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The drone was shot down by Italian troops stationed at the NATO air base in Šiauliai using Eurofighter jets.
Military police, regular police and other emergency services were dispatched to the crash site, where they recovered debris overnight, the Lithuanian military said.
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Warnings of a possible air threat were initially sent to residents of Vilnius and the surrounding district, as well as the Trakai and Elektrėnai districts. The warning was later extended to the Kaunas region as the drone continued westward. The alerts were subsequently cancelled.
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This is true as long as Russia is not sending hundredths or drones at the same time. Russia is just testing our defenses now and it’s clear NATO would not be able to stop actual drone attacks. It would not be able to defend it’s critical infrastructure or biggest cities. I don’t think “it’s expensive” is a valid excuse for a defense pact not to build effective defenses.
Correct, but not in the way you think. Covering everything in air defense (especially against low text/cost) wepons is simply not viable. The actual defense is deterrence, the ability to react offensively (in this case even as part of a big defensive alliance) to an act of war, while protecting only the most critical infrastructure and the stuff used offensively (the latter being the reason air-defense is mobile).
So the actual and very real failure is our cowardly politicians being afraid to call an act of war by its name and react accordingly.