Event 38f1d70b-11b9-4020-b46a-b73917fb5e9d

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Border Country: Lithuania

Source: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2376620/lrt-english...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: LRT English Newsletter: Ballooning threats

Short Summary: Lithuania is considering measures to tackle security threats posed by unidentified weather balloons, believed used for smuggling or espionage.

Description

Lithuanian authorities expressed concerns about increased use of weather balloons, presumed for smuggling, meteorological data collection, and possibly espionage. There is legislative movement to empower border guards to down suspicious balloons.

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This week, Lithuanian politicians and institutions were preoccupied with balloons.

Smugglers have long been using weather balloons – intended for collecting meteorological data higher up in the atmosphere – to transport contraband, sometimes from Belarus to Lithuania.

the government has decided to table legislation allowing border guards and public security servicemen to take down smuggler balloons.

Most importantly, who should be dealing with it: The defense minister suggested it should not be the military but border guards.

Related URLs

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2376620/lrt-english-newsletter-ballooning-threats

Source

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2376620/lrt-english-newsletter-ballooning-threats

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