- Title: Troops from NATO members train with air defence systems in Latvia
- Date: 9th June 2022
- Summary: JURMALCIEMS, LATVIA (JUNE 9, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LATVIAN SOLDIERS FIRING RBS-70 AIR DEFENCE MISSILE SOLDIER RUNNING TO FIRING RANGE SOLDIERS TALKING ON RADIO CZECH SOLDIERS FIRING RBS-70 SOLDIERS INSTALLING MISSILE IN LAUNCHER DRONE BEING LAUNCHED LATVIAN SOLDIERS FIRING RBS-70 MISSILE SMOKE IN AIR (SOUNDBITE) (English) LATVIAN CHIEF OF DEFENCE, LEONIDS KALNINS, SAY
- Embargoed: 23rd June 2022 16:16
- Keywords: Baltic region Latvian army NATO allies NATO exercise NATO in the Baltics air defence systems
- Location: JURMALCIEMS, LATVIA
- City: JURMALCIEMS, LATVIA
- Country: Latvia
- Topics: Europe,NATO,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001369909062022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Latvian soldiers and troops from NATO nations practiced with short-range air defence systems on Latvia's coast on Thursday (June 9) as part of international military exercises in the Baltic Sea region.
Around 300 soldiers from Latvian, Lithuanian, Czech and United States air defence units are participating in the trainings to improve their skills at shooting down airborne targets.
Latvian defence officials attending the exercises said the country was getting support from NATO allies to develop its own air defences at short and medium range.
Latvia's defence minister will push for NATO's multinational Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup to be expanded at the alliance's upcoming summit in Madrid on June 28-30, according to a Latvian defence ministry press release.
Latvia and its Baltic neighbours Estonia and Lithuania have said NATO should step up its defences in the region in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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