German minesweepers sailors from the German 5th Minesweeper Flotilla of the minesweeper group of the Navy “Ost” of the Kriegsmarine, moored to the pier in the port city of Riga, Latvia

Finnish pilots near a FIAT G.50 fighter in Lunkula on August 10, 1941.

Good work Peter, keep it up, I've made the argument here in the UK while battling FOI Tribunal (court) cases that we've arguably reached a tipping point where drone countermeasures in civilian airspace can pose as much or more threat than drones themselves.

We do not currently know where the Italian aircraft deployed to Saudi Arabia are based. Today we have tracked a flight to King Faisal Air Base in Tabuk for the first time. The facility is a military installation operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Seeing the Vikrant the other day reminded me of this image from around this time last year, where it conducted joint exercises with the UK carrier group. I had not yet taken up my shipwatching hobby then so I wondered if it was covered in any satellite imagery. Turns out it was very well-captured!

There will be no energy ceasefire. Putin wants his winter campaign.

Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.

Wirklich faszinierend, dass man in der SPD dazu geteilter Meinung sein kann

17 tankers is a noticeable and somewhat significant uptick.

New Publications Here and There A quick overview of what I've done and written recently, and what is coming up on the blog.

NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

Check it, nerds. Recent find of late stage Maglemosian (8400 BP) antler axe with preserved wooden handle from Egholm, Northern Jutland. Fantastic to see that we still have conditions in Denmark for such fantastic organic preservation. Because it probably won’t be long before we don’t.