Fighter jets destroy explosive-laden sea drone close to huge gas platform

A picture of the drone uploaded by Romania’s defence minister (Picture: Radu Miruţă)

A marine drone packed with explosives was destroyed by fighter jets in the Black Sea a few hundred metres from an under-construction gas project.

Two Romanian F-16 planes were sent to respond after the drone was spotted by a commercial ship in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep platform at around 6.30am local time (4.20am UK time).

The platform is part of a project that is set to make Romania the biggest gas producer in the European Union when it comes online next year.

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