Romanian F-16s Shoot Down Two Jet-Powered Geran Drones Within Minutes Over the Black Sea

Two Romanian Air Force F-16 fighters shot down two jet-powered Geran-family attack drones over Romanian territorial waters near Sulina on October 17, according to the Defence Ministry. Scrambled from the 86th Air Base at Borcea at 17:43 local time, the aircraft destroyed the first drone at 18:01 and the second at 18:05 after national radar systems detected targets approaching across the Black Sea. The interceptions followed several aerial incursions near the Danube Delta during the preceding week. Romanian officials identified the drone family but did not formally establish which country had launched the two aircraft.