Tony Wilshire

Norway selects British Type 26 frigates - Naval News Norway has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates.

The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates. The purchase of British frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date 🇬🇧 🇳🇴
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Japan to deploy F-15s to UK in historic first Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands.

Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...

Hi Connie, good to hear from you, thank you. My best wishes to you all.

A childhood fav from Sunday afternoon TV 👍

To mark her loss the USN renamed a Baltimore class CA to CANBERRA (WW2). Also currently the name of a littoral combat ship with this 👍 badge.

Is Warfare Becoming More Performative? - War on the Rocks In the span of three weeks this June, the world witnessed three extraordinary military operations: Ukraine’s decimation of Russia’s strategic bomber

Three operations. Three nations. One trend: warfare as spectacle. warontherocks.com/20...

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‘Repeat, please’

@bafriedman.bsky.social
Finished reading & 👍
Confused for many years by what Ops meant, where it is placed, its differing meaning & its use. Enjoyably enlightened by understanding the function of Op Art from its dangerous misleading take at Op Level. Thank you.

@wherrypilgrim.bsky.social
Hi Connie, just occurred to me that I have not seen a post by you for sometime & I see now not since Feb.
I hope all is well with you.
Tony 🙏🙏

Lawrence was proud of the 300 men of the Imperial Camel Corp who fought with him, as am I, for this is my Grt Uncle George’s unit, for if he was not KIA May 1918, be riding with TEL. In a wonderful description of the ICC, he said 40 men would beat on march any Arab. A wonderful read.

Brilliant, pleased for you 👏
I’ll be looking out for this, a fascinating aspect of the war. You’ve a guaranteed buyer here.
Cheers

@tomisitt.bsky.social
Hi Tom, alike others, I’m now not so engaged in SM, so lost touch, as they have with me. Yet, I still have in mind your book project, so can I dare ask, how is it going?

George Pledger, Imperial Camel Corp, my grt uncle, KIA OTD 1918, Gaza, Palestine.

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Witkoff uncritically repeated several inaccurate Russian claims regarding the status of the Ukrainian territories that Russia illegally occupies. 🧵(1/6)

1. The Russian invasions of Ukraine have never been about protecting Russian speakers. isw.pub/UkrWar032225

New poll finds 40% of Britons have not read a book in the past year The median British adult has read or listened to three books in the past 12 months with reading habits also split along gender, class and political divides

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Norway fuel giant 'refuses to fill US submarines' after Trump-Zelensky clash Norwegian petroleum giant Haltbakk Bunkers has declared it will no longer help the US Navy.

www.express.co.uk/news/world/2...

YouTube video by Movie Scenes Focus - Hocus Pocus ("BABY DRIVER" Movie Scene)

youtu.be/7v6NDhHlf0A

I have album Philip! Takes me back.

Countering Russian influence in the UK Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK has applied sanctions and changed rules around visas and corporate transparency to counter Russian influence.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

There is a memorial plaque to WARWICK on Padstow quay.
Her captain was Commander Rayner, who’s classic biography, ‘Escort: the Battle of the Atlantic’ is worth reading.

USS Harry S. Truman Collides with Merchant Vessel - USNI News USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, collided with M/V Besiktas-M around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Na...

news.usni.org/2025/02/13/b...

Former MI6 Chief warns ‘Russia thinks it is at war with us’ The Defence Committee's inquiry into "Defence in the Grey Zone" featured sobering testimony from Sir Alex Younger, former chief of MI6, who highlighted the increasingly complex threats posed by adversarial states such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.

The Defence Committee's inquiry into "Defence in the Grey Zone" featured sobering testimony from Sir Alex Younger, former chief of MI6, who highlighted the increasingly complex threats posed by adversarial states such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/former-mi6-c...

To tie in ACHILLES to VJ & VE days overlooks that the cruiser was HMNZS, not strictly RN.

Of great interest

My 2024 Reading List A reading list with an array of resources (not just books) from the classics of antiquity through to speculation about future conflict.

And if you haven't already seen it, here is my recently published reading list of military and national security books, podcasts, journals and social media feeds. mickryan.substack.com/p/my-2024-re...

'Back to the 80s' for French Carrier Strike Group - Naval News The sailors of the French Carrier Strike Group took a step back in time as part of the "Back to the 80's" exercise: They didn't use any...

For 3 days, French CSG sailors simulated the loss of all modern communications systems. To communicate with each other, the force’s ships had no other means than high-frequency (HF) or ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio exchanges 🇫🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

Should also be for Best Film 👍 🐾🐾🧀

Britain buying anti-tank mines to create ‘lethal barriers’ The GLADIUS system represents a reintroduction of anti-tank mine capability into the British Army.

The GLADIUS system represents a reintroduction of anti-tank mine capability into the British Army.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-buyi...