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Electra 1970

@electra1970.eurosky.social
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Naval enthusiast. Regular Bletchley Park visitor, history fan. Radio amateur, desperately trying to improve my morse code typing speed !

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midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org · 7h
Voilà, les États-Unis sont un État voyou (rogue state) État souverain considéré comme menaçant pour la paix mondiale, accusé de violer le droit international. Leur propre définition de 2002. La honte.
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Electra 1970 @electra1970.eurosky.social · 15h
How I managed to miss this superb summary from Naval Review is another mystery I'll need to get on solving once I won the lottery www.naval-review.com/news-views/r...
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Russian Navy Submarine Force in 2026 - The Naval Review
Independent open-source research. The assessments and conclusions expressed in this report are those of the author and do not represent any government,
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Maarten Schenk @mschenk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
An example of FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference) in action at the @disinfo.eu conference? Apparently someone in the U.S. did not agree with the topic of a session named "USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back" and applied pressure on the sponsors...
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kayceesailing.bsky.social @kayceesailing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
RBEX 994 18 4 1450 994 = SML FOR RJH82 RCD88 RMB97 = 04121 99572 10202 41/98 82708 10158 40181 58002 70313 88220 22200 00150 20203 04013 = + RBEX K
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kayceesailing.bsky.social @kayceesailing.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unknown Russian Navy Vessel, RBEX, sent a weather report on 6324 kHz CW 04OCT2026 at 1150 UTC to Russian Navy Baltic Fleet HQ in Kaliningrad, RMP RBEX hove to at position 57.2N 20.2E, above a russian KGD-SPB subsea cable RMP answered on 3745.5//6362//8737 kHz goo.gl/maps/wCzZstQ...
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last hours ship traffic of Helsinki looks preliminary unremarkable. SPARTA II could be involved in something given sister ship histories, but is also on a normal route so low likelihood. Context: something going in shipping lanes south Helsinki. Caveat: not usually FI-spotter
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Following a brief in-port period, RF Navy Northern Fleet Yantar-class special-purpose auxiliary vessel Yantar departed port by midday on 30 September and remains underway through today previous underway: 31 August-27 September
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The Lost Comms 🇳🇴 🇪🇺 @thelostcomms.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
– There has been a significant increase in reported activity, which we are monitoring and asking the ports to address. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...
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PST: Ber folk langs kysten være oppmerksomme
Kina og særlig Russland har økt sin etterretning mot kritisk infrastruktur langs kysten av Norge. Nå blir folk bedt om å følge med.
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 01/10/2026
Vitaly Orlov, the Russian fishery tycoon who sues Norway, seeks Arctic sway
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Russian fishery tycoon, who sues Norway, seeks Arctic sway
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Vitaly Orlov has acquired several shipyards, built seaports, and expanded fish processing—and now he eyes a key role in expanding Arctic tra...
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
RF Navy deployment stats: ships deployed at least one day in 2026 + total days deployed through 30 September 2026
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Danwatch @danwatch.dk · 26/09/2026
Tusindvis af udbudsdokumenter viser, hvordan det russiske militær i hemmelighed har udført et gigantisk byggearbejde på et af Ruslands bedst beskyttede atomanlæg 👉 danwatch.dk/?p=53066
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Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CIA warned European governments about a possible Russian drone attack on Spain, France or Italy www.elmundo.es/internaciona...
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La CIA alerta de un ataque ruso con drones contra España, Francia o Italia
Rusia prepara nuevos ataques con drones en Europa, pero esta vez será contra países mediterráneos. Los servicios de Inteligencia de Estados Unidos han recabado información...
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
...at the same refueling pier in October 2025
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Based on metadata analysis, Kurily was near land (likely Hawaii or Guam) regularly between 16 July and 29 August. For this 83-day intelligence collection mission: - 38 days spent in transit - 45 days spent on station No official US confirmation of the ship's presence near either location.
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te3ej.bsky.social @te3ej.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Russian Navy Morse code weather from unidentified ship, 4537.5 kilohertz CW, 0615 UTC RJD99 DE RMLV 294 15 21 09?? 294 BT FOR RJZ4 BT 21061 99656 10393 41498 42212 10110 49960 5???0 70200 86421 22200 00090 2//// 21013 BT AR RMLV K 65.6N 39.3E Hove to maps.app.goo.gl/Raifci9p7PSL...
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te3ej.bsky.social @te3ej.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Russian Navy Morse code weather from unidentified ship, 4537.5 kilohertz CW, 1809 UTC RJD99 DE RMLV 317 15 20 2101 317 BT FOR RJZ4 BT 20181 99656 10391 41497 41817 10120 49930 54010 70200 86421 22200 00090 2//// 20013 BT AR RMLV K 65.6N 39.1E Hove to maps.app.goo.gl/XLZyn9ckYEGr...
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
