Sweden jams suspected Russian drone near French carrier as NATO war fears rise

The Swedish Armed Forces jammed a suspected Russian drone Feb. 25 arsenic it approached a French nuclear-powered craft bearer portion docked successful Malmö during large NATO drills, according to reports.

The Charles de Gaulle warship, the flagship of the French Navy, was visiting the confederate Swedish larboard arsenic portion of the ngo LA FAYETTE 26.

The drills brought NATO naval forces into the Baltic Sea portion astatine a clip of rising tensions with Moscow.

Rafale M (Marine) combatant jets parked connected the formation platform with the conning operation successful the inheritance arsenic the French craft bearer Charles De Gaulle. (Johan NILSSON / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP via Getty Images)

The drone information breach unfolded erstwhile the bearer was successful port, underscoring mounting concerns implicit Russian-linked drone enactment adjacent captious Western subject assets, according to SVT.

The Swedish broadcaster reported that the drone was launched from a adjacent Russian vas and moved toward the bearer earlier being detected by Swedish forces.

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A vessel from the Swedish Navy recovered the suspected drone during ongoing oversea patrols successful the Öresund Strait.

In response, Swedish operatives activated physics countermeasures, disrupting the aircraft’s power systems.

"A vessel from the Swedish Navy observed a suspected drone during ongoing oversea patrols successful the Öresund," the Swedish Armed Forces said successful a statement, SVT reported.

"In transportation with the observation, the Swedish Armed Forces took countermeasures to disrupt the suspected drone. After that, interaction with the drone was lost," the connection said.

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One of 3 Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen combatant craft takes disconnected from the Blekinge Wing F17, based successful Kallinge confederate Sweden for a basal successful Sardinia to articulation the Nato-led cognition successful Libya, connected Saturday, April 2, 2011. As Sweden joins NATO, it bids a last farewell to much than 2 centuries of neutrality. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Patric Soderstrom, File)

As yet, it remains unclear whether the drone returned to the Russian vas oregon fell into the oversea aft being jammed.

Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson told SVT Thursday that the drone came "probably from Russia, arsenic determination was a Russian subject vas successful the contiguous vicinity astatine the clip of the facts," according to Le Monde.

"A drone was jammed yesterday by a Swedish strategy astatine astir 7 nautical miles from the Charles de Gaulle. The Swedish strategy worked perfectly and this did not disrupt operations connected board," French General Staff spokesperson Colonel Guillaume Vernet besides said.

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This incidental came conscionable hours aft Poland sent combatant jets overnight successful effect to different question of Russian strikes implicit Ukraine, heightening tensions betwixt Moscow and NATO, according to reports.

It besides follows warnings from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that his "adversaries cognize however things could end" if they edifice to utilizing a "nuclear" response.

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