H I Sutton
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Independent Defense Analysis, Unconventional Naval Warfare, author, submarines, #OSINT , illustrations. Mostly typos
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***BREAKING***
Now beyond any reasonable doubt that a
#Russian
Navy Alligator Class landing ship exploded in
#Berdiansk
, Ukraine
Reportedly a Ukrainian ballistic missile strike. Two Ropucha Class ships also present, observed sailing away as fire raged
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***BREAKING***
A sudden mass exodus of warships and submarines from Novorossiysk today. Very unusual, may be a leading indicator of an operation of some kind
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Remember, the Ukrainian general staff is under no obligation to make sense to you (or anyone else on this platform)
#Kursk
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Suddenly the North Korean military appears more dangerous than we realized!!!
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***BREAKING***
We pinpointed the location of Moskva using radar satellite imagery from April 13 after she was hit.
You can see the rescue efforts
#OSINT
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***BREAKING***
France is joining
#AUKUS
submarine program with Australia, Britain and U.S!
Who is next?
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*** NORD STREAM 2 incident ***
/Thread
I am getting a lot of questions re
#Russian
underwater sabotage capabilities due to the leak on the
#NordStream2
pipeline off Denmark.
I do not have time to respond to media right now (sorry)
So just lay out some background reference.
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Rare photo of an F-35 fighter plane launching an Ohio Class cruise missile submarine.
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***BREAKING***
Substantial
#Russian
Navy force, including landing ships, advancing on Odessa area today. Seen 09:47 UTC in satellite imagery
Found together with
@detresfa_
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***BREAKING*** ->
#Moskva
Sinking: Images Reveal Once Powerful Russian Navy Ship On Fire
First analysis shows fire aft of Vulkan missiles and ahead of S-300 missiles, Possibly this is before a larger explosion
First analysis, caveats apply, OSINT
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Shoigu: So you took the missile systems we sold you, reverse engineered them and built a bunch of frankenSAMs, and now you want to sell them back to us?!?!
Iran: exactly
Shoigu: do you accept Rubles?
Iran: …
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This is plainly incorrect and misleading. The missile seen hitting the hospital is a Russian cruise missile.
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I don't normally post about aircraft, but here are 5 awesome and usual loadouts from the Cold War which really interest me from a design perspective.
In descending order of awesomeness
5. A-5 Vigilante US Navy bomber with nuclear bomb up backside
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Swedish government accidentally reveals next generation fighter plane to replace Gripen
#AvGeek
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**BREAKING**
Thread 🧵
#Ukrainian
strike on
#Russian
Navy base at Sevastopol in Crimea appears to have damaged, possibly seriously (TBC), the submarine support ship Kommuna (ref )
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Japan has a submarine force most navies can only wonder at
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***BREAKING***
Here ->
#Russian
Navy deploys unique 110-year-old ship to investigate Moskva wreck. Likely carrying a DSRV minisub.
#UkraineInvasion
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***NEW ANALYSIS***
The
#Russian
Navy is on paper one of the most powerful on the planet. Yet it has lost 4 or 5 vessels to enemy action. In a land war, against a country with barely any navy.
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*Top 10 coolest planes that got cancelled*
Scope:
Must have reached at least prototype phase
Cancelled, not just losing in competition
Not in much order. Thread.🧵
1. Northrop YB-35
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***UPDATE***
Thread
Slowly information is coming out about the
#Russian
Navy ships operating around
#NordStream
before the attacks. E.g.
The presence of SS-750 with a DSRV submersible is **highly suspicious**
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***UPDATE***
Thread 1/n
Refined likely damage assessment: this is an ex-submarine
New photos of
#Russian
navy submarine hit by
#Ukrainian
cruise missiles in Sevastopol show damage is even worse than previous noted. Photos appear credible. Pressure hull has massive breaches
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***BREAKING***
U.S. Navy Submarine First In World Fitted With Silent Caterpillar Drive
#USNavy
submarines will take stealth to a new level. American submarines will now be fitted with magnetohydrodynamic drive.
