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"We should consider acquiring light jet aircraft to counter Russia’s new generation of long-range drones," Estonia's Defense Minister Martin Herem said as he returned from a visit to Kyiv, where he also met with President Zelenskyy.
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"We should consider acquiring light jet aircraft to counter Russia’s new generation of long-range drones," Estonia's Defense Minister Martin Herem said as he returned from a visit to Kyiv, where he also met with President Zelenskyy.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 4 days ago
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"A piece of intelligence has spread almost like wildfire among allies this year, that Moscow has been discussing what its next move might be. What that move could be, no one seems to know. Nor is there any intelligence indicating that Moscow will actually decide to escalate [against Europe]"🤷

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 17 days ago
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Ukraine’s drone forces commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi says drones that end up in Baltic airspace should not automatically be assumed to be Ukrainian: Russia can capture Ukrainian drones, manipulate them or interfere with their control systems to make them appear to be Ukrainian incursions.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 1 month ago
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Estonia’s foreign intelligence chief Kaupo Rosin puts the odds of a new Russian mobilization at 50-50 and says CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow was also about NATO deterrence.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 1 month ago
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Security experts say NATO's intensive military flights in past days near Kaliningrad is part of normal deterrence: “If the the threat were imminemt, they would not fly this close”

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 2 months ago
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Former US ambassador to Poland Daniel Fried: “If the Russians try something serious in the Baltics, there will be fighting. This is not some kind of situation where NATO is going to get to have a long discussion."

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u/Fit-Hold-4403 — 2 months ago
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Ukrainian Drone Forces Commander's Message to the Baltic States: Clear the Russian Border and Establish a “Kill Zone”. Do it now.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 2 months ago
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The journalist who composed the European spy ranking says two Estonians participated in the vote, although neither wished to be identified. "Without violating the confidentiality agreement, I can say that both have led the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service during the past five years,” he said 😅.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 2 months ago
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Europe’s spy ranking reveals the strengths and blind spots of Nordic and Baltic intelligence services. British agencies rank first, Estonia eighth, Lithuania 18th, and Latvia 21st. Hungary, Bulgaria, and Slovakia rank as the worst performers.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 2 months ago
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Two Estonian generals write that Baltic states cannot wait for drone-defense technology to mature. Instead, they should adopt what works in Ukraine, discard what does not, and keep learning. The key lesson is simple: adaptability is itself a combat capability.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago
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Estonian former defense chief General Herem says Syrskyi does not deserve the ‘Butcher’ label, critics have judged him too harshly. He also says Estonia would face same dilemmas defending Narva as Syrskyi had in Bakhmut.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago
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Lithuania’s own Black Hawk helicopters take to the skies. Former Mi-8 (a helicopter of Soviet origin) pilots say it is like changing a tractor against a Lamborghini.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago
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Each Baltic country is approaching the construction ofthe defensive line on the eastern border differently. 🇱🇹 is building a 50-kilometer-deep zone. 🇱🇻 is keeping plans largely secret. 🇪🇪 has moved fastest to dig ditches and is debating over whether its ditches would actually stop a Russian assault.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago
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Estonian sources confirm that a new threat narrative is circulating within the Alliance about a possible Russian military provocation against NATO. They also suggest that Poland’s decision to amplify it may be politically motivated.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago
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One of the best American military commanders of its generation, known to the world as last American to leave Kabul ends his U.S. Army career on NATO’s Eastern Flank in the Estonian-Latvian twin city of Valga/Valka.

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u/Prior-Sun2352 — 3 months ago