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Sven-Erik Volberg@volberg.bsky.social · 4w ago

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Sevmash builds the Yasen-M class fleet. As per details from @saturnax1.bsky.social & @spectrecrouton.bsky.social, Ulyanovsk & Perm are due. I respect Åtland's comments, but what a shame if Voronezh, Vladivostok & Murmansk didn't get built eh? #highnorth

Satellite imagery shows russia has stripped the air defenses protecting its primary nuclear submarine shipyards in Severodvinsk. Over 24 S-300/S-400 launchers have vanished. The strategic significance of this shift is massive🧵 1/3

@vesselspotter.eurosky.social · 4w ago

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... In the linked thread @vesselspotter.eurosky.social is doing a great job tracking some ongoing RU #shadowfleet constabulary activity around the #FaroeIslands... #highnorth

Saturday in North Atlantic #NorthAtlantic off #FO #FaroeIslands False-flagged heavylifters #BrightOcean / #GloryOcean dest #Russia ? 2 #RDN offshore patrolships S and SE of Faroe Islands Numerous #Shadowfleet tankers transiting

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Securing these waters depends on achieving persistent maritime domain awareness..." @vesselspotter.eurosky.social has alerted me to the Spectre system being developed by Danish company #saildrone... #highnorth www.saildrone.com/eu-en/news/s...

Autonomous USVs Can Help Secure the GIUK Gap – Saildrone

As Arctic sea lanes open, naval forces need persistent ASW capabilities. Saildrone Spectre is designed for autonomous surveillance at strategic chokepoints.

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I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Denmark has a special responsibility for safeguarding security & defence in the Arctic & the North Atlantic". P-8A Poseidon acquisition, including cooperation with NATO allies & possibility of 'joint unit'... #highnorth www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...

Danmark anskaffer nye maritime patruljefly

Der blev med Delaftale 2 om Arktis og Nordatlanten under forsvarsforliget 2024-2033 besluttet, at der skal opbygges en maritim patruljeflyskapacitet i samarbejde med en NATO-allieret til at styrke til...

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I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Exercise Midnight Warrior also demonstrated RAF capacity to conduct sustained operational sorties from deployed locations in the North Atlantic & #highnorth". Using 42 (TB) Squadron out of Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...

First UK P-8A Poseidon Flies to the North Pole

A crew from 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron has marked a significant achievement by flying the first UK P-8A Poseidon (Poseidon) mission to the North Pole, demonstrating the&nbsp...

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Image from journey: London, Fitzrovia, W1T 4JZ from the top of the BT Tower... #OnXII

Photo taken from the top of the BT Tower looking towards the City of London

Photo of the view from the BT Tower viewing floor looking out towards the City of London. At the top is a perspex display sign printed with the key buildings which can be identified at this position. The signs change as the floor rotates 360 degrees.

Photo of a certificate verifying a visit to the BT Tower, positioned on a table, with a small gold coloured metal paperweight in the shape of the BT Tower at the top right hand corner

The Defence Blog@defence-blog.com · last mo.

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "The announcement also tied the Common Combat Vessel directly to three new Atlantic operations... a set of programs designed to counter Russian military & intelligence activity in the North Atlantic & #highnorth". A "strategic posture statement"...

The Royal Navy is scrapping plans for a traditional destroyer and building hybrid warships that command drone fleets instead. Read more: defence-blog.com/royal-navy-a...

PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · last mo.

UK: "We too need a strategy for society-wide resilience if the threats to our security worsen". While this useful states, explicitly, the need for enhanced national civilian preparedness, asserting its conditionality in this way is problematic, & the RAP isn't mentioned... #nationalresilience

Defence investment matters - but so does our strategy ✍️ Laura Kyrke Smith www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · last mo.

UK: Will COBR be stood-up? Is COBR capable of working directly & effectively through a Prime Ministerial transition? #nationalresilience

Another heatwave the week after next? Well, at least this time we will no doubt be better prepared and schools will have an actual framework in place rather than responding ad-hoc. Right?

Rick@flipchartrick.bsky.social · last mo.

<long wave>"Long Wave is not classified as Critical National Infrastructure..."</long wave>

BBC Long Wave broadcasting ceases tomorrow. The old 1500m (198khz) band will be no more. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Christophe Kopp@chkopp.bsky.social · last mo.

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: strategic adjacency & prospective Norwegian Sea interdiction... #highnorth #thoiranaire

"Currently, no one controls the #Bear #Gap. But Russian activities in the area have become more assertive over the past few years. #Russia’s strategy to establish control over this stretch of water seems to depend, fundamentally, on destabilising #Norway." theconversation.com/russias-push...

Nerdic Defence@nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Norway: this revised position (as previously proposed in the 2025 Total Emergency Preparedness Report), cites the need to redesignate local civilian infrastructure as viable shelters, drawing directly on Ukrainian experience... #civilprotection www.nrk.no/sorlandet/re...

Regjeringen vil gjøre parkeringshus til nye «dekningsrom»

Regjeringen henter erfaringer fra krigen i Ukraina. Nå kan tunneler, parkeringshus og T-banestasjoner bli innbyggernes viktigste beskyttelse ved krig og kriser.

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Norway will not require bomb shelters in new buildings of a certain size after all. www.nrk.no/norge/regjer...

Navy Lookout@navylookout.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"In a full-scale peer conflict of this type, most currently serving officers would probably be casualties within 9–12 months. The people who would ultimately win the war are those mobilised from civilian life to replace them". High-intensity warfare sustainment. It won't just be about munitions...

Latest analysis article: Royal Navy officers warn NATO navies are struggling to absorb Ukraine’s maritime lessons www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-o...

