A fragment of a cylindrical missile, which fell into the sea off Morbihan following a military test, is wanted by the authorities, the communication service of the Ministry of the Armed Forces said in a statement on Thursday.
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Following a test of ammunition without a military charge, the Ministry of the Armed Forces launched, as for any shooting, an operation to recover the debris.
(...) All the debris was recovered from the bottom of the water with the exception of a cylinder containing a pyrotechnic pressurization device.
This piece is most likely at the bottom of the water
, ”indicates the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA).
This dangerous object would be between the tip of Penmarch and Belle-Île
"
The pyrotechnic device is locked in the cylinder and does not represent a danger as long as no one tries to open the cylinder
", specifies the DGA.
Interrupted for weather reasons, the repechage campaign resumed on Wednesday and sea users were warned "
in the unlikely event that this cylinder floats
".
In an email sent at the beginning of the week to the town halls of the area concerned, the services of the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic indicate that "
the metal cylinder containing a pyrotechnic charge
" measures "
2 meters in length by 40 centimeters in diameter (which could be attached an object measuring 60cm by 40cm)
" and that it "
is likely to have been adrift for a few days in an area between the tip of Penmarch and Belle-Île
".
“
Given the particular danger represented by this gear, I thank you for informing the municipalities between the tip of Penmarch and the limit with the Loire-Atlantique
” as well as the fisheries committees of Finistère and Morbihan, adds the e-mail.
