Corporal Frisk
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Robin Häggblom, Finnish defence and national security analyst, Senior Advisor at Risk Intelligence. My business card preaches the value of Knowing Risk.
In case of any doubt, MH-47 is the clear indication these are US operations.
Full video shared by Twitter acct @weathermonitors.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
Four helicopters, including MH-47s, landing.
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
In case of any doubt, MH-47 is the clear indication these are US operations.
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*Update*
In a surprise move, the combat air vehicles (UCAVs) and other large UAVs which I had expected were for the nearby Type-076 assault carrier have instead been loaded onto the converted merchant ship which has missiles, CIWS and radars in shipping containers. China....
In a surprise move, the combat air vehicles (UCAVs) and other large UAVs which I had expected were for the nearby Type-076 assault carrier have instead been loaded onto the converted merchant ship which has missiles, CIWS and radars in shipping containers. China....
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Some great news from the last year - Finland restoring streams (i.e. purging old dams and other constructions blocking fish) at a good rate, arctic fox and Saimaa ringed seal had a good year, even China is getting their emissions under control.
Always nice to see some good news as well 👍
Always nice to see some good news as well 👍
Kirjoitin vuoden vaihtumisen kunniaksi jutun vuoden parhaista luontouutisista. Näiden uutisten myötä hyvää tätä vuotta!
yle.fi/a/74-20190619
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Vuoden 2025 kahdeksan parasta luontouutista: kosket vapautuivat, norppakanta kasvoi ja ilmastopäästöt taittuivat
Suomi purki ennätysmäärän patoja, Itämeri toipuu ja Kiinan päästöt kääntyivät laskuun. Näitä hyviä asioita luonnossa saatiin aikaan vuonna 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Some great news from the last year - Finland restoring streams (i.e. purging old dams and other constructions blocking fish) at a good rate, arctic fox and Saimaa ringed seal had a good year, even China is getting their emissions under control.
Always nice to see some good news as well 👍
Always nice to see some good news as well 👍
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I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I have some great Resolutions for the New Year:
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This should be an ad pic for the suppressor maker
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
This should be an ad pic for the suppressor maker
A new year always offer a nice opportunity to look back on things, so what did 2025 include in my life?
January kicked off strong with a new employer in the form of Risk Intelligence A/S. This was a major change, as it meant mostly working from home, but also more travel than I’ve been used to.
January kicked off strong with a new employer in the form of Risk Intelligence A/S. This was a major change, as it meant mostly working from home, but also more travel than I’ve been used to.
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A new year always offer a nice opportunity to look back on things, so what did 2025 include in my life?
January kicked off strong with a new employer in the form of Risk Intelligence A/S. This was a major change, as it meant mostly working from home, but also more travel than I’ve been used to.
January kicked off strong with a new employer in the form of Risk Intelligence A/S. This was a major change, as it meant mostly working from home, but also more travel than I’ve been used to.
While Docendo in all likelihood deserve all credit given, this might also say something about Finnish society and our relationship with Russia and the topic of national security 😅
Also, glad Keir managed to get things sorted out 👍
Also, glad Keir managed to get things sorted out 👍
December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
While Docendo in all likelihood deserve all credit given, this might also say something about Finnish society and our relationship with Russia and the topic of national security 😅
Also, glad Keir managed to get things sorted out 👍
Also, glad Keir managed to get things sorted out 👍
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The story, time and again, is that gains are broad and small and losses are localized and deep.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
i don't know, maybe you have to have lived somewhere with a manufacturing or coal economy that has gone into decline to see it. the impact on the area is *not good*. i do understand that the broader economy gets better, but it also seems to get sharper and more regional
December 30, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The story, time and again, is that gains are broad and small and losses are localized and deep.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
There are towns in northern England that are generationally traumatized from the shutting of coal mines forty years ago.
Seems the data cable issues between Helsinki and Tallinn are believed to have been caused by a passing vessel, which now has been directed to enter Finnish waters. Police has released a statement (in English). FBG Flagship OPV Turva strikes again, kindly asking the suspect to enter Finnish waters.
Poliisi tutkii yhteistyössä muiden viranomaisten kanssa Suomenlahdella tapahtunutta kaapelirikkoa
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December 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Seems the data cable issues between Helsinki and Tallinn are believed to have been caused by a passing vessel, which now has been directed to enter Finnish waters. Police has released a statement (in English). FBG Flagship OPV Turva strikes again, kindly asking the suspect to enter Finnish waters.
