Nerdic Defence
@nerdicdefence.bsky.social
Following Nordic defence and security matters, mostly technical, and am myself based in the Nordics. Yes, I'm aware the pun is stupid ;). He/him.
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There is a direct path from the Kremlin to the far right in Europe. These parties have not Europe's interest at heart and are actively undermining our democracies. They need to be outlawed and prevented to enter the political framework.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
There is a direct path from the Kremlin to the far right in Europe. These parties have not Europe's interest at heart and are actively undermining our democracies. They need to be outlawed and prevented to enter the political framework.
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Long 🧵 which gives an excellent overview of the 🇫🇮 Finnish preparedness system, posted in March 2022 by @jmkorhonen.fi.
Many people have wondered how the Finns defend Finland today, so here's a very short introduction to modern Finnish defence policy - and a brief synopsis of how the Finnish military would probably fight if any hostile country decided to invade. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Long 🧵 which gives an excellent overview of the 🇫🇮 Finnish preparedness system, posted in March 2022 by @jmkorhonen.fi.
French Rafales operated out of Norwegian base Ørland last week, solving complex missions with local F-35s. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...
Franske Rafale-jagerfly opererte ut fra Ørland
Forrige uke opererte flere Rafale-jagerfly ut fra Ørland flystasjon. Målet var å trene på rask forflytning med minimal bemmanning, samtidig gjennomføre komplekse oppdrag med norske F-35 jagerfly.
www.forsvaret.no
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
French Rafales operated out of Norwegian base Ørland last week, solving complex missions with local F-35s. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is building a test facility for unmanned systems in Karlsborg. The aim is to become a Swedish hub for testing, measuring and developing unmanned systems, in close collaboration with the Armed Forces, FOI and industry. www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration is building a test facility for unmanned systems in Karlsborg. The aim is to become a Swedish hub for testing, measuring and developing unmanned systems, in close collaboration with the Armed Forces, FOI and industry. www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...
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AIS-spoof-station WHISKEY 365 in Finland is offline.
It operated with a noteworthy 100% uptime for over a year. Oct 30 it started publishing anomalous data and caused a mass spoof event Nov 2.
Now offline since a few hours.
Guess: they were raided by FI authorities.
It operated with a noteworthy 100% uptime for over a year. Oct 30 it started publishing anomalous data and caused a mass spoof event Nov 2.
Now offline since a few hours.
Guess: they were raided by FI authorities.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
AIS-spoof-station WHISKEY 365 in Finland is offline.
It operated with a noteworthy 100% uptime for over a year. Oct 30 it started publishing anomalous data and caused a mass spoof event Nov 2.
Now offline since a few hours.
Guess: they were raided by FI authorities.
It operated with a noteworthy 100% uptime for over a year. Oct 30 it started publishing anomalous data and caused a mass spoof event Nov 2.
Now offline since a few hours.
Guess: they were raided by FI authorities.
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The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget):
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
🇩🇰Denmark surprises nearly everyone and selects three interim short range ground-based air defence systems at one time in order to have everything in operation by 2026:
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
NASAMS (Kongsberg)
IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
MICA (MBDA)
Here we go!
www.fmn.dk/da/nyheder/2...
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Danish MOD announced the interim solution for short/medium range air defence has been converted into permanent confirming acquisition of (Altinget):
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
2 x NASAMS (Kongsberg) i.e. not leased
2 x IRIS-T SLM (Diehl)
2 x MICA (MBDA)
In additon (long range)
2 x SAMP/T (MBDA)
Official Danish military web sites seem to be down at the moment.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Official Danish military web sites seem to be down at the moment.
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🇺🇦🇸🇪 #Ukrainian company sign #MoU with Saab on production for #Gripen E fighters - DefMin
IMO, if done similar to the Brazilian deal then Ukraine could be tasked to supply certain Gripen aerostructures for the global market. Larger volume.
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine...
IMO, if done similar to the Brazilian deal then Ukraine could be tasked to supply certain Gripen aerostructures for the global market. Larger volume.
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine...
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🇺🇦🇸🇪 #Ukrainian company sign #MoU with Saab on production for #Gripen E fighters - DefMin
IMO, if done similar to the Brazilian deal then Ukraine could be tasked to supply certain Gripen aerostructures for the global market. Larger volume.
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine...
IMO, if done similar to the Brazilian deal then Ukraine could be tasked to supply certain Gripen aerostructures for the global market. Larger volume.
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newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine...
Norwegian DM Sandvik confirms there are talks to increase the financing of the defence plan. Costs have increased while the world situation has not improved. Other measures like increased cooperation with allies are also being discussed. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Gy...
Sandvik bekrefter: Forhandler med Stortinget om å endre forsvarsplanen
Opprustningen av Forsvaret er blitt langt dyrere, og sprenger rammene i planen som Stortinget vedtok i fjor. Løsningen kan bli nye spleiselag med andre Nato-land.
www.vg.no
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Norwegian DM Sandvik confirms there are talks to increase the financing of the defence plan. Costs have increased while the world situation has not improved. Other measures like increased cooperation with allies are also being discussed. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Gy...
Vintage Friday: A 1964 photo of Swedish and Finnish soldiers in UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus). The Swede is equipped with an Ag m/42B and the Finnish soldier on the right is equipped with a Valmet RK 62 assault rifle.
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Vintage Friday: A 1964 photo of Swedish and Finnish soldiers in UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus). The Swede is equipped with an Ag m/42B and the Finnish soldier on the right is equipped with a Valmet RK 62 assault rifle.
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Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones.
The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed. Denmark will also use Merops.
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed. Denmark will also use Merops.
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
A new system to identify and take down Russian drones is being deployed to NATO’s eastern flank
www.stripes.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones.
