Tony Wilshire
@tonywilshire.bsky.social
A family man, life interest in our RN, military history, strategy, past book reviewer & day skipper, enjoyed a City life lost to a spinal injury.
☝️ Dad as Navigator Observer sat behind the pilot Joe Liddle in their FAA Tarpon/Avenger.
☝️ Dad as Navigator Observer sat behind the pilot Joe Liddle in their FAA Tarpon/Avenger.
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The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Armed Forces will begin reducing the number of overseas training exercises from next year.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-scale-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-scale-...
UK to scale back military training exercises outside Europe
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Armed Forces will begin reducing the number of overseas training exercises from next year.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Armed Forces will begin reducing the number of overseas training exercises from next year.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-scale-...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-scale-...
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Here's a video of how a Norwegian frigate was sunk by a submarine-launched torpedo off Norway www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovdn... Caution: if you are prone to seasickness the up close angles of the finale may not be for you 🤢 More to come in Warships IFR magazine...
#maritime #news #weapons #naval
#maritime #news #weapons #naval
NORWEGIAN WARSHIP TORPEDOED
YouTube video by WARSHIPS IFR TV
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Here's a video of how a Norwegian frigate was sunk by a submarine-launched torpedo off Norway www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovdn... Caution: if you are prone to seasickness the up close angles of the finale may not be for you 🤢 More to come in Warships IFR magazine...
#maritime #news #weapons #naval
#maritime #news #weapons #naval
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The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates. The purchase of British frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date 🇬🇧 🇳🇴
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Norway selects British Type 26 frigates - Naval News
Norway has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates.
www.navalnews.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new frigates. The purchase of British frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date 🇬🇧 🇳🇴
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...
Japan to deploy F-15s to UK in historic first
Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
August 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...
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Three operations. Three nations. One trend: warfare as spectacle. warontherocks.com/20...
Is Warfare Becoming More Performative? - War on the Rocks
In the span of three weeks this June, the world witnessed three extraordinary military operations: Ukraine’s decimation of Russia’s strategic bomber
warontherocks.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Three operations. Three nations. One trend: warfare as spectacle. warontherocks.com/20...
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Finished reading & 👍
Confused for many years by what Ops meant, where it is placed, its differing meaning & its use. Enjoyably enlightened by understanding the function of Op Art from its dangerous misleading take at Op Level. Thank you.
Finished reading & 👍
Confused for many years by what Ops meant, where it is placed, its differing meaning & its use. Enjoyably enlightened by understanding the function of Op Art from its dangerous misleading take at Op Level. Thank you.
July 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Finished reading & 👍
Confused for many years by what Ops meant, where it is placed, its differing meaning & its use. Enjoyably enlightened by understanding the function of Op Art from its dangerous misleading take at Op Level. Thank you.
Finished reading & 👍
Confused for many years by what Ops meant, where it is placed, its differing meaning & its use. Enjoyably enlightened by understanding the function of Op Art from its dangerous misleading take at Op Level. Thank you.
@wherrypilgrim.bsky.social
Hi Connie, just occurred to me that I have not seen a post by you for sometime & I see now not since Feb.
I hope all is well with you.
Tony 🙏🙏
Hi Connie, just occurred to me that I have not seen a post by you for sometime & I see now not since Feb.
I hope all is well with you.
Tony 🙏🙏
June 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@wherrypilgrim.bsky.social
Hi Connie, just occurred to me that I have not seen a post by you for sometime & I see now not since Feb.
I hope all is well with you.
Tony 🙏🙏
Hi Connie, just occurred to me that I have not seen a post by you for sometime & I see now not since Feb.
I hope all is well with you.
Tony 🙏🙏
Lawrence was proud of the 300 men of the Imperial Camel Corp who fought with him, as am I, for this is my Grt Uncle George’s unit, for if he was not KIA May 1918, be riding with TEL. In a wonderful description of the ICC, he said 40 men would beat on march any Arab. A wonderful read.
May 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Lawrence was proud of the 300 men of the Imperial Camel Corp who fought with him, as am I, for this is my Grt Uncle George’s unit, for if he was not KIA May 1918, be riding with TEL. In a wonderful description of the ICC, he said 40 men would beat on march any Arab. A wonderful read.
@tomisitt.bsky.social
Hi Tom, alike others, I’m now not so engaged in SM, so lost touch, as they have with me. Yet, I still have in mind your book project, so can I dare ask, how is it going?
Hi Tom, alike others, I’m now not so engaged in SM, so lost touch, as they have with me. Yet, I still have in mind your book project, so can I dare ask, how is it going?
May 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
@tomisitt.bsky.social
Hi Tom, alike others, I’m now not so engaged in SM, so lost touch, as they have with me. Yet, I still have in mind your book project, so can I dare ask, how is it going?
Hi Tom, alike others, I’m now not so engaged in SM, so lost touch, as they have with me. Yet, I still have in mind your book project, so can I dare ask, how is it going?
George Pledger, Imperial Camel Corp, my grt uncle, KIA OTD 1918, Gaza, Palestine.
May 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
George Pledger, Imperial Camel Corp, my grt uncle, KIA OTD 1918, Gaza, Palestine.