Major win for Saab as France places their order for 2+2 GlobalEye.
Interesting to see whether ”Today's order underscores the robust partnership between Saab and France” hints at something more…
Interesting to see whether ”Today's order underscores the robust partnership between Saab and France” hints at something more…
Saab receives order for GlobalEye from France
Saab has today entered a contract with the French General Directorate of Armaments, direction générale de l'Armement (DGA), and received an order for two GlobalEye Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) ai...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Major win for Saab as France places their order for 2+2 GlobalEye.
Interesting to see whether ”Today's order underscores the robust partnership between Saab and France” hints at something more…
Interesting to see whether ”Today's order underscores the robust partnership between Saab and France” hints at something more…
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There’s a little known chapter in the murky history of 🇰🇵North Korean submarines involving 🇩🇪German technology.
In the early 1980s, the German company Bruker sold NK an innovative mini sub with a closed-cycle diesel engine. News mag SPIEGEL reported on US criticism of that deal, rejecting it naively.
In the early 1980s, the German company Bruker sold NK an innovative mini sub with a closed-cycle diesel engine. News mag SPIEGEL reported on US criticism of that deal, rejecting it naively.
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
There’s a little known chapter in the murky history of 🇰🇵North Korean submarines involving 🇩🇪German technology.
In the early 1980s, the German company Bruker sold NK an innovative mini sub with a closed-cycle diesel engine. News mag SPIEGEL reported on US criticism of that deal, rejecting it naively.
In the early 1980s, the German company Bruker sold NK an innovative mini sub with a closed-cycle diesel engine. News mag SPIEGEL reported on US criticism of that deal, rejecting it naively.
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Yikes!
Munitions worker very carefully and very gently fills a shell. From clip Reel 8 of IWM 580, released #OTD Dec 29 1915. Note the powder in air, TNT poisoning caused skin to turn yellow and was fatal in about 100 cases. Link to partial list of victims below en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Yikes!
Anyone got a handy chart/table for how the US Army 2030 armor division template compares to the early-90's 'heavy' division one when it comes to the number of people, vehicles, and tanks?
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Anyone got a handy chart/table for how the US Army 2030 armor division template compares to the early-90's 'heavy' division one when it comes to the number of people, vehicles, and tanks?
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Apologies for my earlier Reuters re-post - the "exclusive" they claim ist not that exlusive after all:
Along with @duitsmanms.bsky.social and @dexeve.bsky.social, I think we found the first deployment site in Belarus of the the Oreshnik IRBM. 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Apologies for my earlier Reuters re-post - the "exclusive" they claim ist not that exlusive after all:
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The last week of 2025 will bring us the strongest windstorm of the year.
Forecasted maximum gusts of ~140 km/h (39 m/s) and the affected area are more or less similar to the recent extreme northerly windstorms in Finland (Aapeli 2019, Lyly 2024).
Forecasted maximum gusts of ~140 km/h (39 m/s) and the affected area are more or less similar to the recent extreme northerly windstorms in Finland (Aapeli 2019, Lyly 2024).
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The last week of 2025 will bring us the strongest windstorm of the year.
Forecasted maximum gusts of ~140 km/h (39 m/s) and the affected area are more or less similar to the recent extreme northerly windstorms in Finland (Aapeli 2019, Lyly 2024).
Forecasted maximum gusts of ~140 km/h (39 m/s) and the affected area are more or less similar to the recent extreme northerly windstorms in Finland (Aapeli 2019, Lyly 2024).
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**BREAKING**
Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering.
Merry Xmas
Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering.
Merry Xmas
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
**BREAKING**
Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering.
Merry Xmas
Images of a Chinese merchant vessel with containerised missile launchers, radar/comms and close in defense are legitimate. Collaborated via other sources. Sobering.
Merry Xmas
Warrior culture as some kind of state ideal is an idea which rarely turned out well throughout history, but framing it this way is strange.
Sparta was a major power in Greece for centuries, including beating Athens outright in the Peloponnesian war.
Sparta was a major power in Greece for centuries, including beating Athens outright in the Peloponnesian war.
Athens outlasts Sparta. The Romans conquer the various barbarians. The Vikings get cooked into good Europeans. Napoleon loses. The South loses. The Germans and Japanese lose.
Every single one of these vaunted warriors lose to nerds who like to build stuff and who care about details
Every single one of these vaunted warriors lose to nerds who like to build stuff and who care about details
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Warrior culture as some kind of state ideal is an idea which rarely turned out well throughout history, but framing it this way is strange.
