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12 platform lines · 23 mapped sites · 17 deployable units

Personnel & posture

Active personnel
15k
Reserve / mobilization pool
7k
Mobilization window
~10 days to full field army
Alliance
NATO member
GDP (est.)
$78B
Defense spending (est.)
$2.5B

Order of battle

Bases & infrastructure (23)

  • Lithuania Ministry of Defense

    hub

    National command and crisis coordination

    command

  • Lithuania Army Headquarters

    military base

    Ground forces command and mobilization center

    army

  • Lithuania Primary Air Base

    airport

    Combat aviation and airlift hub

    air

  • Lithuania Naval Base

    port

    Fleet homeport and coastal defense

    naval

  • Lithuania Main Seaport

    port

    Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

    trade

  • Lithuania Defense Industrial Complex

    factory

    Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

    manufacturing

  • Lithuania Munitions plant

    factory

    Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

    ammunition

  • Lithuania Oil & gas refinery

    factory

    Fuel processing and petrochemicals

    energy

  • Lithuania Integrated Air Defense Site

    military base

    Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

    air_defense

  • Lithuania Early Warning Radar

    military base

    Air and missile tracking

    air_defense

  • Lithuania Combined Arms Training Area

    military base

    Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

    training

  • Lithuania Border Defense Outpost

    military base

    Frontier surveillance and rapid response

    army

  • Lithuania Cyber Command Center

    hub

    Offensive/defensive cyber operations

    cyber

  • Lithuania Forward Corps HQ

    military base

    Theater-level ground command

    army

  • Lithuania Secondary Airfield

    airport

    Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

    air

  • Ministry of National Defence Vilnius

    hub

    Lithuanian Armed Forces HQ.

    command

  • Pabradė Training Area

    military base

    NATO eFP Germany-led battlegroup.

    army

  • Šiauliai Air Base

    airport

    NATO Baltic air policing QRA.

    air

  • Klaipėda port

    port

    Baltic Sea NATO supply — only year-round ice-free.

    trade

  • Druskininkai border sector

    military base

    Belarus frontier — Wagner concern.

    army

  • Kaliningrad exclave monitoring

    military base

    Isolated Russian enclave flank.

    army

  • NATO Energy Security Centre Vilnius

    research

    Critical infrastructure protection.

    science

  • Saulių sąjunga territorial HQ

    hub

    National defence volunteer union.

    command

Deployable units (17)

  • 1st Mechanized Brigade (Lithuania)armor
  • 3rd Infantry Division HQarmy
  • 7th Artillery Regimentarmy
  • Air Defense Battalion (capital)sam
  • Special Operations Task Grouparmy
  • Coastal Defense Regimentnavy
  • Tactical UAV Squadrondrone
  • Logistics Support Brigadefacility · Supply and transport hub
  • Armored Cavalry Squadronarmor
  • Combat Aviation Wing (detachment)air
  • Leopard 2A6 battalionarmor · Heavy armor — German eFP
  • Boxer IFV battalionarmor · Wheeled mechanized infantry
  • PzH 2000 howitzer batteryfacility · 155mm precision fires
  • NASAMS air defense batterysam · Medium-range GBAD
  • F-16 Baltic QRA detachmentair · Šiauliai air policing
  • Klaipėda patrol boat squadronnavy · Baltic coastal defence
  • Saulių sąjunga volunteer battalionarmy · Territorial reserve

Theater glossary

Suwałki Gap
65 km corridor between Kaliningrad and Belarus — NATO vulnerability.
Pabradė
NATO enhanced Forward Presence — Germany-led battlegroup.
Šiauliai
Baltic air policing QRA base — intercept Russian aircraft.
Klaipėda
Only major Lithuanian port — NATO Baltic supply lifeline.
Saulių sąjunga
Lithuanian Riflemen's Union — volunteer territorial defence.
Kaliningrad
Russian exclave — Iskander and naval threat to Baltics.
Chokepoint
Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.
Rare earth
Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.
SPR
Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.
Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.
Malacca
Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Suwałki corridor
Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.
Cobalt belt
DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.
Lithium triangle
Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.
Grain corridor
Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.
Red Sea corridor
Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.
Taiwan Strait lane
Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.
Black Sea grain lane
Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.
Horn access lane
Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.