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***UPDATE***
#Russia
has begun moving air defense systems around in Crimea, possibly to reduce risk of HARM or other
#Ukrainian
attacks
However they are now storing $$$$ of S-300 (/S-400?) missiles in open at Dzhankoy Naval Air Base (45.68899°, 34.41081°)
#OSINT
today:
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***UPDATE***
Thread
New info on Nord Stream attacks confirms Russian Navy ships repeatedly visited area in months / days leading up to explosions
Pattern of activity revealed by Nordic journalists from DR, SVT, NRK and Yle
#OSINT
BBC article, English
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***BREAKING***
Indications that a
#Ukraine
'maritime drone' attacked Novorossiysk last night
Story was reported in local Russian sources but some are now being taken down. Story may be being suppressed in
#RussiaIsLosing
#OSINT
unconfirmed but credible
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***BREAKING***
Likely response to
#Ukrainian
air threats, possibly news that Storm Shadow may be used on Russian territory.
#Russian
Navy vessels appear to have completed evacuated Novorossiysk today.
This follows a similar drill on September 11 2024
#OSINT
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Imagine seeing 5 AEGIS destroyers under construction at the same time in a single dry dock in a Western country?
And this isn’t China’s biggest shipyard
5 nouveaux destroyers Type 052D sur cale sèche au chantier naval Dalian, l'expansion continue.
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***UPDATE***
The recent
#Ukrainian
attack on the
#Russian
spy ship Ivan Khurs in the Black Sea has lessons in explosive boat concept. But probably not what you think!
Thread 1/10
#OSINT
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***BREAKING***
Updated article at
Tonight, Russian Navy warships have been sailing out of Sevastopol. Too soon to say destination but direction Ukraine. There were more landing ships near Crimean coast
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**OSINT**
Controversial Russian Spy Ship Yantar has left its base in Russian Arctic ->
Yantar is the 'special mission' ship reputed to be involved in spying on undersea internet cables
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***UPDATE***
Iranian warship involved in failed attempt to seize 2 tankers July 5 was Bayandor class. Significant as this is a Iranian Navy warship, not IRGC.
Attempt stopped by US Navy
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***UPDATE***
First images of Australia’s new 3D printed extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLAUV), the Ghost Shark. 🧵
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***UPDATE***
Despite
#Russian
State TV threats of destroying UK (and Ireland?) with a Poseidon nuclear torpedo, the only Poseidon submarine is actually in dry dock. Image from a few days ago but confident Belgorod is still unavailable. The submarine hasn't been commissioned yet
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***UPDATE***
13+
#Russian
Navy ships active in Northern Black Sea today.
* Includes frigate Admiral Makarov (!)
* Landing craft near Snake island
Haven't ID'd all of them. Thanks to everyone who pinged me
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***BREAKING***
#Iran
's IRGC attempted to take a US Navy Saildrone Explorer uncrewed surface vessel (USV)
US Navy patrol boat, USS Thunderbolt (PC 12), intervened. Tow released.
Nod
@ryankakiuchan
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***BREAKING***
Combat swimmers from Ukraine's 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center used underwater vehicles to spearhead the Snake Island landing.
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Top 10 tanks thread🧵
According to my inexpert opinion
10. M60A2 'Starship', USA 🇺🇸
If you don't like this tank, you are going to hate this thread
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***UPDATE***
Swedish journalists got permission to image one of the Nord Stream explosion sites using an underwater drone (ROV)
Caution against listening to the impending wave of explosives experts on Twitter
Their article (in Swedish)
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BREAKING. Narco submarine interdicted by navy sailing ship!
The beautiful tall ship Guayas is a training ship of the Ecuadorian Navy. BZ
@armada_ecuador
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***OSINT***
Photograph from Sevastopol shows dolphin pens as KILO class submarine passes out of harbour.
Defenses increased since this was taken
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There is a corner of Twitter which will see this and know that those are for
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***UPDATE***
Weaponized Yamaha jet ski with two warheads found on Turkish beach, likely
#Ukrainian
. Sensible design.
Update on Covert Shores pending.
#OSINT
#RussiaUkraineWar
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**UPDATE** Unusual Russian Navy Concentration Seen In Eastern Mediterrean
Literally the whole
#Russian
Navy in Med (that we know of) sailed to Syria this morning, while invasion of Ukraine was unfolding. Two SLAVA class cruisers, DDGs, FFGs, 2 Submarines
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***CONFIRMED***
#Ukrainian
maritime drone strike on Novorossiysk, far away from Odesa
It was initially reported in
#Russia
local media but then denials emerged. These are misinformation. It did happen.
