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Tanker Watch IE @galwaybaywatch.bsky.social · 14h
I'm Irish and I don't want alumina from Aughinish to be sent to a town in Siberia that is home to both a RUSAL aluminium smelter and an Iskander-M ballistic missile factory. #alumina22
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Miska Knapek @miskaknapek.bsky.social · 14h
US keeping an eye out again...for Kaliningrad globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a54ed7
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midshipnews.org @midshipnews.org · 15h
The amount of innovation is impressive.
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 15h
Job done and now back to #Russia again 9248552 #Aurum
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Kerstin @kerstin10785berlin.bsky.social · 17h
Update: KONSTRUKTOR EGOROV's (9963279) whereabouts continue to be unclear. Despite her alleged speed of 9.0 kn, she hardly moved between Oct 1 and Oct 2 according to Vesselfinder's AIS data. In the meanwhile, AIS has been deactivated once more.
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Krigsplacerad @krigsplacerad.bsky.social · 16h
”Litauen skickade upp stridsflyg efter larm om drönare vid Vilnius flygplats och ett SAS-plan från Köpenhamn tvingades vända om.” www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
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Drönarlarm: SAS-plan tvingades vända om
Litauen skickade upp stridsflyg efter larm om drönare vid Vilnius flygplats och ett SAS-plan från Köpenhamn tvingades vända om. Nu är faran över och flygplatsen åter öppen.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 16h
A French Mirage jet has for the first time shot down a "Banderol" missile. Ukraine air defence pilots used aircraft cannon fire from the Mirage 2000-5F, getting very close to the small missile, while it travelled at 500kmh (375mph)
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 17h
... on the move again ...
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Kerstin @kerstin10785berlin.bsky.social · 18h
#Ukraine
tradewindsnews.com
Drone-hit Black Sea oil terminal reveals impact of Ukrainian attacks
Tanker loadings down after strikes cause ‘significant damage’
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Kerstin @kerstin10785berlin.bsky.social · 18h
On weapon deliveries from #NorthKorea to #Russia by sea⤵️
thebarentsobserver.com
Ships linked with Arctic Russia spotted in North Korea
Several ships well known in Russian Arctic ports are suspected of involvement in weapon deliveries from North Korea.
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itamilradar @itamilradar.com · 18h
🚨 Vilnius Airport has been closed following a drone incursion into Lithuanian airspace. NATO fighter jets are currently being scrambled to identify the drone. It is worth recalling that Italian Air Force Typhoons are also deployed in Lithuania.
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Naval News @handle.invalid · 18h
Diehl Defence and the BAAINBw have signed a contract for the adaptation development of IRIS-T SLM. The aim is to make the system mission-capable on the German Navy’s F125 frigates 🇩🇪 www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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IRIS-T SLM for the German Navy: agreement on adaptation development for the F125 frigates - Naval News
Diehl Defence and the BAAINBw have signed a contract for the adaptation development of IRIS-T SLM for F125 frigates.
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Benedikt Strunz @bstrunz.bsky.social · 18h
We are delighted: having just won the Franco-German Journalism Prize, we have learnt that #RussianSecrets has also been nominated for the 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize. Wonderful news for a fantastic team with journalists from across half of Europe @icij.org @recherche.ndr.de lnkd.in/e5vXV2HU
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 18h
💰Follow the money: „Dynamic Frontier’s manager is Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-American businessman who was one of three dozen private donors to President Donald Trump’s $350 million White House ballroom project. Sokolov was born in St. Petersburg in 1975 and immigrated to the US at 21 years old.“
icij.org
Trump administration gave firm with ties to ballroom donor the green light to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank - ICIJ
Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov was also appointed to run a government enterprise fund.
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 18h
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Massimo Frantarelli @mrfrantarelli.bsky.social · 18h
The Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Levchenko" has entered the Baltic Sea and is heading toward Baltiysk. Photo by Frank Behling (Oct 2)
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 18h
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 19h
Busy waters south of #Bornholm #DK #Denmark today #Bond 9412335 #Samanyolu 9359569 Tempest Dream #TempestDream 9308132 #Sparta & #GeneralSkobelev idle close to #Bulkcarrier GW Mathilde #GWMathilde 9874650 #RDN #Forsvaret patrolvessel closeby
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 19h
Busy waters south of #Bornholm #DK #Denmark today #Bond 9412335 #Samanyolu 9359569 Tempest Dream #TempestDream 9308132 #Sparta & #GeneralSkobelev idle close to #Bulkcarrier GW Mathilde #GWMathilde 9874650 #RDN #Forsvaret patrolvessel closeby
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 19h
Note ref to #Naviair tracking fast-moving object away from #CPH #CopenhagenAirport bsky.app/profile/vess...
