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Jonas Franken

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researching maritime critical internet infrastructure #protection and #resiliency , focus on subsea data cables peasec.de/team/franken

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🇫🇮⚓️The FITBURG anchor-dragging trial promises to be more entertaining than anything so far. Remember the ship sporting the German WWII submarine symbol? Well, it was also flying a Finnish flag... Meanwhile the Russian captain claims his ship had nothing to do with the damage, despite all evidence. 🍿
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Parallel faults in Vietnam: www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/four...
datacenterdynamics.com
Four of Vietnam's subsea cables suffer faults, leading to fresh connectivity outages for country
Not for the first time in recent years
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026
New developments in Eagle S Case!
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026
Next week at #SMM2026 in Hamburg, I’ll join the Naval Stage panel to discuss the future of critical underwater infrastructure protection. 📍 Hall B8 🗓 1 Sept, 12:00–12:50 Looking forward to discussing subsea cable protection & resilience. @peasec.de @athenecenter.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 21/08/2026
"Years after a global naval campaign largely curbed the scourge of piracy, experts worry that the conflict in Iran — along with other factors, like regional rivalries and economic difficulties for local fishermen — is setting the stage for a comeback."
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2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises (Gift Article)
Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.
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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Current graduate or PhD student, based in Berlin and working on the politics of critical technologies? Join the @gppi.bsky.social ä team as a part-time researcher. All details in the link below. Apply by late August.
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Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Submarine cable failure due to coastal erosion has taken out nearly all internet services for Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. ~300,000 residents are cut off while Rostelecom divers work to repair the connection which is down for the second time this year. www.techtimes.com/articles/323...
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 13/08/2026
New publication: Our SAFECOMP 2026 paper “SubSeaCure” presents a grid-based risk map of Europe’s subsea data cable network, combining six human and natural risk factors to identify where cables face which external risks. 🧪 @peasec.de @athenecenter.bsky.social link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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SubSeaCure: Grid-Based Risk Mapping of Europe’s Subsea Data Cable Network
Subsea data cables carry the vast majority of intercontinental data traffic, yet existing regional risk assessments have relied on simulated inputs or narrow-area studies. SubSeaCure provides a grid-b...
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
#Subsea #cables damaged off #Perth #AUS #Australia. Suspicious behaviour by vessel(s) nearby Source LinkedIn @windward-ai.bsky.social @maritimekiwi.bsky.social @starboardintelligence.com @auonsson.bsky.social @pa.nton.cx
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026
Good news for environment & cable security! German bottom trawling is being further reduced through exit funding: 45 fishing businesses applied for grant to support market exit until 12/2027. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/n...
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Bund zahlt Nordseefischern zwölf Millionen, damit sie Betriebe aufgeben
Sie fangen Plattfische oder Krabben: 19 Fischer erhalten eine Millionenförderung vom Bund, wenn sie ihren Betrieb aufgeben. Grund sind gefährdete Fischbestände in der Nordsee.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026
Clear priorities: Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
Power cable linking UK and Ireland now passes near Bronze Age human burial remains instead of fictional grave on Welsh beach
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026
Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea appear to be escalating again: A cargo ship under 🇮🇳 flag was sunk off the coast of Yemen, likely after being hit by a sea drone. The incident should raise concerns about cable security & potential repairs in contested waters. www.spiegel.de/ausland/naho...
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Möglicher Angriff der Huthis: Seedrohne versenkt Frachtschiff vor der Küste Jemens
Die von Iran unterstützte Huthi-Bewegung intensivierte jüngst ihre Angriffe im Roten Meer. Nun ist ein Frachtschiff unter indischer Flagge von einem Drohnenboot zerstört worden, das offenbar aus irani...
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 30/07/2026
#EU #Europe focus on critical #infrastructure maritime-executive.com/article/eu-i...
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EU Implements New Critical Infrastructure Risk System
The European Union has reached a crucial milestone in the implementation of a new risk mitigation system for critical infrastructure, which begins thi...
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Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Houthi rebels are looking to emulate Iran. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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EXCLUSIVE: Yemen's Houthis considering fees for ships sailing through Red Sea, sources say
Yemen's Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a week after declaring a naval blockade ​on Saudi Arabia, regional sources with knowledge of...
