A Spanish fighter jet accidentally fired a missile near the border with Russia — and they still can't find it

US Marine Corps/SSgt. Kenneth K. Trotter Jr.

• A Spanish jet on a Baltic air-policing mission accidentally fired an air-to-air missile over Estonia on Tuesday.
• The missile has a self-destruct mode, but it's not known if it was activated.
• Estonian authorities are currently searching for the missile, and Spanish and Estonian officials are investigating the incident.

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A Spanish air force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet accidentally fired an air-to-air missile during an a routine training exercise over southeast Estonia on Tuesday afternoon, and authorities have not been able to locate the missile or what is left of it.

The Spanish jet fired the missile — an advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, or AMRAAM, made by US defense firm Raytheon — a little before 4 p.m. local time over the village of Pangodi, as it returned from an exercise with another Spanish jet as well as two French Mirage 2000 jets.

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