Yesterday afternoon a Eurofighter Typhoon of the Spanish Air Force accidentally fired a missile into the airspace of Estonia during a NATO exercise.
The Estonian army is looking for the remains of the AMRAAM type air-to-air missile in the air of the exercise in southern Estonia.
The missile carried explosives up to 10 kilograms and was last located about 40 kilometers north of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. In situations like this the missile should self-destruct, but it could also land. Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas called the Facebook episode West extremely deplorable. “Thank God - he observed - there are no victims”.