Still a failure but hiring Sal as Special Advisor for Civilian Shipping to the Joint Chiefs of Staff when they started planning would probably have helped them a lot.
Seems Mahan was on to something that there is more to sea power than pure naval strength.
The failure to understand the global shipping industry, and the impact the war would have on it, is fast emerging as a big US strategic mistake.
You think the PF corvettes might relieve her?
Did you see her lately? 🙏
Russian Navy Project 20380, Baltic Fleet’s Stereguschiy class ASW corvette Stoikiy is pierside at Bandar Abbas, Iran for an unannounced port visit browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu?zoom=18&lat=...
🚨🇷🇺 Spotted 🛰: Udaloy destroyer SEVEROMORSK off Tartus, Syria 🇸🇾
📍 34.784, 35.598
SEVEROMORSK's last known location was off Sardinia 🇮🇹, when she escorted cargo SPARTA IV.
Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦
At this anniversary of the Russian full-scale attack many are forgetting that Ukraine without any warships actually has succeeded in defeating the Russian Navy. It has the capability to attack vessels, ports & facilities. No one saw this coming in 2022 #Seapower
Italian warship San Guisto in heavy seas
Fun fact. The toilets on ships are called the ‘heads‘ because they are traditionally over the front of the ship so that the spray from the waves washes it away
Latest news article:
First steel cut today for 4th Type 31 frigate, HMS Bulldog
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Nikolai Patrushev, Assistant to the President of Russia and Chairman of the State Maritime Council announced that Iranian, Russian, and Chinese warships have been dispatched to the Strait of Hormuz to conduct the "Maritime Security Belt 2026" exercise.
Seen her lately?
A good article on the future of large vessels in the evolving theatre of unmanned warfare.
But unmanned solutions does not fit one of the key roles of the two oceangoing fleets where a large ship (not this large though) is needed : The protection of the bastions in the event of all out conflict.
[1/2] Over the past 12 years, RF has formalized "simplified port access" agreements with multiple countries, as well as agreements for the establishment of a logistics support facility in Sudan and for ship repairs in Equatorial Guinea.
...and this is Captain 2nd Rank Sergey Borisenko, the ship's Executive Officer (XO)
- previous assignments include Tarantul II Kuznetsk (navigator), Tarantul III Chuvashiya (XO), Tarantul III Morshansk (CO), Uragan Odintsovo, and Sviyazhsk Serpukhov (temporary CO)
[1/3] RF Navy Baltic Fleet Steregushchiy-class corvette Boykiy returned to Baltiysk during early afternoon hours today following a 213-day Mediterranean Sea deployment (28 June 2025-26 January 2026)
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Today's arrival in False Bay, Cape Town for Exercise Will for multinational maritime Exercise Will for Peace is RFS Stoykiy (F545), a Steregushchiy-class corvette of the Russian Navy. It is accompanied by Altay Class oiler Yelnya (A168).
The Altay-class oiler ”Yelnya”.
Port of Simon's Town, South Africa.
Mxolisi Makhubu(2026)
Russia's about to fire its third Black Sea Fleet commander since the full-scale invasion.
Admiral Pinchuk—Putin's pick to stabilize Moscow's situation—couldn't stop Ukraine's drones.
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President Trump has been briefed on multiple U.S. intelligence assessments indicating that the Iranian regime’s position is weakening.
[1/6] RF Navy Pacific Fleet Udaloy-class frigate [destroyer] Marshal Shaposhnikov has been in port/very close to port since 9 December, but there has been no RF MOD press release or media reporting that would indicate exactly where it is.
Outbound and sanctioned #Shadowfleet #tanker #Qasr IMO 9402471 #IMO9402471 at anchor in danish territorial waters off #Anholt #DK #Denmark
#Russia #BalticSea
#Bulkcarrier Traverse Antwerp #TraverseAntwerp IMO #IMO (Flag #Panama) loosing speed and dropping out of shipping lane.
Departed from #UstLuga #Ust-Luga
Destination listed as #Skaw #Skagen #DK #Denmark
#Russia #BalticSea
MV Ocean Trader, chartered by the Military Sealift Command for the U.S. Special Operations Command and USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided missile destroyer in Frederiksted, St. Croix - January 25, 2026 SRC: FB- Virgin Islands Free Press
All the signals are that a U.S. attack on Iran is imminent, a Western military official tells Reuters
Seeing reports of flights diverting near Iran, Tehran may possibly be closed based on some reports from contacts.
Thread on Iranian developments for Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
And the advance teams are on their way to 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare deployment of 🇩🇰Danish and allied troops from 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇳🇴Norway, 🇩🇪Germany & 🇫🇷 France. More countries will join Operation Arctic Endurance. Stay tuned.
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🔺OOA activity - Update
Russian weapon transport COIs, “MV Sparta IV” & “Mys Zhelaniya” completed a westbound transit of the English Channel, 6 January 2026.
⚠️Units likely heading for the Levant region. @yoruk.bsky.social @covertshores.bsky.social
Ukraine’s SBU revealed its top ops of 2025: 41 strategic aircraft destroyed in Operation Spiderweb, a sub hit in Novorossiysk, a third strike on the Crimean Bridge, deep strikes on Russian oil refineries cutting exports by 30%, and footage of a drone attack on a Caspian Sea oil platform.
