Unmanned Surface Vessel Neutralised, Black Sea
Issued: 1 month ago
Date | Reference | Region | Category | Aggressors | Source |
5 Apr 2024 - 00:01 | CWD Notification 004- (Apr 24) | Europe | OSINT | Military | Open source |
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Open-source reports state that an Unmanned Surface Vehicle was found capsized and drifting off Romania (exact time and location not specified). The USV was recovered by the Romanian Maritime Rescue Service on the 3rd of April and brought to Constanta, Romania where specialists from various services investigated the device, before destroying the vessel in a controlled explosion on the 5th of April. Reports state that the vessel was a modified American rescue rigid inflatable boat, armed with a Soviet-era Russian P-20 Styx anti-ship missile. |