Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is an

air defense Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

radar network operated by the

Baltic States The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

and Estonia.

Structure

The Baltic Air Surveillance Network (BALTNET) is one of the commands within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS). BALTNET's Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre (RASCC) is located in Karmėlava and reports to NATO's (CAOC)

Combined Air Operations Centre Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level''. They operate within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework. ...

: CAOC Uedem. * Regional Airspace Surveillance Coordination Centre (RASCC), in Karmėlava ** ( Estonian Air Force) Air Operations Centre, at

Ämari Air Base Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn. History Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...

*** Radar Station, in

Levalõpme Levalõpme is a village in Muhu Parish, Saare County in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Fin ...

, with GM 403 *** Radar Station, in Otepää, with GM 403 *** Radar Station, in Kellavere, with AN/TPS-77 ** ( Latvian Air Force) Air Operations Centre, at

Lielvārde Air Base Lielvārde is a military air base in Rembate Parish, Ogre Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located north of Lielvārde and southeast of Riga. It was built in 1969 for an attack aircraft regiment. In spring 1980, the 899th ...

*** 1st Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, at

, with AN/TPS-77 *** 2nd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in Audriņi, with AN/TPS-77 *** 3rd Radiotechnical (Radar) Post, in Čalas, with AN/TPS-77 ** (

Lithuanian Air Force The Lithuanian Air Force or LAF ( lt, Lietuvos karinės oro pajėgos, abbreviated as ''LK KOP'') is the military aviation branch of the Lithuanian armed forces. It is formed from professional military servicemen and non-military personnel. Units ...

) Airspace Operations Centre, in Karmėlava *** Radar Station in Antaveršis *** Radar Station in Degučiai *** Radar Station in Ceikiškės Lithuanian radars are manufactured by Indra Sistemas.

References

Air defence radar networks Military projects of the Baltic states Military of Lithuania Military of Latvia Military of Estonia {{europe-mil-stub

Structure

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