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Vilnius Airport is shut and NATO has scrambled fighter jets into Lithuanian airspace after reports of a possible drone sighting over the country.
Lithuania, a NATO member, closed the facility as the alliance moved military aircraft overhead, treating the report as a live operational concern rather than something to assess from the ground alone.
The two responses ran in coordination. An airport closure and a simultaneous military scramble in response to an unverified drone sighting represents a posture calibrated for speed over certainty.
Lithuanian authorities and NATO moved before the contact was confirmed, which is itself the clearest signal of how the threshold for airspace incidents in the Baltic region is now set.
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