Sparta was a major power in Greece for centuries, including beating Athens outright in the Peloponnesian war.
Sparta was a major power in Greece for centuries, including beating Athens outright in the Peloponnesian war.
Wishing a Merry Christmas to you one and all with this picture from the traditional Christmas play of the Swedish Lutheran congregation of Kokkola ✨
December 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Wishing a Merry Christmas to you one and all with this picture from the traditional Christmas play of the Swedish Lutheran congregation of Kokkola ✨
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Something tells us that we're going to be correcting a lot of people today...
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maryrose.org/discover/his...
December 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Something tells us that we're going to be correcting a lot of people today...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
maryrose.org/discover/his...
You know how all books on battleships have a few pages on Sovetsky Soyuz and H-39, with phrases like ”construction was plagued with difficulties”, ”technical challenges with the revolutionary [insert system] meant progress was slow”, and ”the partially complete hull was broken up”?
This is it.
This is it.
What a flood of messages to wake up to.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
It's not the dumbest idea I've ever seen, and it's not a battleship, but there's definitely a few people in NAVSEA crying over those renders.
Naming it the Trump class is everything I expected and less. But, I'll believe it when they build it.
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
You know how all books on battleships have a few pages on Sovetsky Soyuz and H-39, with phrases like ”construction was plagued with difficulties”, ”technical challenges with the revolutionary [insert system] meant progress was slow”, and ”the partially complete hull was broken up”?
This is it.
This is it.
This.
Good specifications and design can create flexibility to overcome the hiccups when the future doesn't turn out as expected (for the future not playing out as expected, see: a bunch of navies in WWII), but those good specifications and design come from first the why and then the how.
Good specifications and design can create flexibility to overcome the hiccups when the future doesn't turn out as expected (for the future not playing out as expected, see: a bunch of navies in WWII), but those good specifications and design come from first the why and then the how.
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This.
Good specifications and design can create flexibility to overcome the hiccups when the future doesn't turn out as expected (for the future not playing out as expected, see: a bunch of navies in WWII), but those good specifications and design come from first the why and then the how.
Good specifications and design can create flexibility to overcome the hiccups when the future doesn't turn out as expected (for the future not playing out as expected, see: a bunch of navies in WWII), but those good specifications and design come from first the why and then the how.
Bra för Linköping, bra för Finland, to paraphrase.
Excellent news coming from our western ally 👍
Excellent news coming from our western ally 👍
Earlier integration of #Taurus and #Gripen
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Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles
Sweden's air chief now expects Taurus integration "considerably earlier than previously planned," he said in an interview with Defense News.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Bra för Linköping, bra för Finland, to paraphrase.
Excellent news coming from our western ally 👍
Excellent news coming from our western ally 👍
It's wasn't without risk. 1937 two Tupolev SB bombers mistook the Deutschland (later Lützow) for a nationalist cruiser, and attacked it with over 100 dead and wounded as the result.
Ironically, it would be far from the last time, as she operated against Soviet forces in 1944, often under air attack
Ironically, it would be far from the last time, as she operated against Soviet forces in 1944, often under air attack
During the Spanish Civil War, neutral (and not quite so neutral) warships of the major powers engaged in Non-Intervention patrols off Spain had wide stripes painted across the tops of their turrets for high visibility. Here are two examples, British and German.
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It's wasn't without risk. 1937 two Tupolev SB bombers mistook the Deutschland (later Lützow) for a nationalist cruiser, and attacked it with over 100 dead and wounded as the result.
Ironically, it would be far from the last time, as she operated against Soviet forces in 1944, often under air attack
Ironically, it would be far from the last time, as she operated against Soviet forces in 1944, often under air attack
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During the Spanish Civil War, neutral (and not quite so neutral) warships of the major powers engaged in Non-Intervention patrols off Spain had wide stripes painted across the tops of their turrets for high visibility. Here are two examples, British and German.
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
During the Spanish Civil War, neutral (and not quite so neutral) warships of the major powers engaged in Non-Intervention patrols off Spain had wide stripes painted across the tops of their turrets for high visibility. Here are two examples, British and German.
#NavalHistory
#NavalHistory
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This is an older submarine in Japanese service
#SubSaturday #Submarines
Control room of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Oyashio-class diesel-electric attack submarine JS Setoshio (SS-599). Photos by Japan MoD.
Control room of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Oyashio-class diesel-electric attack submarine JS Setoshio (SS-599). Photos by Japan MoD.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is an older submarine in Japanese service