According to reports, the Swedish Armed Forces jammed a suspected Russian drone on February 25 as it approached a French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier while the vessel was docked in Malmö during a major ,
The Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy’s flagship, was visiting the southern Swedish port as part of Mission LA FAYETTE 26.
These drills brought NATO naval forces into the Baltic Sea region amid rising tensions with Moscow.
The drone security breach occurred while the carrier was in port, highlighting growing concerns about Russian-linked drone activity near key Western military assets, according to .
The Swedish broadcaster reported that the drone was launched from a nearby and headed toward the carrier before being detected by Swedish forces.
A ship from the located the suspected drone during ongoing sea patrols in the Öresund Strait.
In response, Swedish personnel deployed electronic countermeasures, disrupting the aircraft’s control systems.
SVT reported that the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement: “A Swedish Navy ship observed a suspected drone during ongoing sea patrols in the Öresund,”
The statement added: “In response to the observation, the Swedish Armed Forces took countermeasures to disrupt the suspected drone. Following this, contact with the drone was lost,”
To date, it remains unclear whether the drone returned to the Russian vessel or fell into the sea after being jammed.
According to , Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson told SVT on Thursday that the drone “probably came from Russia, as there was a Russian military vessel in the immediate vicinity at the time of the facts,”
French General Staff spokesman Colonel Guillaume Vernet also said: “A drone was jammed yesterday by a Swedish system at about seven nautical miles from the Charles de Gaulle. The Swedish system worked perfectly, and this did not disrupt operations on board,”
According to , this incident came just hours after overnight in response to another wave of , heightening tensions between Moscow and NATO.
It also comes after , who said that his “adversaries know how things could end” if they resort to using a “nuclear” response.