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Foreign companies get 30 percent of Lithuania's defense budget, and 70 percent return to Lithuanian economy, according to National Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis who introduced lawmakers last week to national defense funding figures for the next year.
Foreign companies get 30 pct of Lithuania's defense budget
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The major part of Lithuania's defense budget goes abroad to pay for arms and military equipment. And the lion's share of the amount staying in Lithuania is spent on personnel.

"Currently, the sums spent abroad are quite big as our arms producers have limited capacities. We try to cooperate with the local industry as much as possible for a

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