Türkiye's Ministry of Defense announced the interception and destruction of an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea after it approached Turkish airspace.
The aerial target was detected approaching Turkish airspace from the Black Sea and brought under control through standard air monitoring procedures, according to an official press release from the defense ministry.
F-16 fighters operating under NATO and Turkish national command were deployed to ensure airspace security. During identification procedures, the target was determined to be "an unmanned aerial vehicle that was out of control," the ministry said.
The drone was engaged and destroyed in a safe zone away from populated areas to prevent possible negative consequences, the ministry reported. Neither the type of aircraft nor its national origin was disclosed.
This incident follows a previous case on 1 October, when Turkish naval sappers conducted a controlled detonation of a Ukrainian Magura v5 drone recovered from the sea. Combat drones have washed ashore in Türkiye multiple times in 2024, including a combat maritime drone built on a jet ski base that waves carried from the Black Sea.
