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OSINT is just ADSB and shitposting, right? Same as on the Site That Shall Not Be Named.
Arbetar i en samhällsviktig industri.
Just saw an Icelandair air being deiced.
Will it just be Landair now?
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Are those *new* helmet covers?
What a world we live in! I always thought helmet covers were delivered heavily used!

www.instagram.com/p/DRjjFuWjWkB/
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Poland selects A26 for Orka sub program.
news.cision.com/saab/r/swede...
Sweden and Saab selected for Poland’s new submarines
The Swedish government's offer of Saab’s A26 submarines to Poland has been selected by the Polish
news.cision.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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”Polen har valt försvarsbolaget Saab som leverantör av tre stycken ubåtar. Det meddelar landets försvarsminister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz vid en presskonferens i Warszawa under onsdagen.”

www.di.se/live/polen-v...
Polen vill köpa tre ubåtar från Saab
Polen har valt försvarsbolaget Saab som leverantör av tre stycken ubåtar. Det meddelar landets försvarsminister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz vid en…
www.di.se
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sweden orders a UAV demonstrator from GKN.
The interesting detail is in GKN's press release that says that they will be delivering a "dedicated turbojet engine". GKN does not currently produce a turbojet.

www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...
FMV beställer demonstratorer för produktion av obemannade farkoster
www.fmv.se
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A good video from the Swedish Logistics Regement on their part of Sweden's support to Ukraine.
One detail: 62bn SEK ($6.5bn) of military material has been donated to Ukraine by Sweden.

youtu.be/KvJdUNlq8-0?...
FMLOG - Stödet till Ukraina
YouTube video by Försvarsmaktens logistik
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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With Gripen for Canada in the headlines and with Rafale and Gripen seeing LoIs from Ukraine, the Finnish experience has been used as an argument by all sides - some claims more grounded in reality than others. I explain what we really learned during HX.
Canadian Concerns – Finnish Findings
The lessons of the Finnish HX programme brought with it a number of lessons which are again relevant with the Canadian discussion regarding Gripen and F-35. Also discussing Gripen and Rafale in Ukraine.
corporalfrisk.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:

1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.

2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.

3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
'A 'massive' outbreak of influenza and lung-infections has spread amongst Russian troops in the Kherson area, sources report'
Oh no! Who would've thought poor field hygiene leads to disease?
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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”Ett ”massivt” utbrott av influensa och luftvägsinfektioner uppges sprida sig bland ryska trupper i Chersonområdet.”

www.expressen.se/nyheter/varl...
Ryska bakslaget – ”massivt” utbrott sprids vid fronten
Ett ”massivt” utbrott av influensa och luftvägsinfektioner uppges sprida sig bland ryska trupper i Chersonområdet. Enligt den pro-ukrainska partisanrörelsen Atesj har sjukdomarna nått en ”katastrofal ...
www.expressen.se
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What the actual ****?
Can the US Navy not remember how to buy small ships anymore?
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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"We work, we fight, we defend the northern borders," Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis exclaimed and slammed his hands on Putin's table in a bid to attract the dictator's attention
Banging on Putin's table
'We work, we fight, we defend the northern borders,' Governor of Murmansk Andrei Chibis exclaimed and beat his hands against the dictator's table in a meeting in the Kremlin this week.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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En högvaktssoldat räddade en kvinna från drunkning mitt i natten. När samma sak inträffade för 40 år sedan fick soldaten medalj av regeringen. Idag är Sverige dock det enda land som inte delar ut sin räddningsmedalj. Det är hög tid att ändra på den saken!
Soldater räddade kvinna från drunkning – bör få medalj!
Klockan halv tre natten till söndagen föll en ung kvinna i vattnet nedanför Kungliga slottet i Stockholm. En 19-årig högvaktssoldat på permission såg henne och kastade sig det kalla vattnet. Han fi…
phaleristica.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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My taxes bring all the boys to the yard.

And they're like "this is bad approach to fiscal policy".
are you fucking serious
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Swedish SIGINT aircraft keeping an eye on our real enemy - the Norwegians.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The news was 4 platoons (16 launchers) of IRIS-T SLS to provide each brigade with short range air defence.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This is the best english language reporting over seen on the French Defence Minister's visit to Sweden yesterday:
TL;DR Swe wants 2 frigates by 2030, France wants them to be FDI. Strong French interest in Globaleye, Gripen and Rafale are 'complementary'.

www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Sweden sees frigate decision early next year as France touts 2030 date
“We re looking what frigates there are that are available, that would also suit our quite ambitious timeline,” Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said.
www.defensenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Reportedly, a Russia aircraft factory was hit by a Neptune missile.

“Aircraft factory .. Taganrog .. strike by a Neptune missile..”
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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My latest piece → The latest US government shutdown also had a direct impact on #Ukraine, delaying the delivery of two MIM-104 Patriot fire units that Germany had pledged on the 1st of August.

deaidua.org/news/2025/11...
US government shutdown prevented earlier Patriot delivery to Ukraine | GAU
The latest US government shutdown delayed the delivery of two German MIM-104 Patriot fire units from Bundeswehr stocks.
deaidua.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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The Swedish Armed Force's overall considerations and priorities to fulfill the government's intentions. www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/...
Försvarsmaktens överväganden inför framtidens militära försvar
Under måndagen överlämnade Försvarsmakten sina samlade överväganden och prioriteringar om det militära försvarets fortsatta utformning till regeringen. De åtgärder som Försvarsmakten föreslår syftar p...
www.forsvarsmakten.se
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Tomorrow at 1015 Pål Jonson, the Swedish Defence Minister, will together with the Defence Materiel Agency announce *something* at the Air Defence Regement in Halmstad.

www.regeringen.se/pressmeddela...
Pål Jonson bjuder in till pressträff vid luftvärnsregementet (LV 6) i Halmstad
Den 25 november bjuder försvarsminister Pål Jonson in till en pressträff på Halmstad garnison, Lv 6 tillsammans med företrädare från Försvarsmakten...
www.regeringen.se
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM