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2026-07-10 06:23:59 UTC
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Combat and maritime drones discovered and neutralised along Turkey's Black Sea coast

blueskycaliber.az · 2 blocs · 4d ago

Multiple unmanned explosive devices were found on Turkey's Black Sea shoreline in late September and early October, prompting evacuations, inspections and controlled detonations by Turkish authorities.

According to bluesky, a combat drone with explosives washed ashore on Kapısuyu Beach in the Bartın province of Turkey's Black Sea coast, and police evacuated people from the area because of the risk of explosion. Caliber.az reported that Turkish forces later destroyed a Ukrainian kamikaze drone off the Black Sea.

Caliber.az also reported that fishermen off the coast of Trabzon discovered an unmanned maritime drone on September 30, which was identified as a MAGURA V5 maritime drone. The unmanned vessel was brought ashore earlier in the day, inspected by an explosives disposal team from the provincial Gendarmerie Command and a SAS unit from the Turkish Naval Command, and then towed into the Black Sea by a Turkish Coast Guard vessel. The drone was neutralised through a controlled detonation on the morning of October 1. The finding was confirmed by Türkiye’s defence industry news platform SavunmaSanayiST.com on X, and the maritime drone was subsequently towed to port with security measures.

In a related incident, Caliber.az reported that Turkish fishermen in the Çarşıbaşı district of northern Trabzon province discovered an unmanned kamikaze boat, which was also identified as a Magura 5 Kamikaze unmanned sea vehicle.

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