Romania's Defence Ministry says it scrambled fighter jets overnight as WW3 fears continue to rise across the globe. The NATO member scrambled aircrafts twice to intercept drones near the country's territory.
Romania detected a group of air targets near Serpents Island as well as a drone above Romanian territorial waters. The Defence Ministry said: "On the night of October 14 to 15, the radar surveillance system of the Ministry of National Defence detected a group of air targets near Serpents Island.
"Two F-18 aircraft of the Spanish Air and Space Forces, in the Reinforced Air Police combat service took off from the 57th Mihail Kogalniceani Aor base."
At 1.34am a drone was detected for around one minute in national airspace, southeast of Sulina, above Romanian territorial waters, after which is disappeared from radar.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence said: "Subsequently, following the reporting of other air targets approximentely 77km east of Snake Island, two Romanian Air Force F-16 aircraft, from the 86th Air Base in Fetesti, were scrambled.
"The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in order to institute measures to alert the population north and east of Tulcea County, and at 4.57am an RO-Alert message was sent." There were no other reported incursions into the national airspace and the alert was ceased at 5.46am.
