{"id":1371773,"date":"2022-03-11T15:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371773"},"modified":"2022-03-11T15:41:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T20:41:06","slug":"unsophisticated-drone-likely-soviet-era-flies-over-nato-states-undetected-crashes-in-croatian-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unsophisticated-drone-likely-soviet-era-flies-over-nato-states-undetected-crashes-in-croatian-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Unsophisticated&#039; Drone, Likely Soviet Era, Flies over NATO States Undetected, Crashes In Croatian Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funsophisticated-drone-likely-soviet-era-flies-over-nato-states-undetected-crashes-in-croatian-capital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) \u2013 A drone that apparently flew undetected over several NATO countries all the way from the Ukrainian war zone crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian capital, Zagreb, triggering a loud blast but causing no injuries, Croatian authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A statement issued by Croatia\u2019s government said the \u201cpilotless military aircraft\u201d entered Croatian airspace from neighbouring Hungary at a speed of 700 kph (430 mph) and an altitude of 1,300 meters (4,300 feet).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The government said that an official criminal investigation will be launched and that NATO will be informed about the incident. The crash means that the large drone flew for at least 350 miles (560 kilometres) apparently undetected by air defences in Croatia, Hungary and possibly Romania, all members of the Western military alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Military experts of The War Zone online magazine said that the aircraft is likely a Soviet-era Tu-141 \u201cStrizh\u201d reconnaissance drone that must have severely malfunctioned. It said that Ukraine is the only known current operator of the Tu-141.<\/p>\n<p>Croatian president Zoran Milanovic said \u201cthe serious incident\u201d must be thoroughly investigated to determine \u201chow a relatively unsophisticated drone flew for over an hour over NATO countries without being detected.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He said that the drone crashed in Zagreb after running out of fuel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;All the people who will die starting from this day will also die because of you. Because of your weakness. Because of your disunity,&#8221; Zelensky railed at NATO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QYys1ae0l\">https:\/\/t.co\/6QYys1ae0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1500066089241391106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Croatian defence minister and the army chief of staff both described the drone incident as \u201cserious,\u201d but said more details will be revealed after the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The two officials said at a news conference that Croatia responded last night with the closure of its airspace. They said they have been in contact with neighbouring countries and NATO and refused to reveal whose drone it was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t say at this moment whose it was. Those are relatively old-era flying objects that were used in the Soviet Union,\u201d said Chief of Staff Adm. Robert Hranj said. \u201cI can\u2019t even say it flew from Ukraine without detailed analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hungary\u2019s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, said in a social media post on Friday that Hungarian authorities were also investigating the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the information currently available, the airspace of several NATO member states, including Hungary, was involved in the drone flight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Zagreb mayor Tomislav Tomasevic said parts of the flying object are scattered in several locations. He said authorities are working to determine how the incident happened and that initial findings indicated it was an accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one was hurt and that is good fortune,\u201d said Tomasevic. \u201cIt is a relatively big object. \u2026 It is amazing that no one was hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Croatian police said they came to the scene of the explosion on the outskirts of Zagreb after calls from local citizens. They said they found a large crater and two parachutes in a wooded area. Some parked cars were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show metal pieces of the wreckage scattered on the ground, a parachute hanging from tree branches and what seems to be a section of a wing. Police sealed off the area of the blast for investigation. The Tu-141 has parachutes used for soft landings.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses quoted by the media said they first heard a large explosion that rocked the ground, then a foul smell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rexit?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rexit<\/a>? Unlike the United Kingdom, Russia is leaving the European Court of Human Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FokCeO2iWy\">https:\/\/t.co\/FokCeO2iWy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1502175505323151361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Dusan Stojanovic and Jovana Gec contributed from Belgrade, Serbia<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) \u2013 A drone that apparently flew undetected over several NATO countries all the way from the Ukrainian war zone crashed overnight on the outskirts of the Croatian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}