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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 6h

Very much looking forward to reading this... #militarymobility #arcticmobility #totaldefence #highnorthberedskap. See also > bsky.app/profile/guyy...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 10h

"This orientation encourages a form of tunnel vision in which innovation increasingly substitutes for strategic choice when really it ought to be viewed as a means by which to create these choices..."

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 15h

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... The Last Opaque Water. "The waters from the Bear Gap to the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap remain the transatlantic hinge...", & "It is also the one theater where transparency does not yet hold..." #highnorth www.thecipherbrief.com/nato-cant-co...

thecipherbrief.com

NATO Can’t Count Its Way to Maritime Superiority

Allied navies are still counting hulls. The contest at sea is now about who sees, decides, and acts first.Earlier this month, Western officials disclosed that American, British, and Norwegian forces h...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"As demonstrated by the confrontation this April, undersea competition between Russia & NATO in the Arctic is intensifying, & new Russian weapons are being brought to bear...": interesting analysis on Olenya Guba & the infrastructure supporting GUGI... #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Danish SeaGuardian long-range Arctic & North Atlantic surveillance capability by 2028... #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

UK: anecdotal comment on the #wargame series. I've seen follow-up articles from 2 players on the Russian side, reflecting on their contribution but, more importantly, on the strategic challenges the game revealed. I've not seen anything directly from the UK participants: am I missing these? 1/2

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

First coffee of the day, with a SINKEX... “The real sci-fi begins,” wrote EUCOM. “Uncrewed underwater vehicles will dive into the deep to scan the seabed & see exactly how much damage Allied firepower can do...” #AtlanticThunder26

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UK: given the overarching cross-government resilience brief sits in the COBR Directorate, which sits in Cabinet Office, does this signal further change and / or reorganisation? #nationalresilience

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Stunning. And Corporal Paquette nailed the creative brief for an exercise called 'Arctic Ghost'!

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is this the 'how it's going' part?

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ZP806 - Guernsey's Reply... nice figure of eight maneuver in there! #poseidon #thoiranaire

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "the entire regional security architecture is changing..." #westernarctic #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Video of the #arcticcorsair & her final voyage: can't wait to visit next year... www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGPs...

youtube.com

The final voyage for the Arctic Corsair

YouTube video by Maritime Hull

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good start to the week: @katjabego.bsky.social's 'Deep Connections' has arrived... #criticalinfrastructuresecurity

Photo of Katja Bego's new book titled 'Deep Connections: the hidden battles to control subsea cables'.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I got there just in time!... bsky.app/profile/guyy...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"The strategic significance is therefore greater than the individual flight paths. NATO is building a distributed surveillance architecture in which different aircraft can cover complementary parts of the same battlespace, from the High North to the Baltic Sea..." #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Orbit for Isar "Onward and Upward"... #andoya #highnorth

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...“For the Russians, if they can control access to that gap, & get their submarines on the other side of it, then they’ve got free reign of the Atlantic & can hold bases on both sides of the Atlantic at risk...” www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

NATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the US

Allied forces gathered near Iceland to practice hunting for Russian submarines, with a key member missing.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Sea-denial capabilities: "Its deployment to Jan Mayen... significantly elevates those trials by testing how the system integrates into expeditionary advanced-base operations, combined fires, & maritime domain awareness under harsh Arctic conditions..."

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

ZP808 - is (to my knowledge) unnamed at this time... #poseidon #thoiranaire

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Northern Norway, Northern Sweden & Northern Finland lack the competence needed to meet future needs in preparedness, security of supply, transport & logistics in the region..." #arcticmobility #totaldefence #highnorthberedskap en.highnorthnews.com/science/new-...

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High North faces a 50,000-strong skills gap

A new report urges Nordic action to secure the expertise needed for transport, logistics and preparedness in the north.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On the journey back to London yesterday, I also had the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of the Soviet-era submarine Foxtrot B-39 at Strood as I passed over the River Medway on the Rochester Bridge. It's been moored here since 2004, ostensibly for restoration...

Photo taken from a moving train shows the submarine Foxtrot B-39 at her mooring in the River Medway. The full length of the submarine can be seen between the girders of the bridge.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sheerness: 82 years after sinking, the management of the #SSRichardMontgomery wreck is scheduled to move to its next phase. The removal of its visible masts. I took a quick trip yesterday to see them before they go... 1/5

Photo showing the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery. The buoys of the no-entry exclusion zone can be seen.

