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Hop C

@hopc.bsky.social
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Cold War Sub hunter, professional pilot for 40 years, student of history (especially BOTA)

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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
From the team. youtu.be/IkPt--qiuiA
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A Tribute to Those Still on Patrol
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
It’s the weekend! Which is when connoisseurs of fine spirits and cigars relax and listen to something informative and humorous, and we have just the episodes for you. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/4Qid...
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Life Underway
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 08/07/2024 · 2h 58m
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Back to where it all began. When I was prevailed upon to record a podcast that we hoped would get a hundred listens and exceeded all expectations. Grab a brew and learn about how to kill a cruiser. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/498b...
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Sinking of the Moskva
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 17/04/2024 · 1h 59m
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
A phenomenal run this past month with our San Carlos series and particularly the interview with a Falklands veteran. For no bullshit maritime podcasts by people who have been there done that, visit us at:- podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/show/2ejoHPg...
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Another RC135 flight plus a P8 working further up.
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Not a 1000lb charge. Interesting the booms behind didn’t work. Probably purely to counter USV and not anchored to the bottom to stop divers. Placement of charge is odd as well. That’s a phenomenally thick concrete base.
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Our interview with Nick, who was onboard HMS Argonaut for the initial run into San Carlos and subsequent Argentine air attacks, is now live. Very proud of this episode. Links ⬇️
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Sort of slipped under the radar here. If you know anything about TDS you’ll know what a force multiplier they are. In podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... we discussed this kit at length and I remain convinced at the very least, Link 11 has been operated by Ukraine and imho 16 as well.
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Black Sea: Lost Victories - Part 1
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 31/01/2025 · 2h 40m
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Several raids on the Royal Navy amphibious landing force at San Carlos were conducted starting 21 May 1982 and we will take a deep dive into those that targeted HMS Argonaut including one flown by a young Argentine Naval Aviator in an Italian built jet trainer! Epic stuff.
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Episode 4 is up and worth a listen! The battle of San Carlos is full of engagements and incidents that can be broken down, as part of the @shipwrektpod.bsky.social team @hopc.bsky.social , @dmbrookfield.bsky.social and I will be doing a two part podcast on HMS Argonaut
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A sad day for the Royal Navy. No conjecture. No urban myths. No rumours. Just analysis from people who have been to sea on Type 42 destroyers. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Losing Sheffield, Saving Stark- Part 1
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 23/09/2024 · 2h 41m
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Folks episode two is up of our Air Raid Warning Red series. Now, this is a bit nerdy but if you really want to understand what a close run thing the battle was, we felt it’s important to understand the kit a d tactics being used. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/2NM1...
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Air Raid Warning Red: The Battle For San Carlos Waters- Part 2
Podcast Episode · ShipWrekt · 26/04/2025 · 1h 30m
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Our biggest episode yet!
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ShipWrekt @shipwrektpod.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
It’s been a big project and the team has done us proud. Standby for our examination of one of the Royal Navy’s and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries finest moments. @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social @intercityfc.bsky.social @dmbrookfield.bsky.social @hopc.bsky.social @rickydphillips.bsky.social
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Texaco callsigns over Black Sea? Ok. Thats fun. Says additional CAP to me. The Typhoons are on FT as a signal. It’s what we cannot see that’s the fun bit.
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
@hopc.bsky.social and all you submarine hunters. My paper plot for hunting an Argentine boat. Two lines of sonobuoys, a good cross fix on her radar, with furthest on circles from datum.
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Panamanian government has approved the purchase of 4 Embraer Super Tucano light strike aircraft for the Servicio Nacional Aeronaval. The service's Enaer Pillans have some armament capacity but the Super Tucano brings impressive combat and surveillance capabilities. www.pucara.org/post/panam%C...
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Panamá avanza en la compra de Super Tucano y Airbus C295
El gobierno de Panamá aprobó ayer, 11 de marzo, el presupuesto para la compra de cuatro Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano y dos Airbus C295 para el Servicio Nacional Aeronaval (SENAN). De esta manera, se a...
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Brilliant because combines footage with actual gun crew interviews. youtu.be/utrkd4SDRdw?...
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Pom Pom | Vickers' 40mm anti-aircraft firestorm
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Europe provides about as much direct aid to Ukraine as the United States. European loans to Ukraine are backed by income from frozen Russian assets, not Ukraine. isw.pub/UkraineFacts...
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Hmmmmmm ok. Well we have seen fast deployments of an AB DDG group before. Just before the invasion of Ukraine I recall. Could just be an exercise on. If heading Med then yet again USN OPSEC is excellent.
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
@dmbrookfield.bsky.social @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social
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John Ridge 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @johnridge.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Confirmation of AIM-120C deliveries as well
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Want to know how these worked? How you would hit targets fourteen miles away before radar? Visit us here for your one stop introduction to naval gunnery. We put the ‘oooohhhh’ in salv…oooh. Does that work? Salvo? Meh. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
And remember if Gripen is indeed a possibility again, then depending on the avionics fit and weapons provided (ie- Meteor), the Ukrainian fighter force would be able to challenge the glide bomb carriers from the air. 2/
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
See your PC mouse? It started here with Type 984 radar. This was absolutely cutting edge in its day. It had track whilst scan, an integrated plot to present data clearly on a tactical display, and prototypes used the new trackerball technology (though production sets went to joystick).