The Defence Blog@defence-blog.com · 2mo ago

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon...: "reflecting how thoroughly the P-8A has become NATO & allied aviation’s default maritime patrol aircraft...". Contract to 2031 & a reminder training infrastructure is essential for maintaining this capability for #highnorth ISR/ASW/ASUW... #thoiranaire

The U.S. Navy handed Boeing up to $880M to keep the crews of its submarine-hunting jets combat-ready. The P-8A Poseidon flies for nine allied nations, and all of them rely on the same Boeing training system. defence-blog.com/boeing-wins-...

cc @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social

Navy Lookout@navylookout.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Latest analysis article: Tanker capture: political theatre, or genuine crackdown on shadow fleet? www.navylookout.com/tanker-captu...

Breaking Defense@breakingdefense.com · 2mo ago

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Manned-unmanned teaming initiative for #highnorth ISR/ASW. How might that work with future joint patrols with RAF Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire

‘The threat is there’: Germany to pair P-8s with MQ-9 drones to keep an eye on Russian subs https://breakingdefense.com/2026/06/the-threat-is-there-germany-to-pair-p-8s-with-mq-9-drones-to-keep-an-eye-on-russian-subs/

Russ Jones@russincheshire.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK: In all the recent controversy regarding the SDR/DIP this element - #nationalresilience - has, IMHO, been consistently under-privileged even though there is a 'golden thread' from the SDR to Gov Resilience Action Plan & the LGD-CNI sectoral resilience strategies now being developed...

Al Carns won't be next PM, but what he argues resonates with me. 2026 defence is about resilience, not guns. That makes it a means of national renewal - infrastructure, services, food, energy, housing. It's a holistic approach that makes us less vulnerable, and improves lives. I'm on board.

Chatham House@chathamhouse.org · 2mo ago

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... A perspective from @chathamhouse.org on the UK's DIP & the strategic choices it may reveal (or not)... #highnorth bsky.app/profile/chat...

Screenshot of a quote taken from an article published by Chatham House, published on June 8th 2026, and titled "Will the UK’s Defence Investment Plan finally be honest about Britain’s defence?". The quote references the Defence Industrial Plan, or DIP, and reads "If it’s honest, the DIP will finally have to make a choice between focusing on capabilities to defend the mainland UK and the Arctic and ‘High North’ or opt for a massive effort to reconstitute its ability to project force around the world – with all the associated costs."

The disconnect between UK policymakers ambitions for Ukraine – or the Strait of Homuz – and the resources available suggests a level of self-deception about the UK's capabilities.

UK: Will the delayed 10-year Defence Investment Plan (DIP) be fully released this Thursday? Or just a 'headline' announcement? Does Gov then need to re-run its UK defence supply chains wargame to understand the DIP's implications? #supplychainresilience #warpreparedness www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK tests defence supply chains under war conditions in major exercise

Major wargame exercise brings together leading defence companies to test supply chain resilience under wartime pressure.

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I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Stand-up of Task Force X (TFX)-Arctic experimentation programme. Testing if networked uncrewed systems "...can deliver persistent multi-domain situational awareness across the North Atlantic, the Arctic & the #highnorth" www.sto.nato.int/task-force-x...

NATO launches Task Force X-Arctic to strengthen awareness in the Arctic and the High North | NATO Science and Technology Organization

On 6 June, the NATO Research Vessel Alliance departed La Spezia, Italy, for the High North and Arctic, marking the start of Task Force X (TFX)-Arctic – NATO’s new initiative to strengthen the Alliance...

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UK: #foodresilience. What's interesting is the industry trade body explicitly calling for government to recognise it as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) & for it's systemic risk potential to be included in the National Risk Register... #coldchainresilience www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply

Cold storage and logistics body warns food supplies at risk from fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weather

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Minna Ålander 🌻@alanderminna.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Comments from @alanderminna.bsky.social on the #resilienceparadox & the challenges of the 'permissive environment' this may be facilitating... (recommend listening to the whole podcast, but from 21:30) #nationalresilience

This week, it was @kaeggen.bsky.social and my time to shine on the Mildly Alarmed episode on hybrid warfare ! While @lapatina.bsky.social had some well-deserved time off, @frhoffmann.bsky.social was a very strict moderator and managed to stop Karen-Anna from presenting her whole PhD on the topic 😌

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon: "The exercise unfolded across waters off Norway & Iceland... Critical shipping lanes & undersea infrastructure make the #highnorth essential to both NATO security & global stability" #thoiranaire #dynamicmongoose www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...

Sub-hunting in the High North: RAF Poseidon Leads NATO Training

RAF Lossiemouth’s Poseidon P-8A Force has taken centre stage in Exercise Dynamic Mongoose 2026, delivering the UK’s air power contribution to one of NATO’s premier anti-sub...

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The Defence Blog@defence-blog.com · 2mo ago

Welcome the Forward Land Forces Finland... #northcalotte #highnorth

Sweden spent 210 years avoiding military alliances. On its National Day, June 6, it placed 600 soldiers under NATO command in the Arctic — leading the alliance's new battlegroup on Russia's northern doorstep. defence-blog.com/sweden-puts-...

David@puca.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have been notified I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon!

@guyyeomans.bsky.social how is your GIUK klaxon? 😀

Image from journey: Birmingham, Southside District, B5 4RX at 04.50hrs... #OnXII

Photo taken in Ladywell Walk in Birmingham, UK. Image shows the Mapstone building in the foreground, with the Radisson Blu hotel tower in the background.

High North News@highnorthnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Norway: welcome the Arctic Resilience Centre... #highnorthberedskapen

The Norwegian government is strengthening #preparedness and #state #presence in #Kirkenes, Northern Norway, with a new hub called the Arctic Resilience Centre. A project manager has been appointed, and two new hires are underway. #HighNorth