After a long hiatus here and on Substack, I have a new article out on the latter: “Russian Naval Activity in the coming months - Possibilities” Here I look at what we might get to see in the coming weeks and months of Russian naval activity. thelookoutn.substack.com/p/russian-na...
A look at what the coming Russian naval exercises could entail
After a long hiatus here and on Substack, I have a new article out on the latter: “Russian Naval Activity in the coming months - Possibilities” Here I look at what we might get to see in the coming weeks and months of Russian naval activity. thelookoutn.substack.com/p/russian-na...
A look at what the coming Russian naval exercises could entail
Sentinel-1 SAR imagery of Severomorsk at 1518z today shows that the Slava-class CG Marshal Ustinov is missing, highly likely still out for training as per the press-release of the 18th. Since it's been a while, all IDs except the cruisers are based on other reference data. Normal caveats apply
Happy New Year folks, wherever you may be! While 2023 was a bit rough and the outlook for 2024 remains unsettled too, don't give up hoping for a better and more peaceful future. As for the unsettled outlook, I'll be here trying to make sense of it all next year too.
Merry Christmas to all my followers, wherever you may be and even if we usually disagree. Special greetings to the soldiers of the AFU at the front, to merchant mariners of nationalities sailing in dangerous waters and to those away from home and on duty for the free world.
The Danish Defence Intelligence Service annual report, in Danish, is out and it's recommended reading. "The relationship between Russia and the West will be dominated by level of uncertainty not seen since the early years of the Cold War" www.fe-ddis.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Got pinged on the other platform that I've been quiet here for a while. I haven't forgotten about Bluesky but this will remain a secondary channel. My Substack has also been quiet and that's just how it will be at times.
2/2 The background for the podcast was my article from October 5th, "On understanding the naval war". thelookoutn.substack.com/p/on-underst...
Avoid premature conclusions and underestimation of the challenges Ukraine is facing at sea.
1/2 I did something new a few weeks ago that was published today, appearing on @CIMSEC's Sea Control podcast, talking about how I look at naval war in the Black Sea. In main, more recent events haven't lead to any major changes to my assessments. sea-control.simplecast.com/episodes/sea...