TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @tankertrackers.com Trusted by maritime insurers, oil producers & traders, finance, governments and top news orgs to track down oil shipments. Vessel pronouns are she/her. Got it?
James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social Co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment For International Peace. I spend a lot of time thinking about nuclear weapons, advanced nonnuclear technology, and escalation.
Karlis Neretnieks @neretnieks.bsky.social Major General (ret), former President Sw National Defence College, Chief ops at the then Central Joint Command, Cdr18 Mech brig. Conducting research on Nordic security. Fellow Royal Sw Academy of War Sciences.
Publications etc: karlisn.blogspot.com 
Navy Lookout @navylookout.bsky.social Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
www.navylookout.com
Iain Ballantyne @iainballantyne.bsky.social Editor Warships IFR mag and its guides to the US Navy and Royal Navy. Author of books, including 'Hunter Killers', 'The Deadly Trade', 'Killing the Bismarck', plus the new novel 'Martin's Eyes' published by Chiselbury. Web site www.iainballantyne.com
Rundradion @rundradion.bsky.social VHF, UHF, AIS, ADSB, WWW.
Tracking military traffic to/from Kaliningrad, Russia via ATC comms.
Tracking data here https://pastebin.com/m57symM8
Forsvarsdepartementet @forsvarsdep.bsky.social Forsvarsdepartementet har ansvar for utforming og iverksetting av norsk sikkerhets- og forsvarspolitikk.
Norwegian Ministry of Defence
ICDS Tallinn @icds-tallinn.bsky.social The International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn. Regional knowledge hub. www.icds.ee
RUSI @rusi.bsky.social Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Founded in 1831, RUSI is the oldest defence and security think tank in the world.
Website 💻: https://rusi.org/
WhatsApp 📱: https://bit.ly/4h0M5FQ
Granger @grangere04117.bsky.social Just your "casual" military observer. First Island Chain resident.
Just focusing on military stuff. PH defense developments and 🇷🇺 naval insights
GeoConfirmed @geoconfirmed.org Map and Investigations = https://geoconfirmed.org/
Managed by volunteers.
You can help us: http://buymeacoffee.com/geoconfirmed
Jacob Kaarsbo @jkaarsbo.bsky.social Foreign, security and defence policy analysis. 15 yrs @ Danish Defence Intelligence Service. Sportsnerd.
Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social Associate Professor, Royal Danish Defence College | Editor @sjms.bsky.social | Posts about Civil-Military Relations, Politics, Security, and Drug War Absurdities
https://research.fak.dk/esploro/profile/christoph_harig/output/all?institution=45FBI_INST
Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social https://buymeacoffee.com/jayinkyiv
Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social Political science professor at McGill 🇨🇦⚜️Hiram Mills Chair; Co-Director, Jean Monnet Centre Montreal;
Russo-Ukrainian war; Rule of law, (anti)corruption; European politics 🇺🇦 🇧🇬 🇪🇺. Opinions mine.
https://linktr.ee/popovaprof
Andreas Umland @umland.eurosky.social Fellow @epik-ukraine.bsky.social & Analyst @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social. Editor, book series SPPS & Ukrainian Voices: www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/. Assoc. Prof., Kyiv-Mohyla Academy: orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-4646.
Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social Swede by birth, European by choice.
Ukraine will be victorious!
https://reppa.tools/
Anton Barbashin @abarbashin.bsky.social Russia foreign and domestic politics. Editorial Director at ridl.io
Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London. Russian foreign & security policy, US foreign policy, US-Russia relations, European security. Views are my own.
Dr. Ian Garner @irgarner.bsky.social Prof of Totalitarian Studies @ Pilecki Institute, Warsaw/Fellow @ Centre for International and Defence Policy, Ontario | FrHistS | Author of "Z Generation: Russia's Fascist Youth” - get it @ http://linktr.ee/igarner | 🇨🇦
Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social Professor of Russian Politics, King's College London. Political sociologist. Progressive. Co-author, Putin v the People. 🇬🇧/🇺🇸
Benjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social Head of Policy & Analysis at Helsing - AI to Protect Our Democracies | Chair @DSI_Strategy |🇺🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇨🇿🇬🇧 | #NeoIdealism | Post=personal, Repost ≠ endorse. Views mine
Lars Løkke Rasmussen @lars-loekke.bsky.social Udenrigsminister, leder af Moderaterne. Profilen føres ikke som minister. Spørgsmål til Udenrigsministeriet kan rettes til um@um.dk.
jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social Writer for Defense Archive, volunteer with GeoConfirmed and contributor to Militaryland.net.
