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![Illustration of Russia’s P-800 Oniks supersonic missile and Kh-35 anti-ship missile, highlighting key strike systems used in coastal defense operations. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustration of Russia’s P-800 Oniks supersonic missile and Kh-35 anti-ship missile, highlighting key strike systems used in coastal defense operations. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Ships of the German Navy, including the “Baden-Wuerttemberg” frigate (in foreground), sail at twilight during the Andoya “Missile Firing Exercise 2025” military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ships of the German Navy, including the “Baden-Wuerttemberg” frigate (in foreground), sail at twilight during the Andoya “Missile Firing Exercise 2025” military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian Baltic Fleet vessels in ceremonial formation at a rehearsal of the navy parade on May 7, 2015 in Baltiysk, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian Baltic Fleet vessels in ceremonial formation at a rehearsal of the navy parade on May 7, 2015 in Baltiysk, Russia. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Anti-tank barriers known as “dragon’s teeth” and barbed wire are installed on the border bridge in Narva on the Estonian-Russian border on January 15, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Anti-tank barriers known as “dragon’s teeth” and barbed wire are installed on the border bridge in Narva on the Estonian-Russian border on January 15, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine in central Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine in central Moscow on September 30, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Russian Zhigulevsk reconnaissance vessel. (Photo: open source)]( "Russian Zhigulevsk reconnaissance vessel. (Photo: open source)")
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A Russian naval reconnaissance vessel launched a drone toward the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during an incident near Sweden in late February 2026, an episode that analysts say highlights evolving Russian tactics for intelligence gathering and provocation in European waters.
