French Soldiers board the Russian shadow fleet vessel the Boracay in September 2025. The ship has been sanctioned by the European Union and the United Kingdom, and its crew may be linked to drone incursions in Denmark. AFP/GETTY IMAGES
NORTHCOM’s online magazine, The Watch, reports,
French authorities boarded an oil tanker off the coast of France and arrested senior crew members in September 2025. The ship is suspected to be part of Russia’s illicit shadow fleet and was known to be just off the coast of Denmark when drone incursions disrupted Danish airports last month, leading to media speculation that the ship’s crew may have been involved in the incident. French President Emmanuel Macron said at a European Union summit in Copenhagen on October 1 that the ship’s crew had committed “serious wrongdoings,” prompting France to stop the vessel as it rounded the country’s northwestern coast.
Drones launched from ships offshore are a developing threat that may be used by terrorists or a near peer at the beginning of a conflict.
The Coast Guard will likely have a role in countering this threat.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
With the worldwide advent of AESA radar technology there is evidence in all kinds of places that did not exist before. The Baltic should have extensive coastal surface coverage of all shipping and air traffic to provide evidence of same . . . even in REAL TIME!
“Malaysia Seizes Crude Oil from Suspect Tankers”
https://www.marinelink.com/news/malaysia-seizes-crude-oil-suspect-tankers-535132
“French Navy Seizes Sanctioned Russian Tanker, 4th Since September”
https://news.usni.org/2026/06/03/french-navy-seizes-sanctioned-russian-tanker-4th-since-september
The French Navy seized sanctioned tanker MT Tagor on Sunday while it operated in the Atlantic, marking the service’s fourth shadow fleet seizure since September.
The tanker was seized on suspicion of flying a false Cameroonian flag and diverted to France, arriving Tuesday in Douarnenez Bay where the ship is detained…The seizure occurred 400 nautical miles west of the tip of the French peninsula of Brittany. Tagorreportedly traveled from Murmansk, Russia, according to the Maritime Prefect. The operation was conducted by French and U.K. forces on the basis of Article 110 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the purpose of verifying the nationality of the tanker.