Useful links https://linktr.ee/jeff2146
AirPower (MIL-STD) @mil-std.bsky.social Old radar types never die; they just phased array!
Aerospace, Defense and NatSec related content
#OpenSource. No affiliations to govt., media or industry
@Jrt_191 @jrtunderscore191.bsky.social I do military map making and map making accessories, miscellaneous OSINT. Student studying national security and international affairs. Australian-American. @Jrt_191 on twitter. Supporter of Ukraine. Слава Україні, Героям слава He/him
@notwoofers.bsky.social @notwoofers.bsky.social 
Riley Mellen @rileymellen.bsky.social Visual Investigations reporter for NYT. Let's chat: riley.mellen@nytimes.com, Signal, DMs, etc.
Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social Exec. Director, Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy & Innovation/Asst. Professor of Practice, @OleMiss.bsky.social;
Board: @npcinstitute.bsky.social; @juristnews.bsky.social; Ex VOA White House bureau chief; 2022 Kiplinger Fellow; W7DQ on ham radio
Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social 30 years experience as Intel/NATO/OSINT Analyst. Retired US Navy Intelligence Analyst.
Current corporate Intelligence Analyst at Fortune 50 company with a global footprint.
Passionate about OSINT. Post things related to my work or that interest me.
Laura Rozen @lkrozen.bsky.social Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
Olivier Schmitt @olivierschmitt.bsky.social Prof at Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College/senior associate fellow at NATO Defence College |Warfare, alliances and geoeconomics | Assoc ed of the European Journal of International Security |🇫🇷 in 🇩🇰| https://olivier-schmitt.com/
GAU @deaidua.org Tracking Germany's assistance for Ukraine | Plenty of writing | Signal: GAU.98 | Threema: V95AP84E | info@deaidua.org | https://ko-fi.com/deaidua
https://deaidua.org/en/
https://deaidua.org/news/
Joshua Tallis @doctallis.bsky.social Naval and maritime strategy | Director, Ally and Partner Security Affairs program @ CNA | Author of War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers, and Maritime Insecurity
Mike Petersen @michaelbpetersen.bsky.social Russian military and warfighting analysis at the Center for Naval Analyses; Senior Non-Resident fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute; former Senior Advisor to US Navy CNO; former director of Russia maritime studies at U.S. Naval War College.
Strategic Trends @strategictrends.bsky.social US foreign policy and national security interests in the Indo-Pacific | Maritime minded | | Learning every day | Views my own. | Always humble
Abraxas Spa @abraxasspa.bsky.social All-Source Analyst
Saving the spot here
Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Sciences Po CERI | Associate with Harvard’s Managing the Atom | working on nuclear issues involving Russia and Iran | author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine (OUP/Hurst)
@roninresearch.bsky.social @roninresearch.bsky.social Taught everything from economics to CQC, sold everything from yaks to yachts, used communication for shinjitsu to subversion. Natsec, policing, urban warfare, markets, learning.WW1 ME&Asia.Trad COTUS Conservative. "Seen some stuff; done some things."
Swedish Defence University @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social The Swedish Defence University contributes to national and international security through research and education. We are a specialised university that focuses on defence, crisis management and security.
https://www.fhs.se/en/swedish-defence-university
Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social Former NavalNews & USNINews writer, Track Fuser, R-1/P-1 Budget Reader.
For defense-related stuff
Site: https://defensearchives.com/news
What's Going on With Shipping (Sal Mercogliano) @mercoglianos.bsky.social Mariner, Historian, Firefighter, Host of What's Going on With Shipping
@snarkhuntr.bsky.social @snarkhuntr.bsky.social notamatron.app
@kayceesailing.bsky.social @kayceesailing.bsky.social 
Tayfun Ozberk @tayfunozberk.bsky.social Defence Analyst | Navy Veteran | Analyses of emerging technologies from naval warfare perspective | Correspondent at Defense News, Naval News & Shephard News ⚓️
Ryan Chan 陳家翹 @kakiuchan.bsky.social Truth is still the truth even if nobody believes it. Lie is still a lie even if everybody believes it.
spectre crouton @spectrecrouton.bsky.social Deep diving, original analysis and reporting on the Russian Navy and related maritime topics. Views expressed do not reflect those of my current or past employers, nor do they reflect the views of Vova (you know which one).
Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.
Tom Mutch @tomthescribe.bsky.social Journalist in Ukraine, author of The Dogs of Mariupol, available May 29!
https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-dogs-of-mariupol
Bjørn E. M. Grønning @bjorngronning.bsky.social Deputy Research Director, Norwegian Intelligence School.
Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi Unjust society is unsustainable -> democracy is non-negotiable.
Sustainability transition & modeling circular economy @ Finnish Environmental Institute (Syke) as a profession; defence of Finland and democracy as a hobby.
Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social Director of the Europe, Russia, Eurasia Program at CSIS. Podcasts EuroFile and Russian Roulette. Fmr State Department official. DC sports, Tottenham
XO @xoen.bsky.social 
itamilradar @itamilradar.com Beyond the track
🌐 www.itamilradar.com
@jagarchefen.bsky.social @jagarchefen.bsky.social Politiskt obunden fokus på händelseutvecklingar i vårt närområde som kan påverka Sverige. Msc. Finns även på http://mastodon.world/@Jagarchefen och https://twitter.com/Jagarchefen
Conor Gallagher @conorgallagher.bsky.social Irish Times Investigations Reporter
Author: Is Ireland Neutral? (Gill)
Email: conor.gallagher@irishtimes.com
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/vFjX_wFsoQvTxoBy_ZAqCY0U0axHI36uAuKVPIMx-EIDfetOPixH_J7tuEnJCXkB
@chacons.bsky.social @chacons.bsky.social 
Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social FT investigations. Previously defence & security editor, political and home affairs correspondent. Get in touch: helen.warrell@ft.com
Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon. Speaker info: https://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/tnichols
Frederik Van Lokeren @kaptainloma.bsky.social Former officer in the Belgian Navy, freelance writer for Marineschepen.nl and Naval News.
Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social Scholars in the Oslo Nuclear Project provide academic research, education, and outreach to policy and practitioner communities.
Sign up for our newsletter & event invites here: https://www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/research/projects/oslo-nuclear-project/
Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social Twitter refugee #1,383,497
Dr. Rachel Pawling 🌈 @r-p-one.bsky.social Sometimes I design ships. Most times I design how to design ships. Skeets not representative of employer or client policy. She/Her/Hers.
Losna @renelosna.bsky.social Wireless Operator Emeritus, from 🇩🇰
R/O General Certificate, 1982
GMDSS GOC, 2008
Never go back to your ❌
No DM's
Warsaw Pact exercise Waffenbrudershaft 80 (in Danish):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS7okQ7cqoI
Christian Panton @pa.nton.cx OSINT Specialist @ DR Verificerer (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
Prefers Signal over DM/chat: panton.01
Personal, long form, seldom updated: https://christian.panton.org/
All posts and views are my own, and might contain traces of nuts.
Tomi McCluskey @tomi-mcc.bsky.social Conflict researcher at Airwars · Bylines in Bellingcat, DropSite News, The Intercept & CLIP · OSINT trainer · US Military veteran
Bartelds @bartelds.bsky.social Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
(Opinions are mine, usual caveats apply, etc.)
Re-posting is not by definition endorsement
Jakob Kjøgx Bohr @jakobbohr.bsky.social Investigative journalist @ Danwatch
For inquiries and collabs: jkb@danwatch.dk
Secure mail: jkbdanwatch@proton.me
Ryan Evans @ryanevans.bsky.social Founder, War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com) and Bedrock Knowledge (thebedrock.co). Opinions are my own. I'm not a journalist so please don't mistake me for one.
The Baltic Sea Diving Resort @balticseadivingr.eurosky.social Tinker, sailor, solderer, shy
@formerlab.eu team member | When ignorance reigns, life is lost | Profit is for cowards?
Human-first, cost-effective platforms
Wayne Metcalf @waynemetcalf.bsky.social 🇬🇧 #NAFOfellas #OSINT #Astonomer
@danspiun.bsky.social @danspiun.bsky.social Documenting battles/units in Ukraine; Tracking vehicle losses for Oryx list + WarsSpotting, emphasis on vehicle ID/geo-location. Previously also Syria + Nagorno-Karabakh.
