US EditionNato intercepts Russian drone heading for French aircraft carrier
Swedish and NATO forces disrupted a suspected Russian drone targeting the French carrier Charles de Gaulle during its Malmö port call, part of rising drone activity in the Baltic, officials said.
- On February 25, 2026, NATO forces intercepted a suspected Russian drone heading toward the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during its stopover in Malm� in the Oresund Strait.
- Swedish reports say the drone launched from a nearby Russian vessel, and the Swedish military has launched an inquiry amid a string of mysterious drone flights across Europe.
- Using electronic-warfare jamming, Swedish Armed Forces lost contact with the drone, and its final fate remains unknown, either returning to the Russian vessel or crashing into the sea.
- Vernet said `The carrier strike group is equipped with its own protection systems, but when it enters the sovereign waters of a partner, as is the case here, it comes under the protection of the host country,` after NATO intercepted a Russian drone heading for the French aircraft carrier in Malm� yesterday.
- The incident comes amid a year-long surge of Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace in the Baltic Sea, a theatre of rivalry during Mission LA FAYETTE 26, raising hybrid warfare concerns.
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A Russian military ship was also in the area.
A Russian drone approached France's largest nuclear-capable aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, in Swedish territorial waters this week, Swedish news agency SVT reported, citing the Swedish military. The Daily Telegraph added that NATO allies either neutralized it using electronic warfare and the drone crashed into the sea or returned to the ship from which it took off.
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