Taurage, Lithuania (Reuters) – The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense launched, on the border with Russia, the first of what will be nine schools across the country, teaching children from 10 years and adults to pilot, set up and program drones.
“It is the construction of defensive military capabilities, which Lithuania is taking very seriously, as it lives in the vicinity of Russia and Belarus,” said Deputy Defense Minister Tomas Godliauskas.
Children and people of other ages will learn how to operate first -person vision drones (FPV), quadcopters and single wing drones, said Professor Mindaugas Tamosaitis.
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At school in Taurage, 20km from the Russian Enclave of Kaliningrad, the children practiced virtual flights on computers. A boy in the training area practiced the flight of a mini drone up and down, supervised by the teachers and sometimes hitting it on the floor.
The children are enthusiastic, the teacher said.
Lithuania, a member of NATO, asked the alliance to reinforce its air defense after two Russian drones fall into the country after crossing Belarus.
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Last Friday, NATO announced plans to reinforce the defense of the eastern flank of Europe, two days after Poland overthrew drones that had violated its airspace, in the first known action by a Western Alliance member during the Russian War in Ukraine.
