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Germany Tests Its Lithuanian Brigade

Military convoys are moving through Lithuania this month. For a German brigade taking up a permanent post there, the exercises will test more than logistics.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 10

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When Germany’s 45th Armored Brigade starts ten days of field training in Lithuania on November 17, its troops will practice crossing the Nemunas River south of Kaunas. For the first time, they will test new loitering munitions, which can stay airborne while searching for a target before striking it, the German Army says.

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