Bulgarian Navy destroys remnants of drone found drifting at sea
A specialist team from the Bourgas Naval Base responded on June 11 after parts of an unmanned aerial vehicle 14 nautical miles east of Cape Kolokita were spotted by fishing vessels, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said.
The parts were destroyed on site due to concerns about residual explosives, the ministry said.
The destruction operation was carried out in strict compliance with safety measures, the statement said.
This is the latest incident in recent weeks involving drones or drone parts in Bulgarian waters.
A Bulgarian Navy specialist team removed a drone that was found on the beach of the town of Byala in the Varna district, the Defence Ministry said on May 5.
A specialist team from the Bulgarian Navy base in Bourgas examined and destroyed on May 1 the remains of a drone that washed up on the beach north-east of the Elenite seaside resort complex, a Defence Ministry statement said.
A Bulgarian Navy specialist team on April 17 destroyed a drone that washed up on the beach in the village of Krapets in Shabla municipality, the Defence Ministry said at the time.
A specialist team from the Bulgarian Navy’s Bourgas base removed a drone that had washed ashore on Nessebur’s south beach on April 14, the Defence Ministry said.
On April 12, a Bulgarian Navy team destroyed four shells recovered from a vessel, described by the ministry as a “floating drone”, found on the beach of the town of Sinemorets.
In successive incidents on April 2 and 3, Bulgarian Navy specialist teams removed drone parts and a drone from the Black Sea, according to a Defence Ministry statement.
(Photos: Defence Ministry)
