A Russian hydroacoustic sonar designed to detect and locate submarines was found in the Curonian Spit in Lithuania on Saturday, the military has reported.
On February 3, the Navy received a report from a member of the public about the discovery in the Curonian Spit of a device with Russian inscriptions.
Naval experts identified the device as a Russian-built hydroacoustic sonar used for gathering intelligence and locating submarines.
The device is no longer operational and is currently stored by the Navy.
The military says the device uses hydroacoustic sensors to detect the movement and passage of large underwater objects in its vicinity.
Similar Russian hydroacoustic sonars were found in 2021 in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Lithuania and in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern coasts of the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to the military.
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