Lithuania plans to build a large-scale defense line on the border with Russia and Belarus
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Mon, 05 May 2025 16:05:00 +0300
Lithuania to build fourlevel defense line against Russia and BelarusConservatives say it could include defensive lines equipped with antipersonnel mines, antitank ditches, mobile armored groups and longrange artillery.
The plan would cost around a billion euros to implement.Our military engineering has been revived, our military engineering has received a new breath.
Today we propose a different idea, a different direction, how we could strengthen the border in such a way that it would be extremely difficult for the enemy to penetrate our territory, said the party leader Laurinas Kasciunas.According to calculations, these defense lines cost about 1 billion euros.According to Kasciunas, the process of building a defense line will take up to two years.
Its really a matter of a year or two.
Essentially, it will depend on legal issues.
According to retired Lithuanian Army Lieutenant Vladas Sakalauskas, who presented the idea, the Vytautas the Great defense line will consist of four parts.The first line will be a zone controlled by border guards, with dragon teeth, antipersonnel and antitank mines, barbed wire and antitank ditches.At that time, according to Sakalauskas, the second one could be reached via a tunnel dug underground.
In addition to barbed wire, this line would also contain explosive devices and military positions.The third line of defense will consist of mobile armored groups, which will include Lithuanian Vilkas infantry fighting vehicles and tracked armored vehicles of the allies.
Armored electronic warfare vehicles would also perform their functions.
For example, the enemy concentrates in a certain place, artillery fire is conducted there and a breakthrough is being prepared.
These mobile groups, being at a distance of 3040 kilometers, can quickly and effectively approach the place where a breakthrough across the border is likely.The fourth line will include NASAMS air defense systems and longrange selfpropelled artillery.Any line of defense can be broken through, but during this time the army mobilizes, aviation and fighter jets are raised, and within half an hour they can extinguish these forces from above, emphasized Sakalauskas.For his part, Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, commenting on the conservatives proposals for the development of the Vytautas the Great defense line, assured on May 5 that all necessary decisions for the construction of the fortifications have already been made, and procurement is underway.
Last year, the Ministry of Defense announced its intention to create a total of 27 antimobility parks across the country, which will house the main engineering obstacles dragons teeth, prefabricated hedgehogs, Spanish horses and roadblocks.
At the time, Kasciunas said that 600 million euros would be needed to purchase antimobility measures over a decade.
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