BUCHAREST, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Romanian President Nicusor Dan said Friday that Romania shot down a drone breaching its airspace in the Buzau County.
He said that the authorities are conducting investigations at the scene of the incident to establish all the circumstances in which the drone entered Romania's airspace and to identify it.
"It is important to note that the area was uninhabited, which is why the pilot was able to fire from above," Dan added.
Romania's Ministry of National Defense said in a press release that its radar surveillance system detected an aerial target approximately 20 km east of Sulina. The track subsequently penetrated the national airspace. An F-16 fighter aircraft of the Romanian Air Force engaged the target with an air-to-air missile and neutralized it over an unpopulated area in the vicinity of Padina, Buzau County. ■