The US has transferred two drone to Latvia

Two unmanned reconnaissance aerial vehicles of the MQ-1 Predator model have been transferred to Latvia from the United States. This was announced by Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis. Along with the aircraft, 70 maintenance personnel arrived, Davis added.

“This temporary deployment of aircraft and personnel will test the capability of using the aircraft in frontline operations and operations. The goal is to show our allies in Latvia and NATO that we are committed to ensuring security in the region,” Davis said.

In March, Ainars Latkovskis, the head of the Latvian Seim Commission on Defense and Home Affairs told the BBCwhat actions the country is taking to strengthen its border with Russia after the annexation of the Crimea.

“Negotiations are underway with the United States, there are already political agreements that the United States will help us with technologies to protect the border. They are our strategic partner, and the volume of this assistance is determined by the situation in the region. I can’t name the technique,” ​​Latkovskis said.

At the end of June 11, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter at a joint press conference with the defense ministers of the three Baltic countries, he said that for the first time in history, the United States would deploy heavy weapons, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery, in Eastern Europe.

“We are temporarily deploying military equipment and armament of one combat group of a tank brigade in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. This preparatory activity in Europe concerns tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery, ”said Carter.

“Estonia, as well as Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland agreed to host parts of these forces in the amount of up to one battalion. They will be placed in the region for training purposes, ”said Carter.