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Another diagram of the Kilo-class.

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RT @Hajun_BY: Units of the Belarusian Armed Forces are moving to the area where the drills will be held.

As previously reported, bilateral comprehensive drills in the Belarusian Armed Forces are scheduled for late September. As part of preparations for the drills, on September 13-18, the following units moved to the area of the drills:

📍Rocket artillery divizion (armed with Smerch MLRS) of the 336th Rocket Artillery Brigade. A convoy of the divizion left the permanent deployment point on September 13, and in the afternoon of September 18, it was detected on the M1 highway (intersection of the R11/M1 highways - Baranavichy).

📍The 250th Separate Guard and Service Battalion of the Western Operational Command left the permanent deployment point in the evening of September 15.

📍Heavy howitzer artillery divizion (armed with 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzers) of the 51st Artillery Brigade left the permanent deployment point on...

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RT @NATO_AIRCOM: 🇱🇹 fired their first live NASAMS missile during 🇳🇴 led joint exercise Silver Arrow at Andøya, Norway

The missile had a direct hit on target, verifying the Lithuanian air force readiness to shield their skies

#ShieldingTheSkies #NATO #StrongerTogether

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RT @Sweepers3945: #OTD 1943 the Soviet Navy enquires as to the feasibility of purchasing Halcyons (pic) HMS BRITOMART & JASON; currently operating between the Kola & the White Sea. Further South, orders are issued for the return of #RAN Bathursts to the Eastern Fleet from the Med #Sweepers80

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@MrFrantarelli: Interestingly large area mentioned as the group on Northeast Passage deployment is near the New Siberian Islands.

Of other activity, the NORFLT icebreaker Ilya Muromets is currently operating east of Bear Island, company unknown.

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RT @Forsvarsdep: Forsvarsministeren besøkte i dag ubåten USS FLORIDA🇺🇸, som har gjennomført trening og øving med🇳🇴styrker.- Denne type trening og øving er viktig. For at USA skal kunne delta i forsvaret av Norge, Norden og Europa, må amerikanske styrker trene og øve i området sammen med allierte

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Thread with videos of the recent Pacific Fleet exercises in the northern parts of their area of responsibility.

As opposed to earlier activities of their Northern Fleet colleagues, we got to see footage this time.

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@greygossling @J_JHelin @shashj: Painting a glossy picture of what has happened or moving the goalposts in order to ensure you can claim success no matter what doesn't help Ukraine in conducting future operations, whether later this year or in 2024.

This is my major grudge with the "criticism of the critics".

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@PanzerJo: No nuclear material on this boat. Conventional diesel-electric.

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@shashj @J_JHelin: I have been saying for well over a year that the strategic planning assumption, both in the West and in Ukraine, must be a long war.

Have difficulties understanding why some are criticizing Milley for saying this. (And yes, me neither agrees with Milley all the time.)

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@The_Lookout_N @J_JHelin: Stoltenberg was on to the long war perspective pretty early on.