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 17/07/2026
No good news for subsea cables: Houthi attacks on surface vessels may lead to simultaneous outages due to anchor drags (see MV Rubymar incident in early 2024) and repair delays in Red Sea. Especially Eastern African connectivity with fewer redundancies would be at risk in this scenario.
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 14/07/2026
Außenminister Wadephul in Norwegen: Bei dem Besuch geht es um die Sicherheit im Hohen Norden und den Schutz kritischer Infrastruktur. @annegretbendiek.bsky.social erklärt, warum die Arktis auch für Europas digitale Unabhängigkeit zentral ist. Jetzt ansehen! 🎥 www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 01/07/2026
German think tank @swp-berlin.org discusses the EU's Arctic Strategy and the role of Arctic subsea cables. Great overview of how the current Cable Projects of European Interest (CPEI) debate interacts with intra-Arctic connecitvity & the economic and security dimensions of the EU-Asia corridor.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🔥🚢/1. The SBU says it struck three Russian vessels under construction in Kerch, along with a S-400 system. Targets included the Project 15310 cable-laying vessels Volga and Vyatka, and the Petropavlovsk cargo-passenger ferry, 96% complete.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 16/06/2026
There has been a subsea data cable system „Aletar“ fault close to Syrias coast off Tartous on Sunday. Sabotage has been suspected by Syrian authorities but not proven. Rerouting works, but recognizable traffic drops. The cable is from 1997, one of the oldest lit subsea cables.
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
... 2/2 Finnish courts ready to prosecute 4 crew members of the Fitburg cargo ship accused of breaking data cables in the Bay of Finland in December (new year's eve). Preliminary investigations are done. yle.fi/a/7-10100055
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Förundersökningen av kabelbrott: Fyra misstänks för brott
Det var i slutet av fjolåret som lastfartyget Fitburg misstänks ha skadat två datakommunikationskablar i Finska viken.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🔱 #Kiel bekommt ein Marine-Innovationszentrum der Bundeswehr! "Kiel sei ein wichtiger Standort für die deutsche Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsindustrie, mit Schwerpunkten auf Schiffbau, Landsystemen sowie Marineelektronik, teilte das Verteidigungsministerium mit." 🔗 www.zeit.de/news/2026-05...
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Verteidigungspolitik: Marine richtet Innovationszentrum in Kiel ein
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Verteidigungspolitik“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Marine richtet Innovationszentrum in Kiel ein“.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 11/05/2026
Job opening: I am looking for a motivated student assistant to support my research on subsea data cable security at @peasec.de within @athenecenter.bsky.social‘s project SecFOCI. The position offers the opportunity to develop research skills, …
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 06/05/2026
Today at 5:30 p.m. CEST, German Bundestag will debate the motion on the “cornerstones of effective and strategic cable diplomacy.” The vote is expected to take place directly afterwards. Assessment and analysis will follow once the decision is taken. www.bundestag.de/dokumente/te...
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Deutscher Bundestag - Antrag zu wirksamer und strategischer „Kabeldiplomatie“
„Eckpfeiler einer wirksamen und strategischen Kabeldiplomatie“ ( 21/5749(Dokument, öffnet ein neues Fenster)) lautet der Titel eines Antrags der Koalitionsfraktionen CDU/CSU und SPD,...
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CNTR | Arms Control Research @cntrarmscontrol.org · 27/04/2026
Antarctica’s fiber-optic future: Connecting the last continent could transform climate monitoring. But without clear rules, this tech advance risks escalating tensions, argue Christian Reuter @peasec.de, @ptrckflmm.bsky.social, & @jonasfranken.bsky.social. ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Subsea cables to Antarctica: Technological challenges and geopolitical implications of connecting the material internet’s last frontier
Antarctica remains the last continent unconnected to the global fiber-optic network, relying instead on costly and limited satellite communications. T…
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 30/04/2026
www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-proje...
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Wreckage and weather sever Taiwan's undersea cable link to strategic island
Taiwan has activated backup communications for its northernmost territory, the remote and strategically located island of Dongyin, after poor weather conditions
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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
German authorities have issued a NOTAM for a military evaluation targeting seabed infrastructure security dubbed SeaSEC 2026 in the Baltic Sea off Warnemuende/Rostock which involves numerous uncrewed systems, across UAV/USV/UUV domains. www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisat...