Photo showing a close-up of the masts of the SS Richard Montgomery. One of the no-entry exclusion zone buoys can be seen. The Essex coast is visible in the background.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

UK: this discussion of trust & inclusion is 'book-ended' through the lens of #societalresilience (Swedish #totaldefence). An appeal to 'social fabric', which is valid, but it feels messy & misses different national resilience cultural positions & acute crisis conditions... www.ft.com/content/4921...

ft.com

Zero-sum thinking will fuel resentment and scarcity

The assumption that one group must lose for another to gain has become worryingly widespread

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... SNMG1 & Enhanced Vigilance Activity Arctic Sentry (eVA) duty. From the video: "The Alliance's presence here... must also demonstrate the capability to defend what is one of the most vitally important stretches of ocean on the plant" #highnorth 1/2

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For anyone interested in #northsea & #criticalinfrastructiresecurity... (timely for me given my recent trip to North-East Scotland exploring critical infrastructure clusters around Aberdeen & Peterhead...) bsky.app/profile/guyy...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Reminds me I recently came across a July 1963 article on the TU-20...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon: Exercise #NorthernViking26, "with operations focused on the defence of Iceland & the strategically important sea lanes running through the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap..." h/t @vesselspotter.eurosky.social ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-warship...

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

NATO warships train to defend GIUK Gap

NATO warships, minehunters and specialist teams are exercising around Iceland as Northern Viking 26 tests the defence of the strategically important sea routes linking North America and Europe.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

UK: "Burnham has made “resilience” an early theme of his premiership & officials confirmed that work on preparing the country for severe disruption, begun under the Starmer administration, was being stepped up..." #nationalresilience #homedefence #warbook

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

US: "The United States is at risk of losing the ongoing irregular world war, falling behind in the resilience race that will be key to winning it..." #totaldefence #criticalinfrastructuresecurity

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Recommend this conversation... On your last points about Nordic dual-use infrastructure @alanderminna.bsky.social, especially the challenges of cross-border railway service development & coordination, further efforts beyond the #bothnianarc > bsky.app/profile/jarn...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Port of Churchill (Plus): "A longer shipping season would support northern resupply, as well as moving Canadian critical minerals, energy, grain & other products to international markets... & strengthen Canada's presence in the Arctic...” #lonearcticdeepwater www.arcticgateway.com/agg-news/new...

arcticgateway.com

The Future of Shipping Through Churchill and Hudson Bay — Arctic Gateway Group

Arctic Gateway Group, the Province of Manitoba, the federal government and independent researchers are studying what expanded and eventually year-round shipping through the Port of Churchill could loo...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

H320: the final journey of the last sidewinder. From the 1950's through to the mid-70s #Hull had the world’s largest distant water deep-sea trawler fleet. The #arcticcorsair broke landing records (73) & rammed ICGV Óðinn in the #codwars (76). Now, maritime icon... maritimehull.co.uk/whats-happen...

maritimehull.co.uk

news | Arctic Corsair successfully reaches her new home

Hull’s last remaining sidewinder trawler, the Arctic Corsair, has successfully completed her final journey and is now safely in her new permanent home at North End Shipyard, where she has been dry ber...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "As an extension of this, we have carried out patrol missions with crews made up of both British & Norwegian personnel. This is completely unique in the context of maritime patrol aircraft..." #thoiranaire #highnorth en.highnorthnews.com/politics/uni...

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Unique Norway-UK Cooperation on Maritime Surveillance in the High North

Evenes (High North News): Cooperation between Norway and the UK on maritime patrol aircraft has progressed to the point where missions can be carried out by Norwegian-British crews. “This is unique,” ...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

However we may judge the current strategic direction or implementation of 'whole of society' resilience approaches, beyond embodying "realistic, sensible & well-meaning planning" they are also positioned as equitable & inclusive. Far Right co-option may dismantle this tenet of #societalresilience...

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Norway: pilot launch of secondary school education programme for defence & emergency preparedness in Finnmark... #highnorthberedskap www.forsvaretsforum.no/arendalsuka-...

forsvaretsforum.no

Krigsberedskap blir snart pensum

Videregående skole åpner snart Norges første utdanningsprogram for forsvar og beredskap.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Target achieved: walk 1000 miles between August Bank Holiday 2025 to the same weekend in 2026. Continuing the yearly endeavour... #OnXII bsky.app/profile/guyy...

Screenshot of a notification indicating I'd met my walking mileage target of 1000 miles.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

North-East Scotland: Port of Aberdeen. A series taken over three separate days... It is Scotland's largest berthage port, with over 7,600m of quayside. It supports general cargo, oil & gas, renewables, decommissioning, cruise & ferry services. These are images of the North Harbour... 1/n

Photo showing the Port of Aberdeen with the main city centre behind it. It shows the Turning Basin, Point Law, Albert Basin and Victoria Dock. Taken from near the Skate's Nose Jetty.

Photo showing the Port of Aberdeen. It shows the Pilot Jetty, Abercrombie Jetty, Footdee and the Marine Operations Centre.

Photo showing the Port of Aberdeen. It shows the Round House, the Marine Operations Centre, the North Pier and the Navigation Channel.

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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Until now, British & US Poseidons have generally operated from Keflavík in Iceland or RAF Lossiemouth in north-east Scotland when flying missions north of Russia's Kola Peninsula..." #thoiranaire #highnorth

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