Wall is to defend their borders from “provocations”, says Lithuania. (Represenational)

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Lithuania stated Friday that the Baltic state and 5 different NATO members neighbouring Russia had agreed to construct a “drone wall” to defend their borders from “provocations”.

The plan to make use of unmanned aerial autos for cover was agreed due to safety considerations within the area amid Russia’s struggle in Ukraine.

Inside Minister Agne Bilotaite introduced the plan after talks along with her counterparts from fellow Baltic states Estonia and Latvia, in addition to Finland, Norway and Poland.

“This can be a utterly new factor, a drone wall stretching from Norway to Poland, and the purpose is to make use of drones and different applied sciences to guard our borders,” she informed the BNS information company.

“Not solely with bodily infrastructure, surveillance methods, but in addition with drones and different applied sciences, which might permit us to guard in opposition to provocations from unfriendly international locations and to stop smuggling,” she stated.

Along with deploying drones to watch the border, the international locations would additionally use anti-drone methods to cease enemy UAVs.

Bilotaite didn’t give a timeframe for the plan.

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