Some investments are also postponed, like the long-range air defence. It might not be of any consequence, as the lead time of those kinds of systems are growing by the day as the situation in the Gulf deteriorates, and European systems are not quite fully developed for anti-ballistics duty yet.

Russia's assassins unit 795 has been extensively described by The Insider: militarnyi.com/en/articles/...

Excellent - and so rare!! - overview of the role of Europe for US mil operations. “Europe remains the bedrock of U.S. force projection in the world and any action to cut those ties with Europe “would be a huge loss to the U.S.,” said Bence Nemeth. “It would cost time, money and resources.””

#Russia - "Nearly 40 #shadowfleet tankers stuck in the Gulf of #Finland" news.err.ee/1609980123/n...

🇸🇪 On March 26, in the Swedish city of Sundsvall, police carried out searches at the Kubal aluminum plant, which is controlled by Russian industrial giant Rusal. Two of the plant's executives have been detained on suspicion of serious sanctions violations. theins.org/en/news/290820 #Sweden #Russia

Nordic countries have generally welcomed France's proposed new concept of ‘forward deterrence.’ They appear willing to participate in joint nuclear exercises, potentially allowing French nuclear weapons on their territories. (1/4) #nuclearweapons #deterrence #nukesky

New funds for Norwegian defence long-term plan, but still some delays. Number of frigates kept as-is, long range air defence and Brigade South delayed, some other programmes also while still keeping sight of NATO 3.5% goal. Deliberations to follow in Parliament. www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnm...

The Norwegian Coastal Administration will put the bulk ship LMZ Pluto under emergency tow, a first for the agency using public funding. The ship is loaded with fertiliser from Murmansk and is drifting towards oil installations in the area. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ar...

Vintage Friday: The rather nifty 70% scale Saab 210 "Little Dragon / Lilldraken" developed to test the Draken double delta concept. vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-arti...

A Norwegian tube artillery unit share some of their experiences from Cold Response 2026. www.forsvaretsforum.no/artilleri-ar...

Massive drone attacks this week on the major Baltic terminals of Primorsk and Ust-Luga have left Russia with few remaining routes for exporting oil, increasing reliance on the Kola Peninsula. In Norway, concerns are growing over the ageing shadow fleet tankers operating along the coast.

#PolitiDK #Politi and #DEMA #DanishEmergencyManagementAgency working on #Containership #Nora in #Kalundborg #Iran ekstrabladet.dk/nyheder/samf... @pmolpmol.bsky.social @pa.nton.cx @seanews.bsky.social

The Norwegian Defence Materiel Administration has entered into agreements with Bane Nor for the ownership, operation and maintenance new rolling stock to be able to transport the new Leopard 2A8 tanks that are coming. www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/nye-...

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment has published a bit on their prognoses of Russian military power after the Ukraine war on the science news website forskning.no. www.forskning.no/forsvaret-fo...

These kinds of model always get my attention when I come across them. I suspected they were costly, and was right. defence-blog.com/dutch-firm-d...

A JEF primer from Finnish public broadcaster YLE.

Denmark's chief of defense staff has warned that European countries are not yet ready for war. "We have to change our mindset from diagnosis to delivery. We’re no longer very surprised but we’re not also really ready," he said. www.politico.eu/article/denm...

Why this matters ? Project 23550 vessels: - armed icebreaking patrol ships - capable of carrying Kalibr missiles - central to Russia’s Arctic strategy This would represent a significant loss of high-value naval capability, deep inside Russian territory.

According to the U.S. 2026 Annual Threat Assessment report, the Kola Peninsula hosts “about two-thirds of Russia’s second-strike nuclear capabilities”. #NorthernFleet #SSBN #NuclearWeapons #Submarines #Gadzhyievo #Severomorsk #BarentsSea

NB8 solidly represented at the top here.

Pretty key future Russian capability in the Arctic seems to haven taken a hit at the shipyard last night.

