Happening now - Chinese coast guard & militia vessels have gathered at The Scarborough Shoals, South China Sea in order to block access to a Philippines civilian flotilla, this visual shows how the large force Beijing has deployed, asserts its territorial ambitions in the region

Equipment of the Russian Armed Forces to be transferred to Belarus again?

Community of Railway Workers of Belarus received information that the Belarusian Railway is again preparing to receive military cargo trains with military equipment, ammunition and personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. Among other

US Navy destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG-114) transits Bering Sea on May 8 after USS McCampbell (DDG-85) sails in vicinity of Northern Kuril Islands on April 30.
CC Dmitry Stefanovich Thord Are Iversen Capt(N) Massimo Frantarelli Granger

🇩🇰Dansk-🇳🇴norsk samarbejde med norsk besøg hos Jydske Dragonregiments for at bygge viden, erfaring og relationer mellem danske og norske kampvognsbesætninger inden Norge skal have nye Leopard 2. youtu.be/EmKB09LggGc?si…

And here are the first photos from the ground showing the aftermath of Ukrainian strikes with ATACMS missiles on Russia's Belbek Air Base in the Crimea last night.

That appears to be a destroyed 92N6E Grave Stone multi-function engagement radar from the S-400 surface-to-air

Very interesting.

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We are still in the shaping phase of a larger Russian push set to happen in coming weeks.

The 2 🇷🇺 main objectives at the moment are:
-attrite 🇺🇦 manpower reserves by extending the active frontline;
- attrite 🇺🇦 air defenses to give 🇷🇺s maneuver space/interdict 🇺🇦 supplies.

Destroyers

DD #HNoMSStord (1943-1959)
S Class

📷 #WW2 December 1943 Imperial War Museums

Sjøforsvaret 🇳🇴

UK MoD report concerning the effects of nuclear “blackout” on satellite communications and HF radio

З ранку 6 омсбр 2 ак відновили штурмові дії в напрямку Спірного , на двох мтлб (обидві знищено)та до взводу піхоти . Також 51 пдп 106 вдд вели штурмові дії в напрямку Роздолівки , в пішому порядку

🇷🇺 #Russian #Navy Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov,who previously held the post of the Russian Navy’s commander-in-chief,has been appointed head of the military training and research center Naval Academy named after Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union N.G. Kuznetsov.

In the revised national budget, the Norwegian government proposes allocating 13 billion NOK to the Defence. Six billion are proposed for military support to #Ukraine️ and seven billion to increase operational capability in the Norwegian Armed Forces. bit.ly/4dSInMX

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The K2 battalion is able to conduct advanced drone operations. The result of our aid can be seen in the quoted tweet, and in this youtube video.

Donating to VAU works. It works like hell!

Navigational Warnings have appeared that point to a #Russian launch from #Plesetsk into a sunsynchronous orbit (i.e. a reconnaissance satellite), perhaps BARS M6, in the period May 16 -26.

Never knew they still contract out to Rosatomflot's yard facilities.

For context, due to the delays of the joining of those two drydocks, the Russian Navy signed a contract with Rosatomflot to utilize their floating drydocks to conduct periodic maintenance. That was back in 2021

'General Budanov said he expected the attacks in the Kharkiv region to last another three or four days, after which Russian forces are expected to make a hard push in the direction of Sumy, a city about 90 miles to the northwest of Kharkiv.'
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🇷🇺MED SEA FLOTILLA🇷🇺
Weapons Runner Sparta IV made a curious stop for about 48hrs just east of Malta. She arrived ~18:00UTC on 11 May & departed ~18:00UTC on 13 May.

Sentinel 2 shows another vessel near her on 13 May (~10:00) that looks military. Length could indicate a Buyan-M

There has been a controversy surrounding the situation in the northern area of Kharkiv Oblast, invaded on May 10th. One of the primary points of contention has been the alleged absence of fortifications. But is it so? 🧵Thread:

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The Slava-class cruiser Marshal Ustinov has been missing from Severomorsk for some time and I have suspected she's been at a yard and not at sea but the weather has been uncooperative.

Today visibility was good revealing Ustinov in the Atomflot dock.

Normal caveats apply.