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David @puca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One thing that has fascinated me about Kosvinsky Kamen since I first started gawking at it a while ago, are the apparent mining operations that take place around it. I have visions of miners accidentally knocking through to the command and control facilities.

Google earth satellite image showing the command and control facilities on one side of the mountain, with tailings from mining operations in the foreground and stretching to the left of the image.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A neat thing with historical Landsat data - you can go back to 25th of September 1983 and see the wispy high altitude clouds over North Dakota around 17:00 UTC, roughly 3-4 hours before the false alarm. On the left, the missile fields of Malmstrom overlaid on Landsat image from 26th of September.

Map showing a section of the border between the United States and Canada. On the left side of the screen are markers showing missile silos at Malmstrom in Montana, and a Landsat image from 26th of September. On the right of the screen, the wispy clouds of the 25th of September over North Dakota.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today in 1983 in Moscow, just past midnight, 44 year-old Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov’s calm decision that a satellite warning of the launch of 5 US Minuteman ICBMs was a false alarm—based on “a funny feeling in my gut”—may have averted a catastrophic nuclear war. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl...

An official color photograph of Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov posing in his uniform around the time of this incident.

A screenshot of the linked February 10, 1999, Washington Post article on page A19 headlined, “‘I Had A Funny Feeling In My Gut; Soviet Officer Faced Nuclear Armageddon.” The article also includes a large graphic title "A Crumbling Warning System," showing problems with Russia's early-warning satellites and ground-based radars. The continuation of a front page article headlined, "Dearth of Satellites Fogs Russian System," appears next to the article about Petrov.

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 25/09/2026

When the photography shop assures you that these expired films are unused

Black and white photo. Due to a double exposure, it looks as though a racing car is about to crash through a spectral graduation ceremony

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David @puca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hopefully DREAM (IMO: 9628116) is just drifting between Northern Ireland & the Isle of Man and doesn't have an anchor out. Not a sanctioned or shadow fleet vessel - likely just waiting for poor weather in the open seas to the north, to pass.

AIS map showing vessel DREAM on its way from Turkey to Murmansk, drifting slowly over subsea cable.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

RAF P-8, ZP806, active over the Irish Sea earlier today. Hopefully just training and no-one's lurking over the pipes. @guyyeomans.bsky.social

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David @puca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Irish Air Corps C295 MSA (#285) appeared to take a look at vessel FIDAN (IMO: 9423736) on its way from Russia to Algiers, earlier today. Somewhat unusual to see ADS-B tracks at low level this far from land based receivers; possibly tropospheric ducting.

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Kung Hei FYat Choy!-Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I would really like an Arms Control Wonk episode or blog post about all Turkey’s missile programs. I probably should write about it too for my crap blog (if I feel like it)

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David @puca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Not a shadow fleet vessel, or sanctioned, but Cpt Georgios S (IMO: 9262936) is currently on its way from Murmansk to Iskenderun, Turkey, making what appears from globalfishingwatch.org data, to be its first trip through the Irish Sea, at least since 2012. 👋

Map showing globalfishingwatch.org tracks of Cpt Georgios S, from 2012 to a few days ago - no tracks are visible through the Irish Sea, although it has visited the Shannon Estuary numerous times.

VesselFinder map showing CPT GEORGIOS S transiting the Irish Sea, a brief (~3 hour) slow down is visible between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

FM 🇪🇪Estonia ⏬

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E. Bottlaender @bottlaeric.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026

Ca se confirme, malgré l'énormité : SpaceX a bel et bien stoppé ses ventes de Falcon 9, les réservant uniquement aux nouveaux contrats de la défense américaine. L'entreprise s'est recentrée sur Starlink et mise désormais la part du lion de ses lancements sur Starship.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A quick look at some of the activity in the air around Andøya today. Fwiw, the NOTAM area shown doesn't kick in until 1800Z today 15th of September and runs to 0300Z on 16th of September. HYDROARC 222/26 runs through 09 - 19 September. HNoMS Otto Sverdrup is showing in the area on AIS.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Alas, the Constant Phoenix crews have thus far, inexplicably, ignored this gentle suggestion from a humanoid egg posting on bsky.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"What's the haps, Pankovo?"

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David @puca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Rossita, a nuclear fuel carrier, appears to be making its way to Novaya Zemlya. In recent years, it has docked at the Severny test site during Summer/Autumn - so it is not unprecedented and can't be taken, by itself, as a sign of anything significant. Second image shows visits in 2023 & 2024.

Vesselfinder AIS screenshot showing ROSSITA, tracking toward Novaya Zemlya.

Global Fishing Watch map showing previous tracks of Rossita to and from Novaya Zemlya, since 2023.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Couple of US P-8s operating from Mildenhall today - wonder what they're up to. Based on some photos put up on Facebook, one might be equipped with the AN/APS-154 pod. Hex codes: ae680d & ae6838

Screenshot from ADSBExchange showing partial tracks of the two P-8s operating from Mildenhall - one went around the north of Ireland, the other appeared to go south toward Bay of Biscay

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ESA Navigation @navigation.esa.int · 14/09/2026

Greetings from the Arctic! After covering thousands of kilometres, @esa.int's team and its office on wheels have arrived in Andøya, Norway. This remote island is about to become one of the most heavily attacked GNSS environments in the world, but in a controlled way and for a good reason.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The White House Military Office Air Force aide is on “Football” duty as Trump watches the final day of the Irish Open at his golf course in Doonbeg. The ~45-lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize using any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A look at some of the air activity yesterday due to the visit. Red zones are temporary restricted areas.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Similar to last year, Sabetta arrived Novaya in Zemlya after departing from Murmansk. The majority of vessels that operate in support of the Burevestnik tests depart from Arkhangelsk, so perhaps notable that Sabetta came from Murmansk. Still waiting for the usual signs of an impending test flight.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It does look a lot like the grass around the silo burned, but can't say it was definitively linked to a launch attempt, will leave it to others to try and dig up more data/imagery.

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Marco Langbroek @marcolangbroek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

1/2 New Blogpost: "RASSVET (2nd batch): Reports of my Death have been Highly Exaggerated" sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2026/09/rass...

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RASSVET (2nd batch): Reports of my Death have been Highly Exaggerated

classified military Space (spy satellites) and Missiles

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David @puca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*pondering the rationale of bothering to post OSINTy stuff*

A humanoid egg, reclining on a couch, while wearing a wearied expression.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A quick and rough replay showing the aircraft that reported the possible drone (EI-FAT), the HMCG that flew up the Irish Sea beforehand and the Irish Coast Guard AW189 that took a look around the Irish Sea 2+ hours afterwards. Also shows the LAPMO EID1 Avoidance Point & 10 Nautical Mile range ring.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Unfortunately today was a day without significant Air Corps assets patrolling off Dublin/Wicklow. Obvious questions for media etc to follow up: did primary radar at Dublin airport detect anything? Were any systems deployed by the Defence Forces and monitoring that segment of airspace at the time?

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