Spanish Eurofighter accidentally fired AIM-120 over Estonia

A Spanish Eurofighter flying near the town of Otepää in south Estonia accidentally fired a AIM-120 air-to-air missile on Aug. 7 at 15:44 local time.

Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon ‘C.16-48 - 14-12’ (30785478194)
By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Eurofighter EF2000 Typhoon ‘C.16-48 / 14-12’) [CC BY-SA 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons


The Estonian Ministry of Defense said the missile was suppose to self-destruct in such a situation but it does not rule out that the missile might have hit the ground.

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