The World - News from Feb. 3, 1985

A Finnish air force helicopter lifted the main frame and engine of a wayward Soviet target missile from a frozen lake and military officials reiterated earlier statements that it was not a cruise missile. Finnish authorities told reporters that the recovered debris showed it was “an old-type missile dating from 1971-72 and without military capacity.” The unarmed missile was launched on Dec. 28 during Soviet naval target practice in the Barents Sea and crashed in Finland’s Lake Inari after crossing Norwegian territory. The Soviet Embassy in Helsinki has requested that the recovered debris from the missile be returned.