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NATO warships train in Baltic Sea near Finland NATO's maritime forces are conducting joint training in the Baltic Sea as part of the multinational exercise Freezing Winds, running from November 20-29 near Finland.

NATO's maritime forces are conducting joint training in the Baltic Sea as part of the multinational exercise Freezing Winds, running from November 20-29 near Finland.
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Not hearing an awful lot else about some of these incidents and whether they are believed to be linked?
But as UK Counter-Terrorism Policing says: If you see something that doesn't look right, please report it!!

So in the last 36 hours, there have been evacuations linked to either suspect packages or bomb hoax calls in 6 locations around the UK:
- Liverpool shopping centre
- US Embassy in London
- London Euston train station
- Glasgow transport hub
- Gatwick Airport south terminal
- Chester Train Station

Might as well at this point.
Go on Argentina, Labour want you to take the Falklands... and Spain you might as well take Gibraltar the way this government is going...

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3) Puma going no surprise, but half expect no replacement now
4) Watchkeeper (ordered by Labour) scrapping seems a colossal waste... maybe give to Ukraine?
5) I dread what the actual SDR will say... cancel Type 83, cancel GCAP, cancel Challenger 3?

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Just come home and seeing the news of Labour's defence cuts (before the SDR)...
1) yes we knew HMS Northumberland was going soon, no surprise
2) Once again scrapping our LPDs with a replacement not even agreed yet is dumb

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Norway seeks frigate partners; UK Type 26 among contenders The UK’s Type 26 frigate, built for advanced anti-submarine warfare, is a strong contender with cutting-edge tech and an active production line.

Potentially more work for Scottish shipyards?

An action dedicated to the 1000th day of the full-scale invasion and the Ukrainian struggle for independence continues near the monument.

The military chaplain held a joint prayer in honor of those who died for the freedom of Ukraine.

Chinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke.

She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics.

No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.

Fire seen in Tel Aviv amidst reports of a possible impact, not clear if from debris or from an actual impact.

Welcome to everyone who's moving over here as Twitter/X seems to be starting to collapse in a noticable way...

I will probably start posting on here more often, so keep an eye out for that!

B-21 Raider has made it's first flight... been hyped for this all year... she looks amazing!

The inevitable consequences of complacency The support seen for Hamas on the streets of London is an alarming example of how much support there still is for terrorist groups.

My latest article, discussing the War on Terrorism's new dark chapter 2 years on from the Afghanistan withdrawal
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/the-inevitab...

If Musk genuinely does make Twitter subscription only, I'm moving...

We've officially launched The OSINT Bunker Podcast's website, go check it out here:
https://www.theosintbunker.org/

Picture shows four examples of a long, rectangular pod with rounded ends. The upper left corner has an annotation that reads "Japan, 2023" and shows the pod at an angle, mounted on an aircraft. Yellow, red, and pink lines note specific details on the pod. The lower left corner shows a similar-looking pod in the bucket of a yellow front-loader. This also shows red and pink lines marking similar details. The upper right corner shows another angle of the pod in the front loader bucket, this time from behind. Two cars are parked next to the dirt road the vehicle is driving on. The pod has yellow and red lines noting similar details. The lower right corner shows a similar-looking pod, missing a section after a crash. The annotation in the upper right corner of this frame reads "Syria, 2019". The torn end of the pod shows scraps of the materials that build out the frame of the pod, and a wire extends from it. The pod is leaning against a tree, sitting on the dirt and scattered rocks.

The AIB report makes no mention of mission equipment, because those details were not relevant to the cause of the crash. 17-4341 was, at the time of the crash, equipped with an as-of-yet unidentified pod that has shown up multiple times.

US Air Force MQ-9A 17-4341 on approach to land at Campia Turzii, RO. Picture shows an uncrewed aircraft against a blurry background of hills and mountains on a partly cloudy day. Text on the tail of the aircraft says "AF 17 341" in black letters.

Picture shows five cropped images of aircraft tails, with annotations showing the represented tail numbers on the aircraft tails: 13-0228, 17-0340, 13-0241, 17-0341, N429HK / N428HK

Front cover of a report. Text reads: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ABBREVIATED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT Inset image of the Air Combat Command emblem: two wings on a sword pointing down against a blue and red background. MQ-9A, T/N 17-4341 489th ATTACK SQUADRON 432nd ATTACK WING CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA Inset image shows an MQ-9A Reaper uncrewed aircraft taking off from a runway. LOCATION: UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY DATE OF ACCIDENT: 14 July 2022 BOARD PRESIDENT: COLONEL DAVID J. RICE Abbreviated Accident Investigation, conducted pursuant to Chapter 12 of Air Force Instruction 51-307

The AIB report for the MQ-9 crash in Romania last July reveals the tail number of the aircraft: 17-4341. I noted this airframe being stationed at Campia Turzii in a short blog post I wrote in 2021; in fact, local plane spotters had taken pictures of the airframe on approach.

I'm in the difficult position of really liking bsky, but also having gotten Threads... the latter has potential due to its background, but I do think bsky is the better platform right now...

Guess we'll have to see what happens!

UK launching £1bn framework to boost hypersonic strike capability "The primary aim of the framework will be to accelerate development of the United Kingdom's Hypersonic Strike Capability."

The UK Ministry of Defence has issued a 'Prior Information Notice' designed to accelerate the development of the United Kingdom’s Hypersonic Strike Capability.

Bluesky has an objectively better community than Threads (Threads is basically Instagram influencers desperately trying to blog), but Threads has the whole Facebook/Instragram backing at the moment.

Bunch of fracturing/factionalizing going on right now.

Created a feed for known flight tracking accounts on Bluesky. Reply here if you want to be added!

Looks like more and more of OSINT twitter is hopping over here, I'm even having trouble keeping track of all of the accounts, feel free to tag some below.

Well... the move from Twitter has begun!
Shame I can't bring my 31.5K followers with me straight away...