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 19h
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Bo Elkjær @boelkjaer.bsky.social · 19h
Flere indsatte soldater oplyser, at de observerede et objekt, der nærmede sig lejren fra nordvest. Dette objekt »afkastede først ét objekt, der fløj bort, hvorefter det afkastede yderligere ét objekt, der ligeledes fløj bort,« fremgår det af den nye redegørelse. www.information.dk/indland/2026...
information.dk
Ifølge Forsvarets droneredegørelse blev der brugt en ’moderskibsdrone’ over Borris
Forsvarets nye redegørelse giver vigtige oplysninger om de typer droner, der blev observeret under sidste års dronebegivenheder over Danmark
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vesselspotter.eurosky.social @vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 19h
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Francisco Blaha @franciscoblaha.bsky.social · 20h
We should not stop insisting that seabed carbon protection, important as it is, cannot and must not be used as an excuse to avoid the primary climate imperative: stopping fossil carbon emissions into the atmosphere. www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2026/10...
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Beyond the Ban: Rethinking Bottom Trawling and Seabed Carbon — Francisco Blaha
The debate over bottom trawling's impacts on seabed carbon has intensified recently. Policymakers and environmental advocates often paint the issue in stark terms: bottom trawls disturb the seafloor, ...
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Tanker Watch IE @galwaybaywatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank you all for your support so far. You've all done a great job boosting the #alumina22 cause. Keep in mind the shipments of alumina to russia continue at this moment of time. Please see my pinned post and email the commission and get it stopped. Thank you
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Martin Leduc @dieselduckster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A good example of what i mean about these mega projects in Canada, creating jobs. They are, they just didn't specify that it was in Canada, or for average Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
LNG Canada to use Chinese steel on $33B expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. | CBC News
LNG Canada says because Canadian suppliers are unable to make what it needs, it once again plans to use Chinese steel in its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C. The expansion of its...
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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Vulcan over RAF Gan Weird - looks like its in a hole
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Rundradion @rundradion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
87323 was back later in the afternoon also indicating 2x Su-30. Sonic booms where reported over Finland during the afternoon which could correlate with this trip. The An-26 87339 arrived an hour later.
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TWZ @twz.com · 02/10/2026
The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being partly addressed. www.twz.com/news-features/germany-i…
twz.com
Germany Is Finally Giving Its F125 Frigates Some More Teeth With IRIS-T SLM Surface-To-Air Missiles
The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being partly addressed. The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being ...
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David @puca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Also tracked over the area Yantar pinged from back in November 2024. "Nice pipeline you've got here..."
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David @puca.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A quick look at RAF P-8 tracks in the Irish Sea over recent weeks.
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hush @hush-ndb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This ship was handed over to the navy and converted into the aircraft carrier Aquila (Eagle), but it was never completed. #NavalHistory
youtube.com
RN Aquila – Italy's Promising, But Doomed, Carrier
YouTube video by Skynea History
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m1k3d3l7a.bsky.social @m1k3d3l7a.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It seems like the Northern side of the pier is empty again, possibly meaning that Admiral Nakhimov is back at sea (or other part of the bay). This is Sentinel 1 pass from 01.10.2026 link.dataspace.copernicus.eu/gdag
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 03/10/2026
The crypto industry can drop $30 million+ on a single Senate race. Citation Needed runs on reader support alone. If you think someone should be tracking this stuff, consider a paid subscription: www.citationneeded.news/signup
citationneeded.news
Citation Needed
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 23h
Lessons learned again and again
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Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social · 23h
Some hope for the Pacific-heads: The Taiwan and Philippine Coast Guards are jointly monitoring Chinese ships rather than threatening to kill each other
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Flattop Fiesta @flattopfiesta.bsky.social · 23h
Spanish amphibious carrier ESPS Juan Carlos I visible in today's Sentinel-2 satellite images, having entered the drydock near Cadiz
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 22h
Global food prices hit their highest level in almost four years as grain trade disruptions pushed wheat and maize prices higher UN expects global cereal trade to fall 3.5% in 2026/27, citing Black Sea shipping constraints and limited alternative transport capacity www.lloydslist.com/LL1158601/Fo...
lloydslist.com
Food price surge highlights mounting pressure from disrupted grain routes
Disruption to grain shipping routes in the Black Sea and the Strait of Hormuz is driving up global food prices, with the UN warning that constrained maritime trade and rising freight costs are increasingly contributing to agricultural inflation
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Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen @nilleren2030.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Kan krigen i Ukraine og de geopolitiske spændinger ligefrem accelerere den grønne omstilling i Europa? Kom med til netværksmøde om energiuafhængighed, sikkerhed og Europas strategiske handlefrihed den 8. oktober hos FN-forbundet i Kbh: www.fnforbundet.dk/arrangemente...
