David

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I'll give you fish
I'll give you candy
I'll give you everything I have in my hand
Give me, give me back my NOTAM
Give me, give me back my NOTAM

Firstly, I think no one should take Medvedev seriously, he's the chief noisemaker.

Secondly, it is not clear what kind of submarines Trump is referring to. The message of putting additional SSBNs to sea is quite different than moving a couple of SSNs.

Overall, rather absurd.

0900UTC today from Sentinel 2 - 71.03N 52.15E

Image from Sentinel 2, which appears to show an Il-76 variant with a blue fuselage.

Zoomed out photo showing additional aircraft.

That fine weather in Novaya Zemlya comes at a good time.
Rogachevo Air Base, today, 31 July 2025 from Sentinel 2.
Looks like one Il-76 type with a blue upper fuselage and potentially another relative further south.

I'll just leave a link to a Twitter post from 2018 here:
x.com/Missilito/st...

YouTube video by campanocorp Dolly Mixture - Our Tune

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VT8...

YouTube video by Ora Cogan Ora Cogan - Sleeping (Official Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFx...

Weather forecast showing temperatures in the high teens and peaking at 20C for Novaya Zemlya over the next few days, with sunny skies.

A very pleasant looking weather forecast for Novaya Zemlya over the coming days 📷🛰️

Trying to draw a new KML based on a NOTAM, on my phone, while sitting on a bus, counts as a new personal low.

New arms control agreement in which Trump, Putin, and Xi mutually agree to divert nuclear modernization funds into blinged-out jets for themselves.

Is the Russian - Norwegian fisheries cooperation about to die?

If this happens, it is unsurprising in the current security landscape, but this will be a loss, perhaps most of all for the fish stocks in northern waters.

The risk of incidents could rise too.

Sentinel 1 SAR vessel contacts 2025-07-29T03:24:23
11 returns

YouTube video by Ora Cogan Ora Cogan - Bury Me (Official Video)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqN...

"Cables can be repaired, of course—usually by highly trained crew aboard specialized auxiliary vessels. The US Navy operates just one cable-repair ship, the 14,600-ton USNS Zeus, delivered to US Military Sealift Command in 1984. "

The story behind the benchmarks hiding in plain sight in Ireland The Ordnance Survey benchmarks chiselled into buildings, walls and bridges were originally used to measure height across Ireland

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/5m6p

YouTube video by Flyying Colours - Topic Long Distance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoD1...

772 Neustrashimy leaving the Baltic though the Great Belt Bridge

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I'm selling photos to raise money private medical help for a severe - quite lifeshortening - immune damaging disease I have, #MECFS, outside the coverage of public health.
There are some good nature photos in any event ;)

More info here:
payhip.com/MiskaKnapek/...

Sentinel 1 SAR vessel contacts around Gribovaya Bay 2025-07-27T03:40:49

Teriberka arrived. We're up to at least nine vessels present.

Southwest flight 1496 had to dodge an ATAC Hunter Hawker (fighter jet) a few minutes after taking off from Burbank. The 737 got a TCAS RA and descended rapidly, injuring at least two flight attendants. Because the 737 reacted quickly the two aircraft didn't get closer than 1.5 miles/1000 feet vert.

@lemonodor.bsky.social

That's who immediately came to mind for me as well.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...

Synthetic Aperture Radar image from Sentinel 1 of Gribovaya Bay in Novaya Zemlya. There are seven bright white spots visible in the bay - there are actually eight vessels, but two are close enough that they merge into one spot.

Sentinel 1 SAR vessel contacts in Gribovaya Bay 2025-07-26T02:59:43

SB-123 continues operating south of Gotland and Öland, 26 July

Irish Air Corps C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft possibly taking a gander at shadow fleet tanker Utaki earlier today. (and maybe a couple of others)

war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/transport...

Geolog Pechkurov is currently back at Pankovo/Gribovaya Bay with seven other vessels. In addition, Teriberka is currently on the way for another delivery.

The resources devoted to this project (and the ships on AIS are only the most obvious aspect) are really quite something.

Not sure if a launch happened or not, but it seems one was at least planned.
bsky.app/profile/puca...

They have also re-activated the 2.5KM circle radius NOTAM around the site.

New clearing/construction activity visible at this site over the last few weeks.