Interestingly, the Swedish FRA, the National Defence Radio Establishment, is recruiting OSINT people.

I'm happy to share what I've been working on for a while: a book on the Russian General Staff. The most important military institution in Russia has not had any English book on it since 2006. Now it's time. Sharing is caring, but pre-order is good karma (link below).

🇸🇪 First delivery of RM12 EP #engine for #Gripen C/D "The RM12EP upgrade includes improved turbine components and updated software, among other things." "The aim is to increase the engine's thrust, improve endurance while reducing [...] costs over the engine's life." SRC: GKN Aerospace

Norwegian government to present new long-term plan for defence this coming Friday. It is expected that the rising costs of defence materiel in the current security situation will have to be addressed in some form. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/r...

Norwegian F-35A over Nordland during exercise Cold Response 2026.

Spanish soldiers during exercise Cold Response 2026.

Two NATO AWACS E-3A at Ørland Air Station during exercise Cold Response 2026.

Norwegian replenishment oiler HNoMS Maud doing her thing during Cold Response 2026.

The Swedish Defence Research Agency has a new report out on close collaboration between authorities, industry and academia on innovation and knowledge transfer within the defence sector, the so-called triple helix collaborations. www.foi.se/nyheter-och-...

With Cold Response 2026 now finished, over 30,000 soldiers from 14 nations have worked together in the High North. www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-p...

The Swedish Armed Forces are getting 35 new heavy recovery trucks from Scania, with equipment from Polish company Szczesniak. www.fmv.se/aktuellt--pr...

The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment has a new paper out on computer modelling of how much punishment reinforced concrete can take, a subject getting more and more attention these days. www.ffi.no/aktuelt/nyhe...

The Danish Armed Forces goes to great lengths to let deployed soldiers around the world vote by mail. www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2...

The Norwegian police are opening a case against a foreign tour group that allegedly flew several drones in a prohibited area near Ramsund Naval Station in Northern Norway. www.forsvaretsforum.no/droner-innen...

The EU is "contemplating" whether to implement a service ban on tankers transporting Russian oil. Together with Henrik Wachtmeister and Henrik Praks I've written a short text on how such a service ban can be implemented to make it bite. +

There is nothing more important for Europe than making sure Ukraine survives. If we fail our misson, the rest of us are next on the imperial menu. Support our deliveries at linktr.ee/Vaukraine

The head of US Northern Command said this week that the military and State Department are talking with Greenland and Denmark about expanding the US presence in Greenland and improving its capabilities on the island.

🇸🇪 now taking performance & security of supply more seriously. Work at GKN an indicator: - Engine Type Certificate Gripen C/D/E/F, own maintenance, PBL (always x number of engines ready) - Uprated RM12 EP (C/D). - UAS demo. Future fighter concepts. - Talks on own RM16 (E/F) prod. line.

NATO Awakens in the High North | “Power in the Arctic depends on access and presence.” Mathieu Boulègue

Just published: An investigation of mesolevel institutional cohesion, intramilitary relations and civil-military relations in the emerging interwar Finnish armed forces.

An Iranian (highly unusual)-Russian crewed false flagged, false documenter container ship is detained since a month by Danish authorities. Hazmat suites was been needed to inspect it, documents points to chemicals on board and the security services will not comment further. Danwatch keeps digging

Vintage Friday: A wind tunnel model of the Saab 37 Viggen, used to test the delta-canard configuration, important for short-runway operations in the Swedish Air Force BASE-90 concept in use at the time. Eventually 329 Viggens were built, but no export materialised, making it unique to the SAF.

According to 12 different sources Denmark's public service broadcaster DR has access to, Danish forces brought both explosives and blood supplies to Greenland this January, along with orders to not stand down if faced with imminent US use of force. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

Mystery Grows as Denmark Continues to Detain Iranian Boxhip maritime-executive.com/article/myst...

Chechen-led special forces from Russia's National Guard deployed kamikaze FPV drones in Arctic drills on Kola Peninsula