{"id":6943,"date":"2025-09-25T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6943"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:00:37","slug":"mission-commander-to-decide-on-downing-intruding-military-drones-romanian-defense-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6943","title":{"rendered":"Mission commander to decide on downing intruding military drones, Romanian defense minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT) has approved new procedures allowing mission commanders to order the downing of drones and military aircraft that violate Romania\u2019s airspace, in line with NATO protocols, defense minister <strong>Ionu\u021b Mo\u0219teanu<\/strong> said, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biziday.ro\/332964-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biziday.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the council meeting on Thursday, September 25, Mo\u0219teanu stated that the chain of command for drones and hostile military aircraft lies with the mission commander, who must act gradually and in compliance with NATO\u2019s rules of engagement. He stressed that a shoot-down would be considered a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of unidentified civilian aircraft or drones, however, the authority to order their destruction remains with the defense minister, as established after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian authorities will also update the list of critical objectives to be protected against aerial threats, with temporary additions possible depending on context, such as venues hosting state visits, the CSAT also decided.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes amid heightened tensions following a series of Russian provocations in NATO airspace. Earlier this month, a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/russian-drone-romania-airspace-sept-2025\" target=\"_blank\"> Russian drone entered Romania\u2019s territory<\/a> near Chilia Veche in Tulcea County, about 20 kilometers from the border.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romania-solidarity-poland-russian-drones-breach-sept-2025\" target=\"_blank\">Poland recently shot down Russian drones for the first time<\/a>, while Estonia reported incursions by three MiG-31 jets and low-altitude flights by Russian aircraft over a Polish oil platform in the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Miruna Turbatu)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Council of National Defence (CSAT) has approved new procedures allowing mission commanders to order the downing of drones and military aircraft that violate Romania\u2019s airspace, in line with NATO protocols, defense minister Ionu\u021b Mo\u0219teanu said, as quoted by Biziday.ro. Speaking after the council meeting on Thursday, September 25, Mo\u0219teanu stated that the chain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}