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 09/04/2026
UK MoD says Russian subs surveying subsea cables were deterred by UK naval forces. Good to see active monitoring and signaling. But calling it successful deterrence after a month-long operation feels like a stretch. Time matters survey ops. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK navy foiled Russian submarines surveying undersea cables, defence minister says
John Healey says warship and aircraft forced Russia to abandon activity in North Sea in month-long operation
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 09/04/2026
New paper: @ptrckflmm.bsky.social (@prif.org), Christian Reuter (@peasec.de) and myself teamed up to analyze technological challenges alongside geopolitical implications of connecting Antarctica 🇦🇶 with other territories (🇳🇿, 🇨🇱) through subsea data cables. Open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.te...
Description of Highlights:
• Ambitious plans for Antarctic subsea cables to transform research connectivity.
• The Antarctic Treaty consultation mechanisms can effectively
manage cable projects.
• Without redundancy, cables may deepen dependence and become single points of failure.
• Dual-use sensors blur civil-military lines under Antarctic
Treaty System peace norm.
• Antarctic cable projects may include more states or risk being
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 07/04/2026
Geopolitical instability increasingly impacts cable build-up: "Meta consortium pauses 2Africa Pearls cable work amid Iran‑linked conflict" capacityglobal.com/news/meta-co...
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Meta consortium pauses 2Africa Pearls cable work amid Iran‑linked conflict - Capacity
Work on a key stretch of the expansive 2Africa submarine cable system, the segment known as 2Africa Pearls that links the Persian Gulf with South Asia, has been paused as regional hostilities tied to ...
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Satellite Images reveal Russian undersea cables in Crimea. Highly unusual to see these. Here -> www.hisutton.com/OSINT-Unders... #OSINT #Ukraine
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Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The current Internet shutdown in Iran is in its 7th day. A small amount of traffic continues to trickle out of Iran for whitelisted individuals and services, for everyone else, almost no connectivity whatsoever. #IranWar #DigitalBlackoutlran
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Two AWS facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck by drones, causing structural damage, fires, power outages, and water damage from fire suppression systems. In Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one facility caused physical impacts to infrastructure, taking it offline.
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Latest photos of the sanctioned Russian LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz in Mediterranean, after being hit by USVs (surface drones). Still floating but a complete loss for Russia.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 02/03/2026
🇺🇸 Visa sanctions due to subsea cable proposal "with links to China": What might seem as “a calibrated warning” in broader scale, can have disruptive effects for the SDC industry. 🗞️Why Chile 🇨🇱 is the latest LATAM country to be caught in a U.S.-China power struggle(CNCB) www.cnbc.com/2026/02/25/c...
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Why Chile is the latest LATAM country to be caught in a U.S.-China power struggle
The spat comes just days before a Latin American leader's summit in Miami and two weeks before Chile's incoming right-wing government takes over in Santiago.
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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 02/03/2026
AWS said objects struck one of its data centers in the UAE, impacting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that connectivity will take several hours to restore (Reuters) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/02/2026
Good to see that there is *finally* some movement on this! “Neutral Ireland is seeking closer co-operation with the UK and other Nato countries to defend its vast maritime area as Russia intensifies its surveillance of vulnerable undersea cables that criss-cross Irish waters.”
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Neutral Ireland seeks closer ties with Nato over maritime security
New Dublin strategy against backdrop of heightened Russia concerns could involve request for UK and French naval assistance
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Elisabeth Braw @elisabethbraw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Coming out this October: www.thebookseller.com/rights/basic...
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Basic Books scoops Elisabeth Braw's 'deep-dive' into the undersea geopolitical battle
Basic Books has scooped The Undersea War, Elisabeth Braw’s deep-dive into the geopolitical battle taking place undersea.
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
UK has acted against Russian freighter SINEGORSK on suspicions of cable sabotage. Royal Navy chased her away after she anchored close to several cross-Atlantic communication cables.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 27/01/2026
"Finland steps up undersea monitoring to prevent cable damage after string of sabotage incidents" (Euronews) www.euronews.com/2026/01/26/f...
