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Sep 26, 2024 17 tweets 5 min read Read on X
RUBY saga.

A collection of threads I made on damaged fertilizer ship RUBY. There are many. With many details. Enjoy!

First thread, made possible since the ever present keen eye of @BarentsNews and @NilsenThomas found out about it.

RUBY visiting the bay outside Andöya Air and Space base.
Me cosplaying Tom Clancy, fictional:
Norwegian defence researcher thinks I am understating, not hyperboling.
Inspired by said defence researcher, @InaHPKvam I map sensitive installations in the vicinity.
RUBY breaks down of Norway, swerves back and forth, etc.
RUBY is not welcome in Lithuania

Syrian owners, some more background
Breaks down again, off Bergen, home to Norways main naval base.
The state of RUBY at one point would not have made it possible to pass Danish strait Great Belt. And much more details.
Sweden tried to make happen a safe ship to ship transfer of the cargo. It is unclear why it did not happen.
Correcting bad news, not the first time in the RUBY saga:
Me, asking the grown ups to solve it.

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More from @auonsson

Sep 23
@pmolpmol lists three ships interesting as suspected drone carriers in last night attack on Copenhagen Airport.

In this thread, I will argue that Russian ship ASTROL 1 is an excellent fit.

Right time, right type, erratic track just before attack, highly suspicious background. Image
Article that led me down this rabbit hole, by @pmolpmol nyheder.tv2.dk/live/krimi/202…
ASTROL 1 is a largely flat cargo ship with hatches that likely would serve well as drone pads.

She is a similar model to SCANLARK, recently apprehended by German authorities on drone suspicions and to PORT OLYA 4, drone import ship on Iran trade. Sunk by Ukraine. Image
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Read 15 tweets
Sep 22
Copenhagen Airport is closed for operations because of drones in the air.

Northern Europes most busy airport. Image
Plane diverting last minute. Image
Copenhagen Police in a ”massive operation on scene” (commanding police officer to news)

dr.dk/nyheder/indlan…
Read 21 tweets
Sep 13
A Russian brand new fishing boat is almost blocking Öresund strait.

They seemingly lost propulsion 4 hours ago, drifted north towards the very narrow channels (~300m) but seem to have anchored.

Swedish coast guard and police have been at scene.

AIS-caveats apply.
A Russian brand new fishing boat is almost blocking Öresund strait.

They seemingly lost propulsion 4 hours ago, drifted north towards the very narrow channels (~300m) but seem to have anchored.

Swedish coast guard and police have been at scene.

AIS-caveats apply. Zoom in.
Fishing boat in question is built this year 2025. Left St Petersburg about 3 days ago.

MECHANIC STEPANOV IMO: 9916252
Read 23 tweets
Sep 9
This is the main logistics hub for armaments into Ukraine.
Tanker (and hence fighters) inbound, Italian AEW&C inbound. Image
Polish AirborneEarlyWarning&Control aircraft landed a few minutes ago. Image
Read 4 tweets
Sep 6
I thought I had found indications of a targeted GNSS jamming attack against president von der Leyen's aircraft this Sunday.

Then I disproved my own hypothesis. Here's how!

This is common for me, I usually don't show it because it takes a lot of effort to explain also 0-results
Hypothesis: if vdLeyen-flight was jammed by a directional jammer other aircraft in the emission cone would also be affected

I got the idea upon looking at an animation by @lemonodor

Marked flight began reporting bad GPS-values just as the pilot of vdL reported issues over radio Image
Animation I refer to available at this link: bsky.app/profile/lemono…
Read 9 tweets
Sep 2
Swedish island Gotland is completely without power, for the second time in two weeks.

Gotland is considered paramount to NATO control of Baltic Sea.

As far as I know last outage is still being analyzed and cause is not known.

svt.se/nyheter/lokalt…
Power company now claims lightning strike as cause.

Article linked was updated.
Last hours lightning around Gotland. Image
Read 7 tweets

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