FAKE A.I. Slop alert! Not russian frigate Admiral Essen in Novorossiysk, or in fact any ship(!). Why do people create shit utter rubbish and misinformation, inexcusable
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Ramon Zarate @oldsun.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Western Russia air alert monitoring last 30 days. Last night strike was a culmination of a recent campaign over Moscow. There was a period of quiet after Witkoff/Kushner in western Russia that now seems definitely broken. For first time, there where drone warnings for Murmansk and Karelia
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
7825552 #Akvamarin #Russia research vessel inbound #BalticSea
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Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We won the Franco-German Journalism Prize for our investigative project #RussianSecrets, about Russia‘s secret underwater system „Harmony“! Great work by an amazing international team! 🥳🥂 Our documentary: www.ardmediathek.de/film/russian... #Russia #Russland #submarines #military
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Russian Secrets. So schützt Putin seine Atomwaffen - hier anschauen
Putins Russland schützt mit Spitzentechnik aus EU-Staaten wie Deutschland sowie aus den USA seine Atomwaffen in der Arktis. Das zeigt die internationale Recherche 'Russian Secrets'. Demnach setzten ru...
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 16/09/2026
The Gabonese authorities have ended the provisional management of the Gabonese International Ship Registry, which the Gabonese national maritime administration had carried out for the past month. Gabon International Ship Registry (GISR) is now the sole entity authorised to administer the registry.
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Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💥 Die Spur zum #GRU - Oleg L. ist für das #BKA ein Tatverdächtiger im Fall der Sprengstoff-Drohne von #Leipzig. Er gilt als Logistiker, der seit Jahren Aufträge für Moskau erledigt. Wir haben zu seiner Geheimdienst-Verbindung recherchiert: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/leip... #Russland #Sabotage
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Anschlag in Leipzig: Der enge Draht des Drohnen-Attentäters zum russischen Sabotage-Paten
Oleg L., tatverdächtig im Fall des Drohnenangriffs auf dem Airport Leipzig, soll einen hochrangigen Bekannten beim russischen Militärgeheimdienst haben.
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 15/09/2026
Russia at the pump: Over the past month, tankers have delivered more than 320,000 tonnes of foreign-made fuel to the northern Russian port of Murmansk
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As gasoline crisis worsens, Russia boosts fuel imports through Murmansk
Over the past month, tankers have delivered more than 320,000 tonnes of foreign-made fuel to the northern Russian port of Murmansk.
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The Lost Comms 🇳🇴 🇪🇺 @thelostcomms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Svalbard 🇳🇴 (again 🙄) Russia conducted exercises with a new secret weapon near Svalbard Norway and the UK are then said to have confronted Russia Norway and the UK halted a Russian submarine operation near Svalbard. Russian forces tested new sabotage technology against undersea cables
Images released by the British Ministry of Defence show Russian vessels linked to the GUGI deep-water programme at the Olenya Guba base. British forces and their allies tracked a nuclear-powered attack submarine and two special-purpose submarines in the North Atlantic for over a month before they withdrew, according to Norwegian and British authorities. Photo: Ministry of Defence / Pa Photos / NTB
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RF Navy Northern Fleet Sibiryakov-class research vessel Romuald Muklevich departed port on 7 September likely for a previously scheduled Arctic expedition bsky.app/profile/spec... - currently heading northeast in the Barents Sea bsky.app/profile/te3e...
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 09/09/2026
🇸🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 NATO reconnaissance aircraft had a busy day on Tuesday, keeping watch over Russia’s Murmansk region from both the north over the Barents Sea and west from Finnish Lapland.
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British, Swedish and American reconnaissance aircraft monitor Kola Peninsula on Tuesday
NATO reconnaissance aircraft had a busy day on Tuesday, keeping watch over Russia’s Murmansk region from both the north and west.
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
RF Navy Northern Fleet Severodvinsk-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine departed port midday on 7 September - previous underway: 11-25 August
Archive image, undated
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Out of 252 opinion piece published in Dutch newspaper last month 49 where fully AI generetes, while 57 were partially done by AI. nltimes.nl/2026/09/05/l...
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At least 49 opinion pieces by major Dutch newspapers fully AI-generated; 57 partly
At least 49 opinion pieces, written fully by AI, were published last month in major Dutch daily newspapers, including de Volkskrant, Trouw, Het Parool, and Het Financieele Dagblad (FD). That was revea...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Very big if true 😁 #SpotTheBot @gina875.bsky.social
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Another attack on a Russian government ship in Mediterranean. The sanctioned Lady Mariia IMO: 9220641, close relative of Ursa Major which was sunk in 2024, bombed by drones last night. Similar attack on Qendil (IMO 9310525) in Dec ’25 Only slightly damaged, but significant event
Reference image of Lady Mariia shipApproximate location of attack based on AIS transmissions from the shipThe drones targest the engines
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