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Netværksmøde: EU’s energi-uafhængighed og sikkerhed — FN-forbundet
NETVÆRKSMØDE FOR CIVILSAMFUNDET. Vi sætter fokus på energiuafhængighedens betydning for EUs fremtidige sikkerhed og grøn omstilling. Mødet er åbent for alle med interesse i emnet.
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🇺🇦 Toshiba Fella @toshibafella.bsky.social · 21h
03.10.2026: LNG tanker Avacha (IMO 9319404) is currently delivering 155,000 m³ of LNG to Tieshan, china 🇨🇳. Loaded in Utrenny from the SANCTIONED Arctic LNG 2 terminal, shitnya. #BloodGas #Boycottchina #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-...
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
50 US Marines are being “redirected” for a Baltic Sea deployment. They will work with Finland’s coastal brigade and add specialized surveillance resources/skills as part of operation Baltic Sentry. www.war.gov/News/News-St...
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Guy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The emerging #busanconnection! And here's where the PanStar Acro currently is: through the Bering Strait & just crossing the Gulf of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug... #highnorth #polartriad
Screenshot of the Marine Traffic website showing the position of the ship  PanStar Acro, currently crossing the Gulf of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Two Iranian nationals have been charged with a terror plot against Manchester's Jewish community, allegedly in contact with "overseas third-party" possibly in Iran. The Home Secretary has confirmed that both men arrived on small boats, in 2020 and 2023. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
thetimes.com
Two Iranians charged over suspected terror plot on Jewish community
Counterrorism police said that they had charged Salam Ahmadyan and Rahman Salehi over the suspected plot in Manchester
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itamilradar @itamilradar.com · 02/10/2026
First sea trials for the ITS Vivaldi, the first of a new series of offshore patrol vessels for the Italian Navy. www.itamilradar.com/2026/10/02/i...
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Italian Navy’s Vivaldi begins sea trials, opening a new era for offshore patrol operations
The Italian Navy’s new OPV ITS Ugolino Vivaldi (P440) has made its first sea sortie in the Gulf of La Spezia and waters off the island of Tino, marking the start of testing for the first unit of the n...
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's bomb the Houthis time again. A RAF KC-2, RRR9215 out of Akrotiri is returning home after working over the Red Sea and southern Saudi Arabia.
It's bomb the Houthis time again. A RAF KC-2, RRR9215 out of Akrotiri is returning home after working over the Red Sea and southern Saudi Arabia.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Saudi Arabia SAAB 2000 AEW&C out of Jeddah is heading southeast most likely to keep an eye on the Yemeni border.
A Saudi Arabia SAAB 2000 AEW&C out of Jeddah is heading southeast most likely to keep an eye on the Yemeni border.
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viper13.bsky.social @viper13.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RRR7202, RC-135W RIVET JOINT ISR aircraft out of Waddington is returning to base after completing their surveillance mission along the russian border in the Baltics.
RRR7202, RC-135W RIVET JOINT ISR aircraft out of Waddington is returning to base after completing their surveillance mission along the russian border in the Baltics.
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TWZ @twz.com · 02/10/2026
Taiwan’s First F-16 Block 70s Have Finally Arrived The delivery of Taiwan’s first two new Vipers kicks off a long-awaited expansion of its fighter fleet in the face of ballooning threats from mainland China. www.twz.com/air/taiwans-first-f-16-…
twz.com
Taiwan’s First F-16 Block 70s Have Finally Arrived
The delivery of Taiwan’s first two new Vipers kicks off a long-awaited expansion of its fighter fleet in the face of ballooning threats from mainland China. The delivery of Taiwan’s first two new Vipe...
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Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Another captain on a liquefied natural gas tanker that has traversed Hormuz said that the journey begins by shutting the breaker that connects to the ship’s location transponder, or AIS, to mask their whereabouts as they hug the Omani coast.“
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Mark Douglas @maritimekiwi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If only I had the budget! RF is good - but even wide area SAR cross referenced against AIS helps (as @flattopfiesta.bsky.social pointed out somewhere else in this thread). As soon as I get more freedom to task satellites ya’ll will be the first to know!
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