Thanks @vesselspotter.eurosky.social!
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialGuy Yeomans
@guyyeomans.bsky.social
Professional: Foresight & Horizon Scanning | Research: Resilience (CNI / Societal) & Comprehensive Security, Total Defence, National Preparedness | Emerging Risks & CM / EM | Military mobility | High North, GIUK-NGap & Arctic Futures | Personal: #OnXII
@guyyeomans.bsky.social@guyyeomans.bsky.socialHas anyone got access to the full article?
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialFurther Wedgetail arrival for RAF Lossiemouth: WT002 has now arrived for ground & flight evaluation... h/t @flightaceshigh.bsky.social #GIUK-NGap #thoiranaire www.adsadvance.co.uk/raf-boeing-e...
@guyyeomans.bsky.social2 months since I at RAF Lossiemouth looking at the P-8A Poseidons & doing an impromptu plot towards Zapadnaya Litsa: this analysis assesses the current Northern Fleet Yasen's... #thoiranaire h/t @electra1970.eurosky.social & @vesselspotter.eurosky.social www.naval-review.com/news-views/r...
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialAnd here's a supporting thread from the author - @graemedowniemp.bsky.social - with a link to the report... #nationalresilience #civildefence bsky.app/profile/grae...
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialUK: "The Ministry of Defence should, meanwhile, develop & publish a methodology for assessing physical hostile activity directed at UK people, businesses, infrastructure & interests, the report recommended..." #nationalresilience #civildefence
@guyyeomans.bsky.social"South Korea is seeking a role in the Arctic maritime economy as a builder of specialized vessels, an operator of them &, increasingly, a potential logistics hub connecting Asian trade with the Northern Sea Route..." #busanconnection #polartriad #highnorth bsky.app/profile/vess...
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialThanks @vesselspotter.eurosky.social!
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialI am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "The Cold War-era emphasis on defending the Northern Gap (between Greenland, Iceland, & the UK) from Russian naval incursions should be superseded by concentrating on the ‘Bear Gap’ between Northern Norway & the Svalbard archipelago..." #highnorth
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@guyyeomans.bsky.socialPipe or plane? Pipe or plane? Really useful visuals though!
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialThe P-8 Rorschach (Irish Sea edition)!
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialYes, good point on possible training. Thanks for that link: I hadn't seen (or had missed) any indication of that exercise.
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialHave they been busier than normal?
@guyyeomans.bsky.social"September is typically the busiest month for Arctic sea routes as the ice is at its lowest ebb...": record numbers, but the article doesn't give tonnage figures. The bullish assertion of 'alternative route' underplays the complexities involved... www.ft.com/content/2e0e...
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialThe emerging #busanconnection! And here's where the PanStar Acro currently is: through the Bering Strait & just crossing the Gulf of Anadyr, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug... #highnorth #polartriad
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialIt was a business visit (at BT invitation) rather than a public / social option (so was very lucky!).
@guyyeomans.bsky.social@guyyeomans.bsky.socialI am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... Faroe Islands ..."sits in the centre of the GIUK Gap, one of NATO & JEF’s most important maritime approaches as the North Atlantic gateway for Russian ships sailing to & from the Arctic..." #highnorth #lionprotector www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/oc...
@guyyeomans.bsky.socialScotland-Norway: find half an hour over the weekend for this: recommended... (& it helped me correct my mispronunciation of Lunna) h/t @profmurdoch.bsky.social #shetlandbus