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Russian Drone Crash Exposes Critical Weakness in Latvian Comprehensive Defense
Executive Summary: An armed Russian drone crash incident reveals in Latvia on September 7 the significant shortcomings within the Latvian comprehensive defense system. These shortcomings are related to the lack of certain military capabilities within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). They also expose critical gaps in national crisis management, alarm notification, strategic communication, and communication with the general public …
The drone crash highlights significant vulnerabilities in Latvia’s comprehensive defense system, revealing critical gaps in border protection, air surveillance, crisis management, and communication procedures within both national and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) frameworks. When the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) commander, Lieutenant General Leonīds Kalnins, was asked whose idea it was to hide that the army found out about the downed drone from the police, he answered, “No, we told the truth, and we really monitor the airspace in accordance with the capabilities we have been given, and this is also outlined in our audit here and the report to the Ministry of Defense” ( Rezekneszinas.lv, October 15). Glen Grant, the Defense Expert of the Baltic Security Foundation, interviewed by this author on October 20, stressed that Article IV of NATO provides consultations among the parties if one of the members is threatened, must be invoked the same day of the incident, in this case on September 7.
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