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Official: Drone that crashed in Croatia carried a bomb
ABC News ^ | 3/13/2022 | AP Staff

Posted on 03/14/2022 7:50:36 AM PDT by mac_truck

Croatia's defense minister says a military drone that apparently flew all the way from the Ukrainian war zone over three European NATO-member states before crashing in an urban zone of the Croatian capital was armed with an explosive device.

ZAGREB, Croatia -- A military drone that apparently flew all the way from the Ukrainian war zone over three European NATO-member states before crashing in an urban zone of the Croatian capital was armed with an explosive device, Croatia’s defense minister said Sunday.

The Soviet-made aircraft crossed Romania and Hungary before entering Croatia, slamming into a field near a student dormitory late Thursday. About 40 parked cars were damaged in the large explosion, but no one was injured.

“Traces of explosives and clues suggesting that this was not a reconnaissance aircraft were found. We found parts of an air bomb,” Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banozic said at the crash site.

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KEYWORDS: croatia; nato; ukraine
Raises the question of how a drone armed with a bomb was able to fly across two NATO nations before crashing in a third.
1 posted on 03/14/2022 7:50:36 AM PDT by mac_truck
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To: mac_truck

Soviet-made?

How was the drone technology in 1989?


2 posted on 03/14/2022 7:54:55 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Ukraine is not a good country and does not deserve active US support.)
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