Lithuania
Country Spotlight
Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. Since gaining independence, it has joined NATO and the EU, as well as a number of treaties and organizations pertaining to nonproliferation. Lithuania does not possess any WMD programs, and has dismantled all Cold War-era WMD facilities on its territory.
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Region Former Soviet Union
2009 Ignalia nuclear power plant fully shut down
2017 Officially withdrew plans to construct a new nuclear power plant with Estonia and Latvia
341 Number of Javelin anti-tank missiles planned to be purchased from US
Nuclear
- Has never possessed or pursued nuclear weapons
- Agreed to decommission Ignalia nuclear power plant as a condition of joining European Union
- Unsuccessfully attempted to block the construction of Belarus’s nuclear power plant due to safety concerns
Overview of the Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection
Biological
- Has never possessed or pursued a bioweapons program
- Strengthened export controls as a condition of European Union membership
- Australia Group member
Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
Lithuania Overview
Missile
- Has never possessed or pursued a missile program
- U.S. State Department approved potential sale of Javelin missiles to Lithuania in December 2021
- Sent Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine in February 2022
Tutorial on Missiles and Other WMD Delivery Systems
Overview of The CNS Missile and SLV Launch Databases
Chemical
- Has never possessed or pursued a chemical weapons program
- Strengthened export controls as a condition of European Union membership
- Australia Group member
Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation
NTI Tutorials
Treaties and Regimes Memberships
Analysis
Lithuania
Lithuania Overview
NIS Nuclear Trafficking Collection
NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index: Building a Framework for Assurance, Accountability and Action
Education Center