Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026#FI #Finland #FNG200 helicopter above the transshipment anchorage #Prisma 9461805 #Aurum 9248552 #ElimJoyce 9340506 132
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Congested anchorages in #GoF #GulfOfFinland these days and weeks? #Russia #BaltiSea @pmakela.bsky.social @volberg.bsky.social @corporalfrisk.com 2105
Reposted by Petri MäkeläMyFry @rampanen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Finnish conscripts being now trained according to lessons learned from Ukraine. I believe it will be a permanent change process. How is it in other Western countries? yle.fi/a/74-20246750 @xtytelman.bsky.social @kaihko.bsky.social @pmakela.bsky.social @pouletvolant3.bsky.social @rikefranke.euyle.fiVarusmies nukkuu nyt yksin metsässä, ei enää teltassa – syynä droonien uhkaVarusmieskoulutus keskittyy sotaan, jossa teknologia kehittyy jatkuvasti. Luokkahuoneista siirrytään enemmän taistelukentälle ja droonien torjuntaan. 274
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026The Woods are full of Finnish Dragoons! #LastStandOnZombieIsland article incl pics from #WinterWar / #ContinuationWar laststandonzombieisland.com/2026/09/15/t... @pmakela.bsky.social @corporalfrisk.comlaststandonzombieisland.comThe Woods are full of Finnish DragoonsHere we see, some 85 years ago this month, a Finnish dragoon (Rakuuna) on horseback, 12th of September 1941, near Tsalkki-Suojärvi on the Russo-Finnish border during the Continuation War between th… 183
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As the world keeps spiraling deeper into madness, this might contain some hard truths that the rest of Europe, besides Ukraine, should learn. youtu.be/uGV3tHdhaJY?...youtu.be12-ТА БРИГАДА «АЗОВ» Х «ПРОЗАК» – ХРЕБЕТ [Прем'єра музичного кліпу до Дня українського добровольця]YouTube video by АЗОВ 230
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 11/09/2026#FI #Finland special forces participating in exercise Arctic Shield 2026 #ArcticShield #ArcticShield2026 #NATO #GL #Greenland #Arctic Source FB 'Forsvaret' #DK #Denmark #Forsvaret @pmakela.bsky.social @corporalfrisk.com @natoatlas.eurosky.social 1155
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Merz seems to be a bit of a slow learner... There is a choice that needs to be done. Either nation states exist or they don't. A state whose original population becomes a minority will transform so profoundly that you might as well surrender. There has been no discussion id the change is good.. 330
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Seriously, can we just all agree that Russia needs to be dealt with. Once and for all. Rip that rotten hellhole small pieces. 1100
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Russians are loading something odd to a Duygon-class landing ship at Kronstadt. Anyone seen loads like this? 162
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026Saturday in #GoF #GulfOfFinland #Russia Volgo Balt 106 #VolgoBalt106 8230077 at anchor (breakdown?) #FI #Finland + #EE #Estonia surveillance flights Anchorages for #Russia traffic seems pretty full @volberg.bsky.social @pmakela.bsky.social 383
Reposted by Petri Mäkelä🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Just €5,690 remains to close our biggest fundraiser ever, with a total goal of €89,490🇺🇦 🔗Support the campaign: www.help99.co/patches/spec... Final goal: a Yak-52 engine for the 11th Army Aviation Brigade “Kherson”. 223971
Reposted by Petri MäkeläPetri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My latest article about the newish Pakistan Army assault rifle blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2026/08/paki...blog.vantagepointnorth.netPakistani CW39: Rifle development is a flat circleVantage Point North: News and analysis from security and warfare related topics with the focus mostly on Russia and Scandinavia. Tanks etc 252
Reposted by Petri MäkeläDarkwing @darkwinganka.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I believe that this is the first time I hear someone describing the G3 as being easy to manufacture... 🙂 101
Reposted by Petri MäkeläDarkwing @darkwinganka.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"For the past 30 years, most of the new service rifles have been either attempts to breathe life into the AK.47 carcass, fine tuning the AR-15 or hiding the AR-18/180 into different shells." 😁 001
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My latest article about the newish Pakistan Army assault rifle blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2026/08/paki...blog.vantagepointnorth.netPakistani CW39: Rifle development is a flat circleVantage Point North: News and analysis from security and warfare related topics with the focus mostly on Russia and Scandinavia. Tanks etc 252
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Black kit for Friday. Drifting out the original rear sight from that CZ-75B was something, had get a bigger hammer... Twice. 161
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Cope cages on the 57mm guns of the Ropucha class LST are icing on the panic cake. 2124
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Kuten laulussakin sanotaan: "Kaikki ryssät maasta pois" yle.fi/a/74-20243220yle.fiAinakin 12 Venäjän kansalaisen epäillään saaneen Suomen kansalaisuuden petoksella – ostivat työsuhteen ja kielitutkinnonPoliisi ja rajavartiosto epäilevät, että henkilö on solminut tekaistuja työsuhteita, joiden perusteella ulkomaiset henkilöt ovat voineet hakea Suomen kansalaisuutta. Toiminta on jatkunut mahdollisesti... 301
Reposted by Petri MäkeläNAFO_trinzu @trinzu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026 If you cannot donate, please repost this. The same small circle of donors simply cannot carry a €13,970 fundraiser alone. We need NEW eyes 🇺🇦 €5,507/€13,970 Jar: send.monobank.ua/jar/7t8r4DVdTM PayPal: paypal.me/TriinuP Revolut: revolut.me/triinuuqwd 067