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Finland steps up undersea monitoring to prevent cable damage
Efforts to improve surveillance of undersea infrastructure have increased due to several incidents often involving vessels from Russia's "shadow fleet" suspected of damaging cables in the Baltic Sea.
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Jonas Franken @jonasfranken.eurosky.social · 26/01/2026
Baltic cable security: „Foreign Minister Wadephul speaks in Latvia and Sweden about security in the Baltic Sea region. In Riga, he is meeting today, among others, with President Rinkēvičs, and in Sweden with his counterpart Stenergard.
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Florian Flade @florianflade.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
„Nach Auswertung von Informationen der lettischen Marine soll das Schiff zunächst über ein inaktives Kabel gefahren sein und anschließend seinen Kurs auf das nun beschädigte Kabel geändert haben, teilte die Polizei mit.“ | #Lettland #Ostsee www.spiegel.de/ausland/osts...
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Ostsee: Lettland meldet Beschädigung an Unterseekabel
Es ist bereits der zweite Vorfall innerhalb einer Woche: Lettische Behörden ermitteln wegen eines beschädigten Unterseekabels in der Ostsee. Befragt wird die Besatzung eines verdächtigen Schiffs.
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 03/01/2026
Two marine cable repair vessels en route to the Gulf of Finland - both active in repairs after the cable break epidemic last winter.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
⚓️ Interesting legal take on the conundrum of how to prosecute maritime sabotage conducted outside territorial waters - by James Kraska and Elizabeth Hutton (USNWC). They propose an interpretation of maritime law that grants a coastal state jurisdiction! 🔗 digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ils/vol106/i...
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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug @honkhase.de · 25/10/2025
Wohl weltgrößtes Kabelverlegeschiff "Fleeming Jenkin" vom Stapel gelaufen "Das #Kabelverlegeschiff "Fleeming Jenkin" kann über 28.000 t Unterseekabel aufnehmen. Das neue Schiff soll 2026 den Betrieb in der Nordsee aufnehmen. Das Schiff verfügt über drei riesige..." www.heise.de/news/Wohl-we...
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Wohl weltgrößtes Kabelverlegeschiff "Fleeming Jenkin" vom Stapel gelaufen
Das Kabelverlegeschiff "Fleeming Jenkin" kann über 28.000 t Unterseekabel aufnehmen. Das neue Schiff soll 2026 den Betrieb in der Nordsee aufnehmen.
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Doug Madory @eldomador.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
PEACE submarine cable suffered an outage yesterday (Oct-20) at 12:30 UTC when "PFE voltage suddenly dropped in Zafarana, Egypt." When the PEACE cable was lost, Pakistani incumbent @PTCLOfficial lost transit from Lumen (AS3356). www.submarinecablemap.com/submarine-ca...
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 21/10/2025
Software ist für moderne Streitkräfte unverzichtbar, birgt aber Risiken in den Lieferketten. Um Sicherheit zu gewährleisten, sollten diese konsequent minimiert werden. Mehr dazu in der neuen SWP-Studie von @alexandrapaulus.bsky.social @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social.👇 www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...
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Eine Achillesferse moderner Streitkräfte
Risiken der Software-Lieferkette und Schutzmöglichkeiten
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David @puca.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
HNLMS Johan de Witt (L801) and a German naval vessel are operating in the Irish Sea tonight, quite close to where Yantar hovered last November. German SIGINT vessel OKER is further north, in the Firth of Clyde.
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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 09/10/2025
The "pivot to The Gambia" of the shadow fleet is increasing day by day. But also "pivot to Sierra Leone". Initially, I thought this was "just" another case of false flagging, unbeknown to the registry. But something in common about both these nations, causes me to think, that it's not the case.
AIS flag hopping for the top 200 worst shadow fleet ships, September to October.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
French military personnel have boarded Russian shadow fleet oil tanker named "Boracay". Vessel is suspected of being a launchpad for drones that forced the closure of airports in Denmark last week.
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Björn Müller @bjoernm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#Marine #Rüstung defence-network.com/ausstieg-f12...
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Ausstieg aus der F126 – Deutsche Marine plant 8 MEKO-Fregatten
Wie das Defence Network aus gut unterrichteten Kreisen im Rahmen des 27. DWT-Marineworkshops erfahren konnte, steht der Ausstieg aus dem Programm F126
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