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@DougAMacgregor
@CommunityNotes
this is straightforward untrue, there is no credible evidence to support this.
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Re USV (uncrewed surface vessel) found near Sevastopol
Very interesting in a few ways
Will pull together some notes and post later. Please bear with me.
#OSINT
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The flying display for victory day parade was cancelled due to weather? Satellite image today showing clouds...
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***BREAKING***
Credible drone imagery shows
#Ukrainian
forces hitting two
#Russian
Navy Russian Navy Raptor (or BK-16/18 assault boats - all like Swedish CB-90).
Possibly linked, two of these were seen heading towards Snake Island / Ukraine on April 27. Might be same pair
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***UPDATE***
Beyond any reasonable doubt that the 11,490 ton SLAVA Class cruiser
#Moskva
has been hit off Ukraine
Even Russian sources report it
She had been operating in relatively predictable patterns in the Northern Black Sea
The close-in defenses on this ship were dated
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Seems topical
Rumors (/unverified reports) that Ukrainian forces have struck the Russian navy cruiser Moskva in Black Sea
Currently UNCONFIRMED, treat with caution at this stage
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Secret design leaked: Danish Navy plans to reestablish submarine force
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***UPDATE***
Here ->
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Spy Ship Attacked: Russia Implies Ukrainian/NATO Threat To TurkStream Gas Pipeline
This may indicate Russia trying to frame Ukraine for an as-yet unrealized attack on the pipeline
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Of interest, fire in vicinity of Azov Port near Rostov.
(Possibly it’s a sign that the mechanized battalion formed from the crew of the Admiral Kuznetsov have arrived?)
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Why do they do this?
@DailyMirror
stole a viz I did of
#Moskvacruiser
for
@navalnewscom
(see ).
No ask, no attribution, no link… no respect for hours of others work
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***BREAKING***
#Russia
Navy now applying deceptive camouflage to warships in Black Sea
Likely designed to trick
#Ukrainian
maritime drone (USV) operators.
Like the battleship Bismarck
#OSINT
Nod
@MT_Anderson
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***UPDATE***
Credible reports that the
#Russian
navy project 22870 Rescue Tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh (SB-739) has been hit and sunk by
#Ukrainian
navy missiles.
Short thread on why this is important, aside from obvious morale boost for UKR side
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What’s a still from a movie or TV show that will completely devastate anyone who has seen it, but seem completely unremarkable to anyone who hasn’t?
What’s a still from a movie or TV show that will completely devastate anyone who has seen it, but seem completely unremarkable to anyone who hasn’t?
(I almost couldn’t even post it)
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***BREAKING***
A
#Russian
ship loaded with war supplies (highly likely) has sailed into the Black Sea, from Syria
It apparently shipped humanitarian aid one way, and military gear for the invasion of
#Ukraine
the other
Photo by
@YorukIsik
#OSINT
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Google
The VIP visit never include ospreys. These are not political transport. What a crock of crack in the community notes.
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This balloon thing is getting blown out of all proportion
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Amazing photo of a submerged # Italian Navy
@ItalianNavy
Type-212A submarine. Taken from an maritime patrol aircraft during a NATO exercise.
Photo via
@K3_GrafZeppelin
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People often joke that the
#Russian
navy needs to take ‘tugs’ along on long voyages (this one entered Havana, Cuba, today)
Actually it is a smart move and the tugs are for more than just towing. They are support ships. Logistics and support are key, plus Russia doesn’t have a
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***UPDATE***
Photo circulating of the NewNew Polar Bear, the ship suspected of cutting the Balticconnector gas pipeline and two communications cables with its anchor.
Everyone is looking at the (missing) anchor
However, look at the containers…
#OSINT
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***BREAKING***
A previously unreported
#Ukrainian
USV (uncrewed surface vessel), appears to have slipped past
#Russian
Navy patrols
The device was found on a beach close to the major Russian Navy base of Sevastopol in Crimea.
#OSINT
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**BREAKING** Turkey shuts off access to Black Sea to
#Russian
navy.
Significant as I am confident that Russia did plan to send more warships
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