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 23/08/2026Arrival or departure with mounted copecage? @covertshores.bsky.social @pmakela.bsky.social @volberg.bsky.social 152
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026Sub with extended copecage @covertshores.bsky.social @pmakela.bsky.social @volberg.bsky.social 1182
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Keskeytän normaalin #Ahvenanmaa-trollaukseni ihan vakavalla ehdotuksella. Perustetaan rajavartiolaitoksen alaisuuteen nykyisen perustuslain sallima "Luotsi- ja majakkaturvallisuuskeskus" kouluttamaan Ahvenanmaan asevelvollisista heidän erityisympäristöönsä sopivia toimijoita. > 121
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In otter news the Russian Buyan-M class corvette behind has checkerboard camo at bow and stern to confuse drones and extensive anti-drone netting protecting the bridge and the VLS launcher. #Kronstadt 153
Reposted by Petri MäkeläOksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Suddenly destruction is tragic when it is the warehouse, but people’s lives mean nothing to them. 13210
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Nothing tells that you are winning, like construction of sandbag machine gun nests at your naval base on another sea, than the one your enemy is. #Kronstadt 0153
Reposted by Petri MäkeläH I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 16/08/2026New article Floating Bombs: New Trend In Dangerous Fuel Types Aboard Merchant Ships Here -> www.hisutton.com/Dangerous-Fu... We need to carefully consider how this trend in alternative fuels will affect risks and opportunities in naval warfare going forward. 1021250
Reposted by Petri MäkeläMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A novel—and, no doubt, fleeting—moment of self-awareness. 665159263700
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The Russian Parchim-class corvette Aleksin is on the loading pier, most likely as a QRF ship for the Baltiysk naval base. Whenever the base steps up its readiness either a Parchim or a Tarantul gets parked there. 073
Reposted by Petri MäkeläKate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Kharkiv right now ‼️ Russian drones attacked residential buildings. At least 2 people confirmed killed. Bastards. Terrorists. 18435142
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I wonder if the Yemenis got some "volunteer advisors" wearing a greenish flat hat? 🤔 141
Reposted by Petri Mäkeläroninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2026@pmakela.bsky.social Pretty sad when you can't even dragoon enough cannon fodder from your own people that you have to hire the Norks... 021
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Driving down the industrial base and turning the defense contractors into overpriced boutique manufacturers during the past 40 years probably should sting in the hearts of several generations of politicians from both parties. But they will only remember giving back to their donors... 493
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I'm not sure if I'm boring when I test my training slideshow out loud 🤔 My assistant refuses to comment 172
Reposted by Petri Mäkelävesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026Aleksandr Frolov #AleksandrFrolov doodling in middle of #BalticSea between #Gotland #SE #Sweden and #Latvia #LT Working/excercising with #submarine? @spectrecrouton.bsky.social @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social @pmakela.bsky.social @volberg.bsky.social 142
Reposted by Petri MäkeläAndrii Katriuk 🇺🇦 @andriikatriuk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I have many emotions when I see such scum. But I will only say next: everyone who shares this pedo "opinion", everyone who thinks this scum is respectable, everyone who thinks this scum should be promoted and heard - should get exactly what this fecal mass is wishing for Ukrainians. #UkrainianView 65322
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Blueskystatic.klipy.comGeneral Melchett's Funny 'BAAAH'ALT: General Melchett's Funny 'BAAAH' 030
Reposted by Petri MäkeläDave L @davel1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026We have for too long been making low numbers of high quality multitasking products. We now need large numbers of good enough. You're right. 011
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Wrote this to LinkedIn, but might as well share here: Europe is currently rearming itself faster than it has done since the end of the cold war. The past 40 years have changed a lot in the industrial base that is trying to it though. We have two categories of defense industrial companies now: 172
Reposted by Petri MäkeläOksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 22/07/202614th NGU needs 20 mini-Starlinks (€357*20). This fundraiser is very painful for Russian terrorists (cuts logistics), and the guys promised us that we will see some of the results of our help🌝 send.monobank.ua/jar/5AeSu56Lmn PayPal v.titarenko@student.csn.khai.edu 99960
Reposted by Petri MäkeläKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026"7H3 M0N170r" by T1TU5 4NDr0N1CU5 2455
Petri Mäkelä @pmakela.bsky.social · 25/07/2026That purge went so well that Russians resorted to sending hundreds of thousands of their soldiers into human wave attacks against dug in Finnish defenders, who had the whole area ranged for artillery strikes and all cover spots mined... Huge success. blog.vantagepointnorth.net/2019/11/wint...blog.vantagepointnorth.netWinter War - A Nation Forged Into OneVantage Point North: News and analysis from security and warfare related topics with the focus mostly on Russia and Scandinavia. Tanks etc 0154