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The Comprehensive Display System that was integrated into the radar can be regarded as the first combat system. Interestingly it didn’t use just use track numbers as we would understand, but presented a raw radar display with additional information presents as two digit codes.
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
No idea what kind of tech may be behind this claim but "shooting down" a glide bomb is no small thing, keep an eye on this one. 1/ bsky.app/profile/maks...
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To Remain Nameless @toremainnameless.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Just finished parts 1 and 2, great stuff boys! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise. @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social @intercityfc.bsky.social @hopc.bsky.social @dmbrookfield.bsky.social
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Wanna know what this means? Then get on the podcast! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Three rigs on his track. Interesting as he’s doing a north /south trace. There’s a Russian deep sea trawler to the north and a German submarine is operating somewhere in this vicinity. Dropped below 4000 feet for a look at something. Might be a CASEX against the German boat. /1
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
If he starts to circle or fly a box like track, that slowly drifts, then he has detected a submarine and is localising him. Would not be surprised if there’s a NATO escort out there playing as well if that’s the case. Lots of people find ASW boring but it’s the ultimate chess game in my opinion /2
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a large object in the middle of the ocean with water coming out of it
ALT: a large object in the middle of the ocean with water coming out of it
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Wanna know about gunnery from someone who has actually been aimer? Interested in the technicalities of firing at USV’s? Coming soon on @shipwrektpod.bsky.social an introduction to close range weapons.
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Anke Dosedal 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇦🇺💛💙🫘 @ankedosedal.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Russia’s continued war crimes, murder, and other genocidal actions never stop being horrific. So if they are trying to normalize this with their continuation, it isn’t working…😡
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ShipWrekt @shipwrektpod.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Part 1 of Black Sea- Lost Victories is out! @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social, @intercityfc.bsky.social, @hopc.bsky.social, and @dmbrookfield.bsky.social break down the battle for the Black Sea—Russian tactics, lost initiative, and how Ukraine pushed them back east. Episode links and sources ⬇️
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Angry Gunner @fouthtimelucky.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
And we are up for part one of your guide to the maritime war. A special guest host, and a fella who’s been there done that in the anti submarine world, and two Royal Navy veterans. We unpick the major events, look at the kit, and try to work out how Russia lost the initiative and what may yet happen
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ShipWrekt @shipwrektpod.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Coming soon: A 2-part look at the Russian-Ukrainian War in the Black Sea. Part 1 covers Russia’s initial aims, subsequent failures, and how the AFU established dominance, with insights from a former P-3 commander, an RN officer, and Gunny. Led by the brilliant @dmbrookfield.bsky.social.
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Thomas Newdick @combatair.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Final MiG-21 Fishbeds Stand Down From Active Duty In Europe End of an era marked as Croatian MiG-21s end their operational duties ahead of their replacement by Dassault Rafales. www.twz.com/air/final-mi...
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Final MiG-21 Fishbeds Stand Down From Active Duty In Europe
End of an era marked as Croatian MiG-21s end their operational duties ahead of their replacement by Dassault Rafales. Veteran Croatian MiG-21 fighters have completed operational duties, ahead of their...
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"The anxious reaction to Ukraine’s newly granted powers is another example of the Kremlin’s successful strategy of forcing the West to see the conflict on Russia’s terms, confusing each fresh attempt by Ukraine to resist Russian aggression as a major 'escalation.'" (1/3) www.cnn.com/2024/11/28/e...
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What the term ‘escalation’ gets wrong about Ukraine striking Russia | CNN
Over 1,000 days of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned Kyiv’s Western allies of dire – potentially nuclear – consequences if they “escalate” the war by giving Ukraine the weapo...
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Greg Bagwell @gregbagwell.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Elon Musk either failed his pilot selection or he just doesn’t like jet pilots. But, instead of drooling over Chinese drone stunt displays, maybe he should expend a bit more energy on fixing his two dimensional problem at taxy speeds.
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Greg Bagwell @gregbagwell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Russia is a terrorist state.
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Greg Bagwell @gregbagwell.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
With far too slow permissions for long range strikes, what more can Europe do now to help Ukraine? The West has delayed or ducked many military assistance options over the last 2 years in a self-imposed de-escalation. What more could it do to defend Ukraine from constant airborne attack?🧵 1/8
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Latin American Military Aviation @latinmilitaryav.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We hadn't heard much about Ukrainian F-16 operations since the loss of an aircraft and pilot late summer but this report is consistent with the air-air tasking against drones/cruise missiles that will be critical this winter. 1/ www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Ukrainian F-16 pilots shoot down nearly 10 air targets during Russian attack on 17 November – video
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that on 17 November, F-16 pilots shot down “about 10” Russian air targets, but did not disclose the actual number.
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