(21/n) #HPsCommentary

...in the #BalticSea.
Although the >aircraft carrier's radar systems had not seen it<, a #Swedish #Navy vessel spotted the drone during a patrol and activated an electronic #Jamming system to disrupt its navigation and sever the link with its operator. Contact was then lost.“ 4)

According to #GuillaumeVernet, spokesman for the #French...

4) defensenews.com/global/europe/…

Swedish Navy intercepts suspected Russian drone nearing French aircraft carrier

Swedish defense officials said the craft likely came from a nearby Russian ship.

^{Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo (Defense News)}

*War Not Just In The Middle East—The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

(7/n)

...November, 2024. 7))

*THE MAJOR ANTECEDENT: SABOTAGE OF THE NORDSTREAM PIPELINE*

Let us put this major, but in the mass media largely unreported, incident aside for a moment, and look at the bigger picture first:

So, #HybridWarefare is turned up another notch once again in the #BalticSea, which had, so far, culminated in the destruction of the #NordStream2...

7)
swedeninsights.com/2024/12/28/…

Baltic Sea Cable Sabotage: Tensions Rise Between China and Sweden Over Undersea Infrastructure

Explore the Baltic Sea cable sabotage, China's partial cooperation, Sweden's response, and NATO's efforts to protect critical infrastructure.

^{blog (SwedenInsights)}

*The War(s) That the Mainstream Media Ignore(s)* *

(6/n)

... “#Lafayette26” [#NATO training] mission in the #NorthAtlantic [to show #Trump that the #European NATO members *can* project power, too], which will include multinational exercises in the #BalticSea, aimed at deterring [the now quite frequent] threats to #UnderseaCables.” 2b)—In particular, from the unofficial #Russian #Oil #ShadowFleet, but also #Chinese sabotage vessels (e.g. the #YiPeng3-incident in...