The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed. Denmark will also use Merops.
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
The American Merops system can identify and target drones using AI, even when communications are jammed. Denmark will also use Merops.
www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
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🇸🇪 DefMin P. Jonson on way forward for #Gripen to 🇺🇦 #Ukraine.
- Joint Working Group w/ roadmap
- E < 3 yrs from contract
- C/D potentional gapfiller *
(Ukrainian DefMin Shmyhal hoping that C/D could arrive already 6 months from start of training.) 1/2
www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
- Joint Working Group w/ roadmap
- E < 3 yrs from contract
- C/D potentional gapfiller *
(Ukrainian DefMin Shmyhal hoping that C/D could arrive already 6 months from start of training.) 1/2
www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🇸🇪 DefMin P. Jonson on way forward for #Gripen to 🇺🇦 #Ukraine.
- Joint Working Group w/ roadmap
- E < 3 yrs from contract
- C/D potentional gapfiller *
(Ukrainian DefMin Shmyhal hoping that C/D could arrive already 6 months from start of training.) 1/2
www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
- Joint Working Group w/ roadmap
- E < 3 yrs from contract
- C/D potentional gapfiller *
(Ukrainian DefMin Shmyhal hoping that C/D could arrive already 6 months from start of training.) 1/2
www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
Not all that closely related to Nordic security and defence, but I enjoyed author Charles Stross' take on the state of things: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...
The pivot - Charlie's Diary
I'm calling this the pivotal year of our times, just as 1968 was the pivotal year of the post-1945 system, for a number of reasons.
www.antipope.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Not all that closely related to Nordic security and defence, but I enjoyed author Charles Stross' take on the state of things: www.antipope.org/charlie/blog...
Nammo considering expansion, new sites. www.forsvaretsforum.no/ammunisjon-m...
Vurderer å utvide produksjonen av ammunisjon
Verdens ammunisjonslager tømmes kjapt. Ammunisjonsprodusenten Nammo vurderer nå å utvide produksjonen i Norge.
www.forsvaretsforum.no
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nammo considering expansion, new sites. www.forsvaretsforum.no/ammunisjon-m...
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norweger stellen fest, dass China 850 ihrer Elektrobusse fernsteuern und sogar stoppen kann
Etwa 850 in Norwegen eingesetzte Elektrobusse können aus China vollständig kontrolliert werden. Das hat ein geheimer Test der öffentlichen Verkehrsbetriebe ergeben.
www.focus.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
The seventh allied reception centre in Norway, Camp Rødsmoen, has now opened. Capacity will eventually be 6,000 soldiers. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...
Camp Rødsmoen skal snart kunne huse 6000 soldater
Mandag 3. november åpnet Camp Rødsmoen som det syvende allierte mottakssenteret i Norge.
www.forsvaret.no
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The seventh allied reception centre in Norway, Camp Rødsmoen, has now opened. Capacity will eventually be 6,000 soldiers. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...
Progress on Norway's improved radar warning chain, the first sites are nearing completion. www.fma.no/aktuelt-og-m...
NATO får skjerpet blikk i nord: Den nye radarkjeden tar form
Forsvarsmateriell utruster Forsvaret med relevant og tidsriktig materiell for å bidra til Forsvarets operative evne. Etaten foretar investeringer og forvalter materiellet gjennom levetiden. Dette gjel...
www.fma.no
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Progress on Norway's improved radar warning chain, the first sites are nearing completion. www.fma.no/aktuelt-og-m...
Danish forces, as part of Forward Land Forces in Latvia, get started with this year's brigade manoeuvres. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
Stor brigadeøvelse i Letland
Kongeligt besøg og udsendelsens største øvelse tegner ugen for kampbataljonen i Letland. Læs mere i ugens Mission Update her.
www.forsvaret.dk
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Danish forces, as part of Forward Land Forces in Latvia, get started with this year's brigade manoeuvres. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...
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🇷🇺 Consulate General in Kirkenes 🇳🇴 continues to recruit employees from the FSB Border Guard Service. Read about how the Barents Observer discovered Denis Kurilov's covert background.
Meet Denis Kurilov, second person with an FSB background at Russia's Consulate General in Kirkenes
In Kirkenes, the Russian consulate increasingly resembles a branch of the FSB border service: staff without diplomatic status live in the consulate building and appear at official meetings and public ...
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🇷🇺 Consulate General in Kirkenes 🇳🇴 continues to recruit employees from the FSB Border Guard Service. Read about how the Barents Observer discovered Denis Kurilov's covert background.
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The EU’s role in defence hinges largely on the level of defence funding in the next EU budget.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @lscazzieri.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bxYKhe4
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @lscazzieri.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bxYKhe4
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The EU’s role in defence hinges largely on the level of defence funding in the next EU budget.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @lscazzieri.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bxYKhe4
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @lscazzieri.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bxYKhe4
Norwegian authorities have decided to open the competition to build the two new standardized vessel classes to Norwegian companies only. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/u...
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Norwegian authorities have decided to open the competition to build the two new standardized vessel classes to Norwegian companies only. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/u...
Solderis from the Norwegian Army spent 100 days in the field the previous winter as part of the Fagplan Arktisk Miljø 100 (FAM100) research project, and the findings will be presented during the coming Cold Weather Operations Conference 2025 in Hamar, Norway. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...
FAM 100
Hva skjer med lederskapet når man opererer ute i felt i hundre dager?
www.forsvaret.no
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Solderis from the Norwegian Army spent 100 days in the field the previous winter as part of the Fagplan Arktisk Miljø 100 (FAM100) research project, and the findings will be presented during the coming Cold Weather Operations Conference 2025 in Hamar, Norway. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...