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The drone was shot down by Italian troops stationed at the NATO air base in Šiauliai using Eurofighter jets.
Military police, regular police and other emergency services were dispatched to the crash site, where they recovered debris overnight, the Lithuanian military said.
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Warnings of a possible air threat were initially sent to residents of Vilnius and the surrounding district, as well as the Trakai and Elektrėnai districts. The warning was later extended to the Kaunas region as the drone continued westward. The alerts were subsequently cancelled.
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No, because a jet on the ground is still cheaper than a jet in the air. Also jet and helicopter engines have a limited life span after which they must be replaced.
Its not like jets just stay on the ground forever until we need them. They’re constantly on training sorties anyway, targeting something like 180 hours a year minimum flying time. A mission like this just contributes some hours to that target.
If we assume the cost of bringing on jet into the air just to shoot down one drone is several 100,000€ than you would need about 10,000 times the amount to cover a short border like the Luthuania-Russia one with gun systems. That’s before the operational cost of these guns that also need maintainance etc.