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Ship modeler, all-around Canadian boat guy (and gov't goon, so usual caveats apply). PhD'd in Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian naval forces: book version coming Soon™️.
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Et voila, the end of the beginning www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Leaked early - second polar! ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...

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Boats Friday: Government of Canada to hold technical briefing to provide an update on the River-class Destroyer Initiative www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Government of Canada to announce important milestone in construction of polar icebreakers: www.canada.ca/en/public-se...

Update: new nuclear plants, modernisation, and smaller reactor programs. Announcement: www.canada.ca/en/natural-r... Details: www.canada.ca/en/natural-r...

CNN are garbage and cut to talking heads during the French remarks, which extended and expanded what Trudeau was saying. So have the CBC, which have an English translation overdub: www.youtube.com/watch?v=83f4...

Call to all Arctic experts: the 4th edition of the Arctic barometer is open. All Arctic experts are welcomed to share their predictions on potential Arctic developments. The poll takes 5 minutes to answer and guarantees anonymity. It is accessible at the following: forms.gle/mijEYkv4iDD7...

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I think what is unique to the F-35 and not often discussed is the fact that the F-35 is a double-edged sword. In order to spread out costs and for other reasons (competitive in nature), the F-35 is the first truly global fighter aircraft ever made. Its support & manufacturing spans the entire globe.

US warships will have a harder time refueling in Norway after last nights meltdown. Haltbakk, Norway’s largest* bunker company will from now on refuse to service US warships. According to owner it is a direct reaction in support of Ukraine. Company has previously banned Russian ships. *self-claim

This is an INCREDIBLY serious story for Washington, DC. There is one prosecutor for DC: the federal/DOJ US Attorney for DC. That's a Trump-appointed position now. The Trump appointee is corrupt, venal, MAGA. Here the DC police wanted to prosecute a crime, and the Trump USAO SAID NO. 1/

this is true. indian news is horrifically right wing now

I'm not even sure a well-tended 4 year old should have been there, but can you just imagine if a woman did that? Sweet mercies, she'd be flayed alive.

This is 100% like something you'd see in our annual Information Assurance training -- see as in you fail if you say you would reply to this email.

As the famous songstress said, who's afraid of little old me?

The Chinese military claimed that it deployed forces against HMCS Ottawa, a Canadian frigate, which transited the Taiwan Strait, a contested waterway between China and Taiwan. www.newsweek.com/china-news-m...

Headsup: there are free games going around on Steam that are actually virusses www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Two of the Royal Canadian Navy’s cold warriors (ex-HMC Ships Gatineau & Terra Nova) alongside waiting to be broken up in Pictou, Nova Scotia, back in 2009. #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #warship #ships #seascape #eastcoastkin

#NavalNews #Submarines #SubMonday 1/2 Interior of the Spanish Navy S-80 Plus-class diesel-electric/AIP lead boat "Isaac Peral" (S-81). Source: laterrazzamongardino.it/tutte-le-not...

Bridge windows unveiled!

I just heard that the historian Jon Sumida passed away on 8 February. Ave atque vale.

New drone imagery offers a closer look at the progress made on the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates, HMS Glasgow and HMS Cardiff, as they undergo fitting out in dry docks at BAE Systems’ Scotstoun shipyard on the River Clyde. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/drone-shots-...

Valentine's Day kiss! USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Independence-variant littoral combat ship leaving San Diego while USS Kingsville (LCS 36) heads in - February 14, 2025 #usssantabarbara #lcs32. SRC: TW-@cjr1321

Roses are red Violet's a flower

But Trump's "tough on China" stance was going to be all worth it???

The Arts as a Weapon of War - Jörn Weingärtner looks at the history of CEMA in Britain during SWW and the emergence of what became the Arts Council. The blackout had a lot to answer for! #histbookchat

Russia: Chinese tanker Ang Yang 2 transporting 762 tons of Russian fuel products beached itself in Sakhalin.

right in the tim

The Nordic heads of government sharing a meal at Danish prime minister Fredriksen's home yesterday.

🗣️🗣️🗣️ This is a call for prize submissions for Canadian MA students or their supervisors! The Cartier Prize is an award of $500 for 2024's best MA thesis on maritime history by a Canadian student. 👇👇 Submission rules and details in the second image 👇👇

This reads like a Tumblr post about a Ferengi hospital. Incredible (and horrifying!)

Daughter has recently been lightly obsessed with airships (taking after me) so for her birthday I 3D printed her this lamp of the R101.

armoured F-16 wingtips when

Century-old lock gates that had been stored on the bottom of the Welland Canal being installed at Lock 7 www.wellandtribune.ca/news/niagara... When I showed the Coastal Titan, this was the job they were heading to. And bottom of the Welland is great for storage, keeps them wet.

This this this this!

Greenland was given power over extraction & gave concession to one company for mining. They later got cold feet, & enacted a non-uranium law to stop most mining. The company has sued Greenland for 10bn€. Greenlands current gov is elected to stop the mine. thinkeuropa.dk/brief/2024-0...

he literally said it himself

"Nothing stops the mail"