How do you attack a NATO country without firing a shot?
For the last two years, Russia has been giving a masterclass in the Baltic Sea. The Kremlin utilized ghost ships, anchor-dragging, spy drones.
🧵Here is how the West is starting to fight back.
In the early morning hours of December 16 (Sanna time) the US Arliegh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY (DDG 64), operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. The UAS were assessed to be one-way attack drones and were shot down with no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries. Regional Red Sea partners were alerted to the threat.
The FDI procurement by 🇬🇷 will bring new capabilities to the @NavyGR but also some challenges: Which ones and how will the Hellenic Navy overcome them?
Analysis by @D__Mitch and Theodoros Bazinis
https://t.co/LAfSqcXzBy
Οι αριθμοί του αγωγού EastMed
https://t.co/n7Ge68Ua4D
Key plan of the EastMed pipeline project to connect the #gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean on a route that runs between #Israel, #Cyprus, and #Greece.
Interesting. Photos, back in the 2018, reveal the damage inflicted on a #Russian ocean tug by a similar (actually variant) to the R-360 Neptune anti-ship missile, the Kh/X-35, which was launched by a Su-34.
🔴 #PESCO - 14 new projects launched by @EUCouncil
A #European solution for the strategic transport of outsized cargo, a small highly deployable, multi-purpose #RPAS & a semi-autonomous naval asset part of 4th wave.
60 PESCO projects now underway w/ 25 EU states 🇪🇺
#EUdefence
I have some unsolicited advice for all Americans: don’t watch cable news. Not @FoxNews. Not @CNN. Not @MSNBC. Or anybody else. Read a book or a magazine or a decent newspaper or go for a walk instead. You’ll be happier and just as well informed.
Αποκαλυπτική συνέντευξη του Αντιναυάρχου ε.α. Σπ. Κονιδάρη, κυβερνήτη της πυραυλακάτου ΣΤΑΡΑΚΗΣ (P29) την περίοδο της Κρίσης των Ιμίων, ο οποίος εντόπισε την σορό του Υποπλοιάρχου Χρ. Καραθανάση και τα συντρίμμια του Ε/Π ΑΒ212 (ΠΝ21).
Στο 00:50:10-01:07:47 https://t.co/oOQV1RPQn2
Whoa....
With #Trump’s approval, Pentagon launched cyber strikes against #Iran
The attack Thursday disabled Iranian computer systems that control rocket and missile launches.
Smart reply to Iranian aggression. by @realDonaldTrump
https://t.co/iiSEt5xhsY
Will French and Germany go on building a common European aircraft carrier after German Chancellor responded positively ? Is this a decisive step for a further CSDP integration or a EUNavalBattleGroup?
https://t.co/91t3c5xE6U