On Twitter, aim to move more here
Not an OSINT account - this just my obsessive hobby
David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social Intelligence, geopolitics, and strategy | Vice President of Strategy, Emergent Risk International | Senior Fellow, Hayden Center | Former CIA & State Department | Duke poli sci PhD | Author, The President’s Book of Secrets
Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social A tool for researchers, journalists and practitioners to learn about munitions, their uses and impact in conflicts. Joint project by @airwars.bsky.social and Armament Research Services (ARES).
Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.
Varsevan / Valra @varsevan.bsky.social Scattered interests, often naval
The Insider @theins.press The Insider is a Russia-focused, independent media outlet. We're fully committed to investigative journalism and to debunking fake news.
theins.press/en
Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social Realistic optimist, Founder & CEO Risk Intelligence, IR & economics, defence, security, military and naval history - especially during the Napoleonic period - the Cold War and some football.
On Bluesky since 11 Nov 2024
Ilmari Käihkö @kaihko.bsky.social Associate professor of War Studies and guest researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki and the Department of War Studies, Swedish Defence University. And probably a few other things.
George Allison @geoallison.ukdefencejournal.org.uk Journalist | Editor of the UK Defence Journal, one of the UK's largest independent defence and security news websites. | Cyber Security graduate. | Member of the National Union of Journalists | Talks about 🚢s & ✈s.
François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social Senior adviser (Europe), IISS,
Special adviser, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
Harri Ohra-aho @ohraaho.bsky.social Senior Advisor for International Security, Major General (ret)
The Lost Comms 🇳🇴 🇪🇺 @thelostcomms.bsky.social 🇳🇴 Soldier keeping an eye on stuff.
- Nordics/Scandinavia mainly.
Random posts only for the time.
-Ordo ab chao- слава Україна 🇺🇦
Karsten Friis @kafriis.bsky.social Research Professor at NUPI 🇧🇻
Security, defence, NATO, Arctic, Nordics plus some cyber and Balkans
@idreesali114.bsky.social @idreesali114.bsky.social Reuters National Security Correspondent covering the Pentagon.
National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social An independent research institution that advocates for open government and uses FOIA to collect and publish declassified documents - https://nsarchive.gwu.edu - instagram.com/natsecarchive - tiktok.com/@natsecarchive
Justin Bronk @justin-br0nk.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow for Airpower and Military Technology at RUSI, London. Associate Professor II at the Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. Pilot. Views are my own.
RUSI biography and publications: https://t.co/wgeOUvRQdO
58 North @58deg.bsky.social OSINT is just ADSB and shitposting, right? Same as on the Site That Shall Not Be Named.
Arbetar i en samhällsviktig industri.
Norwegian Armed Forces | Forsvaret @forsvaret.bsky.social Offisiell konto for det norske forsvaret. Official account for the Norwegian Armed Forces
www.forsvaret.no
Laura Halminen @laurahuu.bsky.social You might know me from Twitter. I narrate things that are true. Non-fiction, journalism and such.
Michelle Wiese Bockmann @michellewb.bsky.social Michelle Wiese Bockmann, London-based maritime intelligence analyst & writer. Tanker tracker & subject matter expert in deceptive shipping practices, the 'dark fleet' & global trade with experience spanning 25 years across 3 continents. Views my own.
Forsvaret @forsvaret.dk Officiel Bluesky-profil til Forsvarskommandoen (Danish Defence Command). Alm. henvendelser: fko@mil.dk. Pressehenvendelser: fko-presse@mil.dk.
Air Force Freak @airforcefreak.bsky.social You may know me from the other site. Following mil movements, news.
Oleg Shakirov @shakirov2036.bsky.social I study Russian foreign policy, cyber security, arms control
@garygnutter.bsky.social @garygnutter.bsky.social Farmer, working on IT.
Pekka Lund @pekka.bsky.social Antiquated analog chatbot. Stochastic parrot of a different species. Not much of a self-model. Occasionally simulating the appearance of philosophical thought. Keeps on branching for now 'cause there's no choice.
Also @pekka on T2 / Pebble.