The Ministry of National Defence detected an aerial target near Snake Island / Two F-16 aircraft monitored the situation

The population in the north and east of Tulcea County was warned on Wednesday through an RO-Alert message, after an aerial target entered the national airspace for several minutes, above Romanian territorial waters.

According to the Ministry of National Defence, radar surveillance systems detected the target on Wednesday afternoon, approximately 30 kilometers east of Snake Island. At 5:38 p.m., it entered Romania’s airspace, approximately 22 kilometers northeast of Sulina.

Following the detection, two F-16 aircraft took off from the Borcea 86th Air Base for surveillance and monitoring missions. The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, which ordered the alerting of the population in the north and east of Tulcea County.

The RO-Alert message was sent at 5:39 p.m. The aerial target left the national airspace at 5:46 p.m., and the air alert was declared over at 7:03 p.m. The Ministry of National Defence has not provided, as of yet, any additional information about the nature of the target.