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Witkoff uncritically repeated several inaccurate Russian claims regarding the status of the Ukrainian territories that Russia illegally occupies. 🧵(1/6)
1. The Russian invasions of Ukraine have never been about protecting Russian speakers. isw.pub/UkrWar032225
1. The Russian invasions of Ukraine have never been about protecting Russian speakers. isw.pub/UkrWar032225
March 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Witkoff uncritically repeated several inaccurate Russian claims regarding the status of the Ukrainian territories that Russia illegally occupies. 🧵(1/6)
1. The Russian invasions of Ukraine have never been about protecting Russian speakers. isw.pub/UkrWar032225
1. The Russian invasions of Ukraine have never been about protecting Russian speakers. isw.pub/UkrWar032225
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The Defence Committee's inquiry into "Defence in the Grey Zone" featured sobering testimony from Sir Alex Younger, former chief of MI6, who highlighted the increasingly complex threats posed by adversarial states such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/former-mi6-c...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/former-mi6-c...
Former MI6 Chief warns ‘Russia thinks it is at war with us’
The Defence Committee's inquiry into "Defence in the Grey Zone" featured sobering testimony from Sir Alex Younger, former chief of MI6, who highlighted the increasingly complex threats posed by adversarial states such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
February 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Defence Committee's inquiry into "Defence in the Grey Zone" featured sobering testimony from Sir Alex Younger, former chief of MI6, who highlighted the increasingly complex threats posed by adversarial states such as Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/former-mi6-c...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/former-mi6-c...
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Of great interest
Iran is testing suicide boats as a part of their naval exercises in the Persian Gulf. On brand. This is where the Houthis learned their skills, having used suicide boats in the Red Sea.
January 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Of great interest
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And if you haven't already seen it, here is my recently published reading list of military and national security books, podcasts, journals and social media feeds. mickryan.substack.com/p/my-2024-re...
My 2024 Reading List
A reading list with an array of resources (not just books) from the classics of antiquity through to speculation about future conflict.
mickryan.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
And if you haven't already seen it, here is my recently published reading list of military and national security books, podcasts, journals and social media feeds. mickryan.substack.com/p/my-2024-re...
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For 3 days, French CSG sailors simulated the loss of all modern communications systems. To communicate with each other, the force’s ships had no other means than high-frequency (HF) or ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio exchanges 🇫🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
'Back to the 80s' for French Carrier Strike Group - Naval News
The sailors of the French Carrier Strike Group took a step back in time as part of the "Back to the 80's" exercise: They didn't use any...
www.navalnews.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
For 3 days, French CSG sailors simulated the loss of all modern communications systems. To communicate with each other, the force’s ships had no other means than high-frequency (HF) or ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio exchanges 🇫🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Should also be for Best Film 👍 🐾🐾🧀
January 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Should also be for Best Film 👍 🐾🐾🧀
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The GLADIUS system represents a reintroduction of anti-tank mine capability into the British Army.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-buyi...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-buyi...
Britain buying anti-tank mines to create ‘lethal barriers’
The GLADIUS system represents a reintroduction of anti-tank mine capability into the British Army.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
January 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The GLADIUS system represents a reintroduction of anti-tank mine capability into the British Army.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-buyi...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-buyi...
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Thirty years ago, the United States persuaded Ukraine that it does not need nuclear weapons and gave Ukraine "security assurances." Today, the United States is persuading Ukraine that it needs to give up territories, forget about NATO membership, and lower the conscription age.
January 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Thirty years ago, the United States persuaded Ukraine that it does not need nuclear weapons and gave Ukraine "security assurances." Today, the United States is persuading Ukraine that it needs to give up territories, forget about NATO membership, and lower the conscription age.
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The Somme- A Clear Day; View from the British Trenches opposite La Boisselle, Showing the German Front Line and Mine Craters https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-orpen/the-somme-a-clear-day-view-from-the-british-trenches-opposite-la-boisselle-showing-the-german
January 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Somme- A Clear Day; View from the British Trenches opposite La Boisselle, Showing the German Front Line and Mine Craters https://www.wikiart.org/en/william-orpen/the-somme-a-clear-day-view-from-the-british-trenches-opposite-la-boisselle-showing-the-german
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📅 #OnThisDay in 1946, #SOE was officially dissolved, marking the end of a daring chapter in WWII history 🕵️♂️💥.
🎙️ @drkatevigurs.bsky.social rages that while F Section’s women get the spotlight, SOE’s men played vital roles too!
🎧 https://pod.fo/e/13d01a
#History #Podcast #OTD #OnThisDate
🎙️ @drkatevigurs.bsky.social rages that while F Section’s women get the spotlight, SOE’s men played vital roles too!
🎧 https://pod.fo/e/13d01a
#History #Podcast #OTD #OnThisDate
January 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📅 #OnThisDay in 1946, #SOE was officially dissolved, marking the end of a daring chapter in WWII history 🕵️♂️💥.
🎙️ @drkatevigurs.bsky.social rages that while F Section’s women get the spotlight, SOE’s men played vital roles too!
🎧 https://pod.fo/e/13d01a
#History #Podcast #OTD #OnThisDate
🎙️ @drkatevigurs.bsky.social rages that while F Section’s women get the spotlight, SOE’s men played vital roles too!
🎧 https://pod.fo/e/13d01a
#History #Podcast #OTD #OnThisDate