European defense moves Nuclear votes and missiles

Oct 6

CCTV reports Lithuania's October 6 first constitutional-amendment vote supporting removal of its nuclear-deployment prohibition, expressly saying a second vote is still required. It quotes the parliament's NATO rationale and Peskov's warning of instability and necessary Russian security measures. The same report says Macron announced an October 6 successful first M51-3 launch from a strategic submarine; French media say it carried no nuclear warhead. It recalls his March forward-deterrence proposal and Russia's warning about potential host countries. Separately it reports Sweden's October 6 decision to send Patriot air defense to a NATO logistics base in Poland supporting Ukraine, with the operation planned for December. Neither a completed Lithuanian amendment nor an already completed Swedish deployment is established.

Sweden announces its first Patriot mission to Poland on October 6 to protect Rzeszów's NATO logistics hub and Ukraine-aid route from missiles and drones. TSN reports about one hundred personnel, an early-December start through year-end with possible extension into the first half of 2027. The fuller CCTV account gives December 1 and a possible seven-month mission taking over from the Netherlands, and airs the commander's ground/air-threat assessment. These compatible future-mission accounts retain their different scheduling descriptions; deployment and protection outcomes are not yet established.