{"id":558199,"date":"2026-07-09T08:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T05:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=558199"},"modified":"2026-07-09T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T07:28:24","slug":"nato-fighter-jets-authorized-to-shoot-down-airborne-targets-over-the-baltic-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/nato-fighter-jets-authorized-to-shoot-down-airborne-targets-over-the-baltic-states","title":{"rendered":"NATO Fighter Jets Authorized to Shoot Down Airborne Targets Over the Baltic States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>NATO has changed the format of its air mission in the Baltic states. This was announced by Lithuanian President <b>Gitanas Naus\u0117da<\/b>. According to him, the Baltic Air Policing mission has officially been transformed into an air defence mission.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cOne of the key outcomes of this summit is the reclassification of NATO\u2019s air policing mission into a NATO air defence mission. This will significantly enhance Lithuania\u2019s air defence capabilities.\u201d<\/i>, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lrt.lt\/naujienos\/lietuvoje\/2\/2984313\/nato-oro-policijos-misija-baltijos-salyse-keicia-i-oro-gynybos\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He added that <i>\u201cbroader operational algorithms\u201d<\/i> would make it possible to provide greater security for the airspace.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, incursions by drones into the airspace of the Baltic states have become more frequent. Air raid alerts have repeatedly been declared in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. NATO fighter jets have already shot down drones in Estonia and Latvia, but with the mission\u2019s new format, such decisions may be made more frequently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO has changed the format of its air mission in the Baltic states. This was announced by Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da. According to him, the Baltic Air Policing mission has officially been transformed into an air defence mission. \u201cOne of the key outcomes of this summit is the reclassification of NATO\u2019s air policing mission into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":558198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4f4d9bda212.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"NATO Fighter Jets Authorized to Shoot Down Airborne Targets Over the Baltic States"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-world"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}