NEW: A Russian drone entered Romanian airspace today, triggering... two separate alerts. The Ministry of Defense scrambled two F-16 fighter jets after radar detected the target north of Tulcea County. The army says the drone likely crashed on Romanian territory.show more

The Romanian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the drone... which fell on a residential high-rise during the night was Russian. Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled and had authorization to engage and shoot down the target.show more

🇷🇴 Today, fragments of a Russian drones were discovered... in Tulcea County, Romania. Based on photo and video published by Romanian media, at least two Russian drones violated Romanian airspace and crashed on the country’s territory. One is a “Delta” reconnaissance/decoy drone. The second, shown in the video, is a Shahed-type kamikaze drone.show more

‼️🇷🇴✈️ BREAKING | Romania has shot down a drone... after it violated the country's airspace, marking another security incident on NATO's eastern flank. According to Romania's Ministry of Defense, a Romanian Air Force F-16 destroyed the drone with an air-to-air missile over an uninhabited area near Padina, Buzău County, on Friday, July 24. 🚨 After the drone was detected by Romania's radar surveillance system, two Romanian F-16s and two Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons were scrambled to intercept the target. 🎯 The drone was successfully engaged and destroyed at 11:02, preventing it from posing a threat to populated areas. See the latest updates with us: Visionershow more

Today, a Romanian F-16 fighter jet destroyed an explosive-laden... maritime drone after it was spotted by a commercial vessel a few hundred meters from work at the Neptun Deep offshore gas project in the Black Sea. "I strongly condemn the growing number of such irresponsible actions by Russia. Together with our NATO allies, we remain vigilant in defending ourselves and repelling such provocations," Romanian President Nicușor Dan said. The incident came hours after an aerial drone entered Romanian airspace near Galați early on Thursday during Russia's massive attack on Ukraine and crashed in an unpopulated area near Grindu, Tulcea County.show more

BREAKING: A drone has crashed in Romania, near Luncavița... in Tulcea County, around 5 km from the Ukrainian border. The drone crashed in a wooded area, exploded and caused a fire. No casualties or material damage have been reported so far. Romania’s Defence Ministry said the drone was not detected by its radar systems, as it was flying at very low altitude. A MApN team, supported by an IAR Puma SOCAT helicopter, is investigating the crash site. A RO-Alert was issued for northern Tulcea County around 11:45 amid an air alert. This marks the 4th reported breach involving a Russian drone in Romania in less than 48 hours, following three separate Russian drone violations of Romanian airspace on Thursday.show more

JUST IN: 🇷🇺🇷🇴 Russian Drones Force NATO Into a... Third Straight Day of F-16 Intercepts. Romania says it destroyed another drone over its territorial waters this morning, marking the third consecutive day its F-16 fighter jets have responded to airspace incursions. President Nicușor Dan said the drone shot down on Friday was identified as a Russian Shahed UAV.show more

What appears to be a Russian Geran-2 or Gerbera... drone struck a high-rise apartment building in Galati, Romania, around 13.5 km from the border with Ukraine. Prior to the attack, air raid alerts were issued in parts of the country due to the drone incursion into Romanian airspace. At least two people were injured and another 70 evacuated from the building, where a fire subsequently broke out. Romanian authorities say they are investigating the source of the drone, however at the same time of this attack, a large-scale Russian Geran-2 drone attack was underway on the Ukrainian port city of Reni, which lies directly opposite the border with Romania.show more

Watch: A naval drone similar to the 'type used... in the war in Ukraine' has exploded in the Romanian port of Constanta, according to the Romanian Ministry of National Defenceshow more

🇷🇴 Thank you to the Romanian Air Force for... safeguarding Baltic airspace! ✈️ A Romanian F-16 deployed in Šiauliai under NATO Air Policing responded to an Estonian airspace violation and intercepted a drone. ✊ Allied vigilance remains a vital part of NATO’s collective defence.show more

Romania has thwarted three Russian drone attacks near Neptun... Deep in under two weeks, with F-16s destroying an explosives-laden naval drone just meters from the vital gas platform. Earlier, Romanian forces destroyed two Gerbera drones near the site.show more

BREAKING: 4 Ukrainian fighter jets unintentionally entered Romania's airspace... this morning as they were dispersing their planes from Ukrainian airfields during a major Russian drone and missile attack against western Ukraine. A Romanian man filmed a Ukrainian Su-27 flying over Gura Putnei in Suceava county. The Romanians say the intrusion was deemed involuntarily and quickly managed. Via Modern Warfare with Romaniashow more

Ukraine’s 421st Separate Battalion of Unmanned Systems "SAPSAN" struck... a Russian Tor-M2 air defense system using domestically produced Bulava ammunition after the target was detected and tracked by a Leleka reconnaissance drone. #Ukraineshow more

🇷🇴 An unmanned surface vessel detonated in the Romanian... port of Constana, near the headquarters of the Romanian Agency for Life Saving at Sea. Romanian services managed to secure the area beforehand, hence there were no casualties, Romanian Defense Ministry informed. According to the statement from the Romanian MoD, The naval drone that detonated in Constanta is of the type used in the Russia-Ukraine war, though no more details were provided.show more

NATO vs Russia: One Step From Catastrophic Escalation? A... Romanian F-16, operating under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission from Lithuania, just shot down a Ukrainian drone over Estonian airspace. Preliminary reports: Russian electronic warfare systems deliberately redirected the drone toward NATO territory.Kyiv strongly denies using Baltic airspace and accuses Moscow of a deliberate provocation. How close are we to the unthinkable?show more

‼️🇷🇺🇷🇴🇪🇺 Russia strikes NATO member Romania Russian Kamikaze drone... hit a residential high rise in Galați, Romania, wounding civilians and sparking a major fire. Romanian fighter jets were scrambled immediately after the incident. Romania is a NATO member state, fueling fears the Ukraine war could spill further into Europe.show more

❗️A kamikaze drone of the Main Intelligence Directorate of... the Ministry of Defense of 🇺🇦Ukraine destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian Buk-M3 air defense system in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.show more

🚨🇷🇴🇷🇺 Fire and rescue services are rushing to the... site of a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Galați, Romania, with several injuries reported. Romanian authorities reportedly issued alerts shortly before the impact.show more

The Battle of Palmdale. In 1956, a runaway Hellcat... drone went rogue over California. Two F-89 jets fired 208 unguided rockets-all missed. The errant rockets started fires, damaged homes/cars in Palmdale. No one died. The drone? Crashed harmlessly after running out of fuel.👀show more

Training of #Ukrainian pilots on #US F-16 fighter jets... has begun in #Romania On Monday, Romanian Defense Minister Angel Tîlvăr and his Dutch counterpart Kajsa Ollongren opened the European #F16 Training Center (EFTC) at Borcea Air Base near Fetești, 150 kilometers from Bucharest. F-16 demonstration flights were held today in honor of the opening.show more

UK's math of modern war: $100M jet vs $50K... drone Cockpit footage from the UK Ministry of Defense shows an F-35B engaging an Iranian drone over Jordan — the first time a British F-35 has downed a flying target.show more