The system NATO intends to use to protect Romania from Russian drones will soon be deployed in the Danube Delta, announced General Christopher Donahue, the head of the Alliance’s ground forces.
According to the official, the capability has already been tested, and Romanian and allied soldiers have been trained to use it.
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"As the commander of NATO ground forces (...) Romania is extremely important to us. We have already started developing the capability to do exactly what we know we need to do, as an alliance, with the United States being one of the 32 members: to ensure that these drones do not violate our airspace.
We have tested this capability, which is in the final stages of implementation. Romanian soldiers and other soldiers of the Alliance have been trained on this capability, and I think you will see it soon in the Delta," said the American general, quoted by Antena3.
The American general arrived on Tuesday at the Mihail Kogălniceanu base to visit the American soldiers for Thanksgiving Day, but the visit was interrupted by the incident in Vaslui, where a Russian drone without payload fell in a local resident's yard.
The Russian drone flew over Romanian airspace for several hours. Four fighter jets (two Romanian and two German) were scrambled to track it, but none fired at the drone to bring it down. Eventually, the drone crashed on its own in a local resident's yard in Puieşti, Vaslui.
Defense Minister Ionuț Moșteanu explained why the fighter jets did not fire at the drone that flew over eastern Romania.
Moșteanu said that the German pilots who went after the Russian drone told him it was difficult to intercept because it repeatedly disappeared from radar, leaving Romanian territory at one point and then returning.