This is a great article by @helenwarrell.bsky.social on the realities (and likelihood) of Arctic Warfare. Chuffed to have helped a tiny bit in its construction. Reading it makes me eternally grateful I joined the Navy... ft.com/content/76fd...

Lies, damned lies and statistics. A review into a year's worth (96) of my @telegraphnews.bsky.social articles. Warning - may contain some analysis 😳 tom-sharpe.com/2025/01/09/a...

Thoughts on the USS Gettysburg blue-on-blue 1⃣Still🤷‍♂️ as to how this happened but... 2⃣No such thing as a perfect air picture, even now 3⃣The more you put yourself in harm's way, the more mistakes can happen. Many BZs to the USN for repeatedly taking this risk🫡 www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

During night RU mil transport ADLER did another 3 x slow back and forth runs, this time across gas pipelines/cables connecting gas field Ormen Lange to Norwegian shore and ultimately to UK. 20% of UK's annual gas consumption runs here. ADLER keeps on moving along UK connections. Scare show?

A nice gentle topic for my second post on here...😳 Aircraft carriers: strategic necessity or extravagant folly? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...

Some thoughts on HMS Diamond's recent (excellent) deployment to the Red Sea. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08...