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U.S. Deploys Patriot To Lithuania During NATO Exercise

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

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U.S. Deploys Patriot To Lithuania During NATO Exercise

Patriot air and missile defense system. (Photo: Raytheon)

The United States military deployed a Raytheon [RTN] Patriot air and missile defense system to Lithuania for the first time during a NATO exercise, the Lithuanian defense ministry said Tuesday.The Patriot is set to operate in a single pool with Lithuanian and other NATO ally air defense systems during Exercise Tobruq Legacy 2017, an international ground-based air defense units exercise. This is the first time the exercise is being held in Lithuania.The Lithuanian defense ministry highlighted the deployment “demonstrates the…

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