Lithuania is to increase defence spending to 3.2% this year, the Finance Ministry in Vilnius said on Wednesday. The Lithuanian government is set to invest a further €130 million ($143 million) to finance the development of drones and other weapons. The Defence Ministry said the additional funding would be used to implement vital armament projects, including drone defence systems. The new investments will see the country surpass by far the NATO goal of spending at least 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence, at a time when other countries are scrambling to meet the target in the wake of…