Dutch Armed Forces Yörük Işık WarshipCam Thord Are Iversen Droxford Maritime HNLMS Karel Doorman A833 transiting the Strait of Gibraltar this morning as seen from Europa Point #Gibraltar on her way to support Operation Prosperity Guardian

Operating very low numbers of a tank requiring a large logistics footprint, alongside a plethora of other armoured vehicles, might have had a say in this too.

Perhaps more so than the UAV threat.

Russian cargo ship SPARTA IV heading east through the STROG this morning. Only escort is a spanish navy patrol vessel #ships inpics #ships #shipping #ships potting Air & Sea Intel Yörük Işık WarshipCam Thord Are Iversen Droxford Maritime

This is beautiful😍 VOLUME UP!🌊🦾

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Valid points by Rob here.

🇷🇺BSF: NOVOROSSIYSK🇷🇺
0.5m📷 from 25 April 2024. Majority of usual suspects are at the naval piers in Novo. Curiously missing however, are the Karakurt Class vessels (Amur & Tucha) as well as 1x KILO.

T-72B3 Obr. 2022 with improvised 'turtle' armour marked as belonging to Russia's 80th Tank Regiment, 90th Guards Tank Division, Central Military District.

OOA activity - heads up!

Russian Navy Northern Fleet tanker “Akademik Pashin” is assessed as a strong candidate for an OOA deployment during Spring / Summer 2024.

Vessel could deploy in the next 1-4 weeks.

OPAREA & tasking are unknown ATT. Krille Michael J Sanchez

The image of 🇫🇷Marine nationale MdCN submarine launched cruise missile piercing through sea surface is just... 😶

Full video of the synchronized launch of two MdCN from a 🇫🇷Suffren-class SSN and a 🇫🇷FREMM-class destroyer during trials a few days ago 👇

Den portugisiske flåde besøger i øjeblikket Nuuk med ubåden ARPÃO. Efter et kort havneophold vil ubåden gennemføre øvelsessejlads i grønlandsk farvand med støtte af inspektionsfartøjet Ejnar Mikkelsen. Øvelsen forventes afsluttet i midten af maj.
#dkforsvar

Mit indlæg om diskussionen omkring Iver Huitfeldt, hvilket jeg har givet udtryk for tidligere her på X:

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25th/26th April 1940. The first Bomber Command aircraft lost to a German night fighter was Hampden L4040 of 49 Squadron. The aircraft, on a minelaying sortie to the Baltic, was brought down near Hornum by a Bf109D flown by Ofw. Hermann Förster of 11.(N)JG2. All four crewmen in…

UKMTO WARNING INCIDENT 065 - ATTACK

#MartimeSecurity #MarSec

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“Today, Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, proposed jointly by the United States and Japan, that would have reaffirmed the fundamental obligation of States Parties to the Outer Space Treaty not to place nuclear weapons in orbit around the Earth”

🇷🇺MED SEA FLOTILLA🇷🇺
🇱🇾Libyan Express has returned to naval piers in🇸🇾Tartus, as is almost the entire task force. Only vessels missing seem to be the Marshal Shaposhnikov & intelligence vessel Kildin. Varyag is in the anchorage.

Sentinel 2 (24 Apr 2024) caveats apply

#OTD in 1988, USS Bonefish (SS-582) was forced to the surface where the crew abandoned the sub because of an intense fire in the battery compartment. 89 men were rescued by USS Carr and USS John F. Kennedy, but 3 sailors died. Bonefish had to be scrapped due to the damage.

.DeepState UA 's summary from today.
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The hunter and the hunted!

Our crews are working hard to avoid anti-air weapon systems in the Fjords. Aggressor Squadron from RAF Spadeadam are supporting #TamberShield2024 by emulating Man-Portable Air-Defence (MANPAD) systems.

Royal Air Force
The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)
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Small curiosity: There's a Syrian Osa underway in this clip too.

#BREAKING : Biden announces weapons shipments to Ukraine will begin “in the next few hours” after he signed the $95.3 billion aid package into law earlier today