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Oct 24, 2023 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
The recent resupply mission shows how many vessels the Chinese security agencies are allocating to stopping or prodding into the PH's resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre.

Seen here, there are 16 CMMV in the vicinity, 4 CCG vessels and 2 PLAN vessels. Image PH contingent is comprised of two MRRVs, two resupply vessels.

The Progress Report in the AIS view shows the concentration of vessels near the entrance of the shoal.
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Sep 14, 2023 β€’ 18 tweets β€’ 6 min read
The strike on Sevmorzavod last September 13 would be the first time that Ukraine would strike a naval support facility in the 'heart of the Black Sea Fleet'.

Fleet maintenance played a vital role in the sustainment of the Black Sea Fleet, even with the increased threats. Image Sevastopol served as the city that housed both the Imperial, Soviet, and the Ukrainian Navy HQ and Russian Naval HQ in the Black Sea.

With a city that has deep roots in naval history, naval shipbuilding and ship repair eventually would follow.
May 16, 2023 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 3 min read
Last March 20, BGen. Ronie Petinglay, commander of the 580th Aircraft Control and Warning Wing. Presented to the Provincial Council of Antique during the 9th Regular Session the proposal for the establishment of an Air Force Radar Station in Mt. Liwliw, Anini-y, Antique. ImageImage In the image, it shows the radar coverage of the Air Surveillance Radar from H1 to H3.

Based on the presentation, blue is for Horizon 2 (Phase 2) and green is for Horizon 3

New locations (marked as green) that have not been mentioned before now include Davao & Pag-asa Island. Image
May 6, 2022 β€’ 8 tweets β€’ 5 min read
This is a leaked report on the readiness status of Moskva as of February 10, 2022.

This was posted on VK but was immediately taken down. I recall reading that such reports did exist internally and is the basis of the comments of some retired sailors about the condition of their ships in forums that I have been hanging around and participating in discussions.

This is the first time I encountered such report.
May 5, 2022 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 2 min read
Finally a clearer image of the unified drydock for 35th SRZ to replace the sunken PD-50.

Some months ago, Sentinel-2 imagery over Murmansk shows that they already flooded the drydock. While the gates for the drydock is still not complete, they intend to dock Kuznetsov without the gates.

35th SRZ's plan is to bring Kuzya in, rebuild the coffer dam where the gates should be located, and pump out the water to resume the works in the drydock walls.
Apr 18, 2022 β€’ 8 tweets β€’ 5 min read
Initial analysis on the images:

In the images of Moskva after the hit. The damage and the active fire seems to originate in the amidships of the ship where the chimney is located and two of the six AK-630s are located.

Some people suggest it is where the two missiles hit it. If that is indeed the case, then the ship's survival would be slim to begin with.

For starters, directly below the chimney and the secondary radar mast is where the propulsion and electrical power machinery is located for the Slava-class.
Apr 14, 2022 β€’ 6 tweets β€’ 2 min read
So I read and got a lot of questions about:

"Why the Osa didn't work on the missile?"
"They have a layered air defense. Why did the missile go through?"

First off, there are no defenses that are impenetrable. Second, Osas are bad at intercepting and disabling subsonic, sea-skimming targets.

On April 16, 1987, an anti-air / missile interception exercise ended in disaster when Musson, a Nanuchka-class small missile boat got hit by an RM-15M target practice missile.
Mar 24, 2022 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 4 min read
This is a screencap from a 10 minute webcam video of the fire in the Port of Berdyansk. Around the time where the fire in the Alligator-class LST is starting to ramp up with small explosions noted. Notice the two LSTs leaving which is around the same time as this image is captured in this previous tweet of mine.

One has an active fire in progress on the top deck while the other has a small smoke coming near the bow.
Mar 24, 2022 β€’ 5 tweets β€’ 4 min read
Details I got about the attack.

At 7:45 AM, a Tochka-U SRBM was fired towards the landing ships Saratov, Tsesar Kunikov, and Novocherkassk.

> Saratov sunk at a depth of 5 meters
> Kunikov and Novercherkassk left port damaged. 8 killed on Kunikov and 3 killed and 3 injured.. ..on Novocherkassk.

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Jan 10, 2022 β€’ 7 tweets β€’ 3 min read
What does Ussuriysk, Belogorsk, Chita, Ulan-Ude have that makes the development in the Eastern MD a big red flag.

For one those are the cities where the headquarters of the 5th, 29th, 35th, and 36th Combined Arms Army are located. The second is that they are major cities along the Far East portion of the Trans-Siberian route served by the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Videos and images of trucks, tanks, and equipment seen in trains can only mean they are now in the TSR network and on the move due west. Image