RAF P-8 Poseidon ZP804, callsign THNDR01, active off the west coast of Ireland today.

Also checking out SEAJOY II, IMO: 9870874 - lists its destination as Norway (skeptical face) before beginning its journey up the Irish Sea. It appears to have long AIS gaps.

two other captures, looks like a 60x20m object - I would guess barge as well.

Russian tug SARMAT captured by Sentinel 2 earlier today off the east of Scotland, apparently towing *something*. A long journey from the Black Sea.

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Initial NOTAM for Norwegian FIR, in respect of planned Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) launch from the Shetland Islands.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 793:

...possible whereabouts of Admiral Levchenko bsky.app/profile/pa.n... h/t @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @puca.bsky.social @pa.nton.cx

And we finally had some luck - Sentinel 2 image from today, of BRIGHT OCEAN, GLORY OCEAN and our mystery vessel. @flattopfiesta.bsky.social

Just the one non-AIS contact visible in this mornings Sentinel 1 pass over BRIGHT OCEAN and GLORY OCEAN. So leaning towards those previous instances being echoes, but still leaves open the question of the identity of the third vessel. @flattopfiesta.bsky.social

you heard it here first www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I bet he's on Bluesky.

Following a week-long in-port period, RF Navy Northern Fleet Yantar-class special-purpose auxiliary vessel Yantar departed port on 7 July and remains underway through today - previous 2026 underway periods: 21-28 March (8 days); 25 June-2 July (8 days) - not broadcasting AIS

From @conorgallagher.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

Sentinel 1 image from the evening of 9 July of sanctioned vessels Bright Ocean and Glory Ocean, passing off the west coast of Ireland. I hate to bug you again @flattopfiesta.bsky.social but this seems kinda interesting.

...Admiral Grigorovich may have moved away from the North Sea/Dover Strait/English Channel area since 26 June as crew members appear to have stopped accessing foreign terrestrial cell towers - alternatively, command leadership may be enforcing stricter communications security protocols

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In today's photos. Still keeping station at the same spot. Lat: 55.526 Lng: -9.433

This week's heatwave - the third for many - will be less hot and less humid compared with the last heatwave. But why? What makes this heatwave less hot and humid? And how long will it last? Bringing you this deep dive is Met Office meteorologist Aidan McGivern. youtu.be/JRM3lPZTOD0?...

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And Irish Air Corps C295 MSA #285 joins in the fun, possibly taking in ARMADA 86 01, KOMMANDOR IONA and RFA Proteus, amongst others. Note it's not using the KRAKEN callsign for ops today.

Quite interesting to see Irish Coastguard Beech King Air, go out toward RFA Proteus, in addition to White Fin which is on the way from Aughinish.

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Duncan north of Iceland in today's radar images, following an encounter with a Russian maritime surveillance aircraft.

I am obliged to sound the #GIUK-NGap klaxon... "Exercise Midnight Warrior also demonstrated RAF capacity to conduct sustained operational sorties from deployed locations in the North Atlantic & #highnorth". Using 42 (TB) Squadron out of Lossiemouth... #thoiranaire www.raf.mod.uk/news/article...

From @deborahaynes.bsky.social over on the other place. Some very interesting photos: www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/fotoweb/albu... @vesselspotter.eurosky.social @flattopfiesta.bsky.social

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Some nice interference patterns off Donegal/Sligo/Mayo on Sentinel 1 this evening. Wonder if a vessel is keeping watch ahead of the EU meetings in Mayo.

Czech Air Force C295M transport flight into Knock/Ireland West airport, ahead of EU meetings.

One for the #modellers? Finnish Air Force Fouga CM 170 Magister FM-15 being refueled in Turku in April 1964. Cropped from a larger image. (Börje Hielm/Finnish Aviation Museum)

An AIS ping from RFA Proteus, off the north west of Ireland, status "Restricted".

Morse code from Russian Navy Nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov. Callsign RBHO. Callsign known due to the battlecruiser displaying Russian Navy signal flag codes RBHO Communications check with RIT Northern Fleet, Severomorsk naval headquarters. Recording vocaroo.com/1aw86DT8RxWj

www.iaa.ie/publications... More drone ops from Gormanston

Took a while, but MARS made it. If things follow their previous pattern, we can expect to see the monitoring vessels begin to arrive over the next week or two.

HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Duncan off the coast of Jan Mayen Island north of Iceland in yesterday's images.. The 40x40m pixels in the extra wide radar swatch generally preclude any kind of definitive ID but the ship's twt/X account posted this photo to cross-reference against.

Russian flagged tanker VULKAN, (IMO: 9297371) currently drifting off France for the last few hours, status "Restricted".

I have full faith in the guy.

Sentinel 1 Extra-Wide Swath 40m x 40m is now available again on Copernicus Browser 🥳

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