🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️ — Baltic military planners are increasingly preparing for scenarios in which U.S. military support is delayed or does not arrive during a conflict with Russia, with exercises already testing how Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania would defend themselves under those conditions, according to The Atlantic.

European NATO members are expanding their military capabilities, but Baltic officials say there is no straightforward replacement for key U.S. assets, particularly satellite intelligence, advanced missiles, and hypersonic weapons.

Lithuania is also preparing civilian resistance groups such as the state-supported Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union to operate behind enemy lines, conduct ambushes, and provide intelligence during a potential invasion.