España afronta desde Rumania la lucha de la OTAN contra los ataques de drones: “El sistema debe repensarse y actualizarse”
El Ejército español trabaja desde la base Mihail Kogalniceanu para frenar el avance imparable de las incursiones aéreas de Rusia en territorio aliado
Spain faces NATO's struggle against drone attacks from Romania: "The system must be rethought and updated"
At 3:45 in the early hours, the loudspeakers at Romania's 57 Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase began blasting the words "alpha scramble, alpha scramble." Seven Spanish military personnel on duty awoke groggily, but they knew exactly what they had to do: arm themselves, launch two F-18 fighter jets in under 15 minutes, and head to the Ukrainian border to neutralize a potential aerial threat.
Their target was a Russian drone that had crossed into allied territory, which was ultimately shot down around 5 in the early hours. This marked the first time NATO had eliminated one of these devices, and it was achieved by a 27-year-old Spanish pilot. "It is undoubtedly a source of pride," said Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Borja Calvo, the commander of the Spanish Air and Space Police detachment stationed in Romania's Advanced Air Policing mission, with a serious expression.
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