",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/latvias-valmiera-plant-set-to-deliver-first-patria-6x6-armored-personnel-carrier-in-coming-weeks"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Latvia's Valmiera plant soon delivers first Patria 6x6 APC as part of expanded defense production.",
  "url": "https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/latvias-valmiera-plant-set-to-deliver-first-patria-6x6-armored-personnel-carrier-in-coming-weeks"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LV",
  "Date": "27-Jun-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "??Latvia's Valmiera plant to deliver first Patria 6x6 APC",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/latvias-valmiera-plant-set-to-deliver-first-patria-6x6-armored-personnel-carrier-in-coming-weeks",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Latvia's Valmiera plant to deliver first Patria 6x6 APC",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}