Lithuania's defence minister has called on the Air Force to clarify how long it will take to fully integrate newly delivered radars into the country's detection network, after military systems failed to spot a drone that crashed in the Utena district on Sunday.
Robertas Kaunas said the aim was to link all available radars into a unified network to improve drone detection.
The Air Force has been tasked with pursuing two parallel workstreams: testing Lithuanian-developed software that connects short-range radars with drone interceptors, and working with Ukrainian air defence experts to build a seamless anti-drone system.
Kaunas had previously set a target of having a fully integrated air defence detection system in place before 2030, but acknowledged that the public was expecting faster results.
"We are accelerating as much as possible, but unfortunately we must accept that it takes some time," he said.
