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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 2d

In the film the pontoon/barge construction does look a little more substantial than in the painting.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 2d

Quite near the truth.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 2d

I was merely saying that from a second or so shot I was not going to extrapolate too much.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, its only a very short shot, seems more stable than I thought. I was getting strong RCH155 vides there.

Or rather the gun doesn't seem to be fixed to the pontoon and runs back on it. Maybe it's too hard to be sure from that though.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 2d

That's a lot of War Studies.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 3d

Would like to have seen the recoil effects when firing.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 8d

www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

How New Technologies Are Making the Submarine Force More Lethal

The Submarine Force is harnessing several new technologies to hone its advantage.

www.usni.org

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Andrew Livsey @andrewlivsey.bsky.social · Aug 27

There is much talk of AI in warfare, but rather less progress in applying it usefully to naval tactics. In this short piece for The Naval Review I reviewed a recent German effort. There is some way to go yet...

www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...

Thinking Before Sinking: Red and Blue AI Tactics for Naval Combat - The Naval Review

40 pages

www.naval-review.com

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 9d

Ryan has talked about the practicalities of Iowa-class reactivation in the 21st century extensively over the past years.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuJH...

Can The Navy Take Back the Battleships?

YouTube video by Battleship New Jersey

www.youtube.com

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 10d

One reason why the SSBN, when it first arrives, presents something of a challenge to the US in terms of how to employ it for reassurance and deterrence at the same time.

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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 10d

Boeing handed over the first German P-8A for Marineflieger naval aviation to the Bundeswehr procurement office, at an event in Seattle. No information on when the aircraft will transfer to Germany, but presumably soon.

www.hartpunkt.de/boeing-liefe...

Boeing liefert ersten deutschen Seefernaufklärer P-8A aus

Der US-Flugzeughersteller Boeing hat das erste Seeaufklärungsflugzeug P-8A Poseidon im Rahmen einer feierlichen Zeremonie in Seattle im US-Bundesstaat

www.hartpunkt.de

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 10d

*if we take the comment at face value. Whole different story about his points, but nonetheless kind of interesting to see that reference at that moment.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 10d

No. Sheer cost, crew requirements, lack of parts, maintenance & ops experience etc.. A good read on future combatants though.

President Trump's specific mention of how he liked the Victory at Sea series is an odd reminder of how impactful the series was at the time.

www.twz.com/sea/is-trump...

Is Trump’s Call For Putting Battleships Back In The Navy's Fleet Even Feasible?

Trump wants battleships back in the Navy's inventory, and that may be far-fetched, but his remarks do highlight real deliberations around the future of surface combatants.

www.twz.com

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 11d

While a Neptune does not remotely compete in the same range class thus does constitute the same sort of threat having a few hundred of these rather than a few (low digit) Tomahawks would have its use too.

www.twz.com/news-feature...

Neptune Cruise Missiles Used To Strike Factory In Russia: Ukrainian Navy

The strike came as the U.S. is scrambling to dramatically boost production of its own long-range munitions.

www.twz.com

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 11d

e.g. getting a full FP-5 Flamingo production line going. Presumably Tomahawk does have better precision, can fly lower thus giving it some degree of better survivability, beyond that though they would be similar in terms of effect. And there would be more of them.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 11d

The Air Launched ones were carried by B-52s, not really an option here. I doubt a Su-24 could carry one...

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 12d

Genuine question here beyond, how would the Tomahawks be launched by 🇺🇦? A Typhon battery? Given the availability of missiles, let alone launchers, any transfer would be an exceedingly expensive and limited one. Those resources might have better impact elsewhere.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...

What are Tomahawk missiles and why does Ukraine want them?

The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is typically launched from sea.

www.reuters.com

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armouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 13d

Working on a Memories of War edit focused on Seafires over Salerno. Sorting out the Order of Battle for Operation Avalanche's carrier units...
Also first (and abandoned) operation for the Barracuda I. Last operation for Albacore.

#NavalHistory #ww2 #History

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 13d

Wasn't there supposed to be a huge deposit somewhere along the Rhine valley, Rhineland-Pfalz, can't remember exactly but somewhere in that region.

Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 16d

I can do many things, Italian is not one of them unfortunately.

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 16d

The capability should come equipped as standard.

Navy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social · 16d

Latest news commentary:

Royal Navy considering deploying OPV to Middle East with Peregrine RWUAS flight

www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-c...

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Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 16d

the Baltic, North Sea and Atlantic approaches is needed. Vessels of certain origin need to be comprehensively tracked. That doesn't necessarily require tailing by surface warships all the time.

As a reminder the 🇷🇺 navy has a fondness for acting in this way: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Russian naval ship ‘disguised’ itself while passing through English Channel

The Boikiy emitted a fake ID signal while sailing through the waterway alongside two sanctioned oil tankers.

www.bbc.com

Marcus Faulkner @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social · 16d

So about the need for maritime domain awareness..... Jumping to conclusions is unwise as much of the context is unknown, it's as possible the ship was under some form of surveillance. Nonetheless a more comprehensive and integrated approach to domain awareness in

www.newsweek.com/russia-drone...