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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye Pankovo pier, for another year 🫡

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

x.com/defenceforce...

Óglaigh na hÉireann on X: "Third C-295 Aircraft Delivered to the Air Corps Today, Óglaigh na hÉireann has taken delivery of the third Airbus C-295 at Casement Aerodrome, completing a €300 million investment in new transport and maritime patrol capability. This is the largest single equipment project in https://t.co/IVrqNiQvxH" / X

Third C-295 Aircraft Delivered to the Air Corps Today, Óglaigh na hÉireann has taken delivery of the third Airbus C-295 at Casement Aerodrome, completing a €300 million investment in new transport and maritime patrol capability. This is the largest single equipment project in https://t.co/IVrqNiQvxH

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

Makes sense with the conditions at sea.
Maritime patrol aircraft in the area.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

@altw.bsky.social

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

Transport variant C295 on its delivery flight to Ireland.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

@vesselspotter.bsky.social Sabina (IMO: 9524451) has slowed to 5.5kts 🤷

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

They certainly went through general motions of "something happening" today; all monitoring vessels went to positions on the east and west coasts.
Tug "Mars" departed south, Teriberka arrived back at Pankovo.
Did they test? I've no idea whatsoever.
I think I've grown weary of looking at clouds.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

An attempt at animating the position reports

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

NOTAM Q3177/25 will be replaced by Q3605/25 from 21:00 tonight.
Perhaps noteworthy, Q3176/25 which covered the pad - amongst other things - does not appear to have a replacement and will time out at 20:59 tonight.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 1d

Appears that an Irish Air Corps C295 maritime patrol aircraft may have taken a look at Bond and Vikram this afternoon.
(deleted previous post - names wrong!)

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

It's now exactly two years since Putin said:
"A final successful test has been held of Burevestnik - a global-range nuclear-powered cruise missile."

Which begs the question: what are they doing up there now? Testing a production variant?
Or, still simply trying to get the thing to work reliably.

David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

I thought test season might have been wrapping up after vessels congregated in Matochkin Shar & Gribovaya Bay. (& tug MARS arrived)

However, some vessels now appear to be returning to monitoring positions & Sentinel 2 shows the test monitoring aircraft still at Rogachevo.

Back to wait and see...

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

Possibly, but it is difficult to say with any certainty.

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spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social · 8d

After a brief return to the Mediterranean Sea, RF Navy Baltic Fleet Goryn-class salvage/rescue tug Yakov Grebelskiy (likely with Black Sea Fleet Kilo-class diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk) is now heading north in the Atlantic Ocean

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

Pushed back again

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

I thought test season might have been wrapping up after vessels congregated in Matochkin Shar & Gribovaya Bay. (& tug MARS arrived)

However, some vessels now appear to be returning to monitoring positions & Sentinel 2 shows the test monitoring aircraft still at Rogachevo.

Back to wait and see...

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

Rusting oil drums are ubiquitous to sites around Novaya Zemlya - initially thought this was an explosion epicenter, but think now tracks are from vehicles which constructed a mound at the site.

Reminiscent of some monitoring locations shown in Tsar Bomba film but distances seem off, so not sure.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

The updated imagery now available in Google Earth also includes Zone C, on the north island.

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

Appropriate lunar retaliation for Project A119
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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

From the before times (March, 2020)
www.csis.org/analysis/ice...

Ice Curtain: S-400 Deployments and Enhanced Defense of Russia’s Western Arctic (Rogachevo Air Base)

Russia’s deployment of S-400s to Rogachevo Air Base in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago is a critical part of its efforts to secure its Northwest Arctic territory and expand its defensive capabilities.

www.csis.org

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David @puca.bsky.social · 3d

A rather more detailed post from @thomasnilsen.bsky.social about this tunnel than my simple "👀" earlier.

Thomas Nilsen @thomasnilsen.bsky.social · 4d

A tunnel to watch: Located about 5 km south of Severny at the Central Test Site on Novaya Zemlya. Not a normal ☢️ detonation entrance. Some kind of building construction work started this summer next to the tunnels in the lower right corner.