The missile, part of which was found on the coast of a spit along the Razelm estuary in Romania, was launched from a Russian-made Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system. This conclusion was made by the headquarters of the Naval Forces of Romania.
The Romanian General Staff believes that the engine of a Russian rocket fell into the water during the recent fighting in the northern part of the Black Sea.
The discovered item does not contain pyrotechnic or hazardous materials and is a propulsion engine tube from a 57E6 surface-to-air missile launched by the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system, the report said.
The Romanian Navy clarified that such Russian-made complexes are not in service with the Romanian armed forces and, most likely, “fell into the sea and were carried by sea currents to the Romanian coast.”
The headquarters of the Romanian naval forces does not exclude that in the near future sea currents may bring such components in close proximity to the coastal zone of Romania or other coastal countries.
At the same time, we recommend that citizens who have noticed such elements of ammunition, for the sake of their own safety, stay away from the detected objects and immediately report to the competent authorities, they added.
In July last year, a fragment of a missile from Pantsir-S1 washed up on the coast of Bulgaria.
Source: Racurs
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