![As fears of a Russian invasion grow, Latvia is installing so-called "dragon's teeth" along its border with Russia.](https://san.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/CLEAN-GettyImagesDragonsTeeth_Getty-Images_featuredImage_Wed-Jul-24-2024.jpg?w=1920)
[RYAN ROBERTSON]
LATVIA–A NATO MEMBER–IS INSTALLING DRAGON’S TEETH ALONG ITS BORDER WITH RUSSIA. THE TECH WAS FIRST USED IN WORLD WAR II AS A DEFENSE AGAINST APPROACHING TANKS.
LATVIA JUST STARTED INSTALLING THE ANTI-TANK CONCRETE PYRAMIDS
THE MOVE IS PART OF A PLAN LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA AGREED TO EARLIER THIS YEAR – TO BUILD A COMMON DEFENSE LINE WITH “ANTI-MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS.”
WITH THE EFFORT TO BULK UP NATO’S EASTERN BORDER WITH RUSSIA AND ITS ALLY BELARUS NOW UNDERWAY…
LATVIA’S MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SAYS IT WILL HELP WITH NATO’S “COLLECTIVE DEFENSE.”
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE KREMLIN AND NATO WEREN’T GREAT BEFORE RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE–AND ARE ONLY GETTING WORSE. MOSCOW SAYS NATO NATIONS ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE WAR BECAUSE IT PROVIDES MILITARY AID AND WEAPONS TO UKRAINE. RUSSIA SAID BEFORE IT MAY STRIKE NATO MEMBERS FOR HELPING KYIV.
POLAND’S DEFENSE MINISTER ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS MOSCOW COULD ATTACK WITHIN HIS COUNTRY’S BORDERS– BUT MAINTAINED CONFIDENCE IN NATO’S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.
LATVIA’S MOVE TO USE DECADES OLD TECHNOLOGY TO DEFEND ITS BORDER ISN’T UNHEARD OF.
SORT OF A, IF IT ISN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT STRATEGY. SIMILAR TO WHAT WE REPORTED IN JUNE– WITH UKRAINE’S USE OF 50-YEAR-OLD PROP PLANES TO TAKE OUT RUSSIA’S UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.
KYIV ALSO EQUIPPED ADVANCED DRONES WITH MEDIEVAL-STYLE CALTROPS TO DISABLE RUSSIAN VEHICLES AND TO DISRUPT SUPPLY EFFORTS.
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