US EditionLithuania Will Teach Schoolchildren How to Build Drones
- Lithuania announced a plan to teach over 22,000 citizens, including children aged eight and above, to build and pilot drones by 2028.
- This initiative responds to recent incidents of Russian drones crossing from Belarus and aims to strengthen Lithuania's defenses against possible Russian aggression.
- The program, led by Lithuania's defense and education ministries, will open nine drone training centers, with three ready by September 2025, and include courses from basic construction to 3D drone design.
- Vice-Minister Tomas Godliauskas said the training will deepen children’s technical literacy through games, programming, piloting indoors, and building FPV drones in higher grades.
- The project reflects growing Baltic efforts to prepare civilians for drone warfare, as regional countries simultaneously develop detection systems and civil resistance capabilities.
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The Vilnius government wants to train more than 22,000 Lithuanians to build and operate drones by 2028, the Independent reports. The program would expand the possibilities of civil resistance and prepare for a possible Russian attack. The first three drone centers will open this September, with six more centers expected by 2028. According to the plan, in addition to adults, seven thousand children will also be trained to use drones. The program …
In Lithuania, children are already to be trained in the most modern war craft. From autumn onwards, they will learn how to control drones that are to destroy the evil Russian in the event of an invasion.
Building and piloting drones from the EC2 is the idea of the Lithuanian government to better prepare its citizens for the dangers of Russia.
Lithuania wants to teach kids as young as eight to fight Putin with drones - The Mirror
The first three Lithuanian drone training centres, where kids as young as eight will learn to operate the devices, will open by September with the remainder opening over the next three years
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