23 OCTOBER 2004, Page 40

Baltic patrols

From Dr John Laugh/and Sir: Dr Jeremy Stocker writes that no Western weaponry can reach St Petersburg in a few minutes (Letters, 16 October). He is wrong. Nato has been patrolling the air space of all three Baltic states since March, using supersonic fighter aircraft from the the northern Lithuanian airbase at Zokniai.

John Laugh/and

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