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StratMiL @stratmil.bsky.social · 7h

#EagleS story ain't over - yet

As expected, prosecutor appeals, authorities seek a precedent.

yle.fi/a/74-2018753...

Prosecutor appeals district court's ruling in anchor-dragging case

The Eagle S captain and two crew members have denied any wrongdoing in court.

yle.fi

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 2h

The Norwegian Army has begun testing FPV drones made by the Norwegian company Rift Dynamics, carrying a warhead developed by Nammo.

www.nrk.no/buskerud/ska...

Skal bruke 1,5 milliarder på norske droner

Dronene er laget for å sprenge ved treff. Presisjonen blir stadig bedre, takket være ny teknologi.

www.nrk.no

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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 4h

🔺Russian Baltic Surveillance activity 🧵

An unidentified Russian PVO Air Surveillance unit appears to be specifically reporting the operational departure of Swedish AF Korpen surveillance aircraft 102002 & 102003 from Malmen aerodrome. ⬇️

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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 5d

🔺Baltic Sea activity - Update

Russian Navy Baltic Fleet Pr.775 class BDK-110 "Alexandr Shabalin" highly likely departed the Fehmarn Belt loiter area, late PM 3 October 2025.

⚠️Unit ENR an assessed RTP Baltiysk but could conduct further loiter activity along the Polish littoral / SE Bornholm area.

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Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx · 5d

Following the interception of BORACAY / PUSHPA, two websites pretending to be the Benin Maritime Administration got removed from the Benin TLD (.bj). This was the websites that the false certificates pointed to.

This looks to me a lot like a government intervention

Happy to see my work pays off.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 5d

Regarding Lake Onega and a Buyan-M:

A claim is just a claim until proper evidence surfaces.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 6d

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Link:
www.fe-ddis.dk/da/nyheder/2...

Vurdering af den hybride trussel mod Danmark

Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE) har udarbejdet en ikke-klassificeret vurdering af den hybride trussel mod Danmark.

www.fe-ddis.dk

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 6d

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Provocations: Perhaps old-fashioned but still a good term.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 6d

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The Danish Defense Intelligence Service has published a new assessment today, on the "hybrid threat to Denmark".

It's 5 pages so here is a short thread with screenshots.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 6d

A theory: Belgorod was taken into the halls in mid July.

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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 6d

⚠️ Arctic activity - Heads up!

There is an increased likelihood of an unspecified probable missile firing event occurring in the Arctic region, evening 2 October 2025, extending into 3 October.

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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 7d

🇩🇰Danish, 🇸🇪Swedish and 🇳🇴Norwegian Police works closely together in Copenhagen to secure the EU Summit in a operation planned for a long time. In a similar way, the three police forces worked together at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 9d

Since it's October tomorrow:

A reminder that October is the month where Russia usually conducts it's annual strategic nuclear forces exercise Grom and NATO usually runs the annual nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon.

Both are normal activities, as annual implies.

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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 10d

⚠️ Arctic activity - Heads up!

There is an increased likelihood of an unspecified high priority event, possibly a missile firing, occurring in the Arctic region, during the evening 28 September 2025, into 29 September.

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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 12d

🔺OOA activity - Update

Russian Navy Baltic Fleet tug "Yakov Grebelskiy" which conducted STROG westbound with B-261 “Novorossiysk”, 26 September 2025, returned to the Mediterranean Sea, overnight.

⚠️It could not be determined if Kilo B-261 "Novorossiysk" also returned to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 12d

There are some rumors regarding the Kilo-class SSK Novorossiysk circulating, that I recommend being very sceptical of.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 12d

Open sources today can give the impression of seeing everything when that certainly isn't the case, sometimes leading to "funny" media coverage.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 13d

Avoiding public detection does NOT say anything about what the professionals know or don't know.

All this said, thanks to Extrabladet for flying out and getting us footage of Shabalin.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 13d

Since it's in the wind with the footage of the Ropucha-class LST Aleksandr Shabalin:

Only a handful of Russian warships tend to transmit on AIS and these few only do so very occasionally.

Most never transmit and have never done so. Ropucha's are in this group.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 14d

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 16d

Regarding the three Russian violations of Norwegian airspace, it would be interesting to know if there was any communication between the Norwegian Joint HQ and Northern Fleet headquarters.

Contrary to many others and as far as I can tell, direct comms is still in effect.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 16d

One can issue harsh statements, loosen ROE's, move assets but engaging will not be the wise decision at every corner.

With UAVs (or missiles), such as over Poland and Romania, things are different and engaging is the correct approach, but not everywhere due to the risk of collateral damage.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 16d

Over water incidents, or barely crossing a land border, aren't the same as overflying Gotland, Hankö, Hiiumaa or the Varanger Peninsula.

Each incident will be different, so judgement will have to be applied each and every time.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 16d

One can use the Russian playbook and be creative in the air without engaging if they don't comply.

I don't think it would have been wise to engage in this Estonian incident. Geography matters, so does what the planes are doing beyond the violation and also how they are armed.

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Thord Are Iversen @thelookout.bsky.social · 16d

Getting trigger happy on violations by manned Russian aircraft could throw a real wrench in the works for allied ISR in international airspace both off Kola, in the Barents Sea, and the Black Sea.

I still think the bar for engaging should remain high and not something that should go automatically.

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