VILNIUS, 03 April 2022, (TON): Germany deployed Ozelot self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system in Lithuania.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas announced this on the air of the national radio LRT.
He said “Air defense assets with additional German troops have been deployed to Lithuania as a reaction to the changing security situation.”
The Ozelot anti-aircraft missile system is deployed at the location in Lithuania, the military town of Rukla, Jonava district, of the forward-based NATO composite battalion.
The German Ozelot air defense system consists of launchers and radar equipment for detection and target designation.
Target detection range 20 km.
It is armed with Stinger surface-to-air missiles. The head of the Defense Ministry did not specify quantitative data on equipment and personnel.
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