Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform
Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.
Romania blew up drone boat to protect lives of several hundred rig workers.
The short version
- This week, Romania accused Russia of sending a drone boat loaded with explosives to a vital European natural gas platform in the Black Sea.
- A Romanian F-16 fighter jet used its cannons to disable the surface drone so that explosive ordnance experts could blow it up safely.
- The offshore gas project would make Romania the largest gas producer in the European Union once it starts full production in 2027.
What happened
To protect the lives of the workers and the offshore gas infrastructure, the Romanian military scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to stop the drone with cannon fire, Miruță said. Army specialists later carried out a controlled detonation, as seen in a Facebook video shared by the defense minister.
Why it matters
The drone boat itself supposedly carried explosives, according to Miruță’s comments, as reported by Reuters .
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