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Parts of the booster motor from a Russian-made 57E6 surface-to-air missile (SAM), used by the Pantsir air defense system, washed ashore on the Agacli coast in Istanbul's Eyupsultan district, prompting an emergency response from Turkish gendarmerie.
The ordnance, which struck the beach, was taken into custody by gendarmerie teams and transported to a forensic laboratory for examination.
Residents picnicking on the Agacli coast in Eyupsultan discovered the military ordnance near the shoreline in the morning hours.
Gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the area following a report from the residents. After conducting an initial examination, authorities transported the ordnance to a forensic laboratory for further analysis.
The person who reported the discovery to police described the moment he and others spotted the object.
"We had come to the beach in the morning to camp and picnic. While we were sitting by the sea, we saw a suspicious object that had washed up on the shore further ahead. At first, we thought it might be a missile or a torpedo-like piece of ordnance. We immediately reported the situation to the gendarmerie teams," he said.
"The teams arrived at the scene shortly after, cordoned off the area with a security line, and moved us away from the area. Bomb disposal teams arrived afterward. After examining the suspicious object, they took it into custody and removed it," he added.
A person who sells kofte on the beach also described the discovery.
"While the children were going to swim in the sea, they noticed a suspicious object on the shore. The situation was then reported to the authorities. Following the report, gendarmerie and coast guard teams came to the area. After conducting the necessary examinations, the teams took the object away," he said.
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The 57E6 is a Russian-designed, two-stage surface-to-air missile with an effective range of 18 kilometers, fired from the 96K6 Pantsir air defense (SA-22 Greyhound) complex.
The designation "57E6" specifically refers to the missile's second stage, which contains the warhead and fuzing, though the term is often used interchangeably to refer to the entire round.
The missile uses solid fuel and has a separable booster section that accelerates the projectile before detaching shortly after launch
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