LIRA and ESTER were outed as likely spy trawlers by a media investigation earlier this year. "Russia needs these civilian vessels as support for military purposes." / Roaldsnes, head of the Norwegian Police Security Service in Finnmark, Norway. maritime-executive.com/index.php/ar...
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Report: Suspected Russian Spy Vessels Operate Out of Faroe Islands
Recent revelations about covert Russian maritime surveillance are hitting home in the Faroe Islands, where Russian trawlers continue to call despite s...
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Norwegian authorities have seized Russian state owned expedition ship PROFESSOR MOLCHANOV 8010348 on requests from Ukrainian company Naftogaz. Seizure comes after a court verdict where damages after Crimean occupation of 2014 have been awarded. h/t @larswilderang.cornucopia.se
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Tanker Watch IE @galwaybaywatch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bauxite and Caustic soda (from the USA) is now being offloaded at Aughinish. As soon as the alumina is extracted the caustic waste will be left to pile up (tailings) right next to the Shannon estuary. #alumina22
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David @puca.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Anyone interested in OSINT naval tracking - you should really give @flattopfiesta.bsky.social a follow. I'm continually taken aback at their skill in the analysis & presentation of Sentinel 1 & 2 data.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And to finish on a positive note - that eight mile wide search line? That's people like you or me, doing the right thing, collectively, with all their skill and ability. It might not have saved everybody, but that spirit will surely save us all. Humans are amazing.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
1/ Russian bloggers are upset that the Russian Ministry of Defence has drastically expanded military recruitment offices' access to citizens' personal data, including virtually everything about people's lives. They complain, with no apparent irony, that it's like '1984'. ⬇️
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Baltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 29/08/2026
Thank you, both. I’m still just getting used to this app, but here’s some context: bsky.app/profile/badb...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Happy Skynet Day to those who celebrate
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kayceesailing.bsky.social @kayceesailing.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Unidentified Russian Navy ship, RMYI, sent a message to the Russian Navy Northern Fleet Naval Base in Severodvinsk, RJD99 at 4622.5 kHz CW 29AUG2026 at 0623 UTC RMYI at position 67.38N 42.00E RJD99 answered on 6463.5 kHz goo.gl/maps/JD6Zgk4...
goo.gl
Google Maps
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In a piece of good news, Finland's courts have decided that Finding Out remains very much a post-Fucking Around option:
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 27/08/2026
... and it is gone! 👋 oceaniek, thank you for following :)
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 27/08/2026
The website if the fraudulent, physically non-existant and sanctioned entity “Aruba Maritime Administration & Offshore Company Registry”, seems to have accidentally embedded another Oceaniek project “Ship on Earth” in their website, instead of their vessel verification widget.
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 27/08/2026
Screenshot from the website shows Oceaniek name used to demo and the solution
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
After weeks of drone incursions deep into Romania (NATO and EU-member), Russia started repeated attacks on the border stations (other side.) How many inches are there?
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
During the recent RF Navy Pacific Fleet exercise near the southern Kuril Islands, Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Omsk was manned by the 158 Submarine Crew [158 экипаж апкррк], as evidenced by the uniform patch.
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 24/08/2026
Same general area but not exactly same location (afaik) bsky.app/profile/vess...
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As per usual authorities state "flight safety was unaffected". No comment on whether hostile heavily guarded compounds with electronic warfare equipment in the middle of ones capital is dangerous or not. www.bta.bg/en/news/bulg...
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GPS Signals Were Affected but Flight Safety Was Not Compromised, Says Transport Minister after Jammer Neutralized
There was interference with GPS signals, but it did not affect flight safety, Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev told bTV on, commenting on information from the State Agency for Nationa...
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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
...Romuald Muklevich is scheduled to depart port for an Arctic expedition in September
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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is a nice writeup: "Geolocating Random Islet Image Using Geometry & CUDA GPU Programming" (via @vruba.bsky.social) yassa9.github.io/osint/gralhi...
Task briefing:

main
This is a photo of a resort located on an island.

a) What is the name of the resort?
b) What are the coordinates of the island?
c) In which cardinal direction was the camera facing when the photo was taken?

In my opinion, solving this challenge with google lens is wasting a fun opportunity, so decided to solve it with math and programming.
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 20/08/2026
Moscow continues to send GRU officers to Norway. The Barents Observer looks into their identities 🕵️.
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The GRU family: How Russian intelligence officers and their wives settled in Norway
Moscow continues to send GRU officers to Norway under diplomatic cover. The Barents Observer looks at their identities.
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