Activity in The High North

[william]

Sub hunting?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2089655685411688946

 

[william]

Somebody's subs are lurking where they shouldn't be. IMO

https://twitter.com/x/status/2089711267401396709

 

[william]

New photos from the Danish Straits appear to show that PORTOVYY was not travelling alone. Russian frigate ADMIRAL FLOTA KASATONOV (461) and a submarine were photographed during the same transit through the Great Belt. That makes the intensive RAF P-8A and German surveillance activity in the Skagerrak earlier today considerably easier to explain - the aircraft were very likely monitoring the Russian naval transit.

RAF P-8A and German military aircraft GNY4511 are only now heading home after spending hours operating over the waters between Denmark and Norway.

https://x.com/CoffeReport/status/2089711267401396709

 

[william]

Russia launched a YARS ICBM from a mobile launcher in a "remote area" of Pletesk to Kura to test the "tactical and technical characteristics and flight performance."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2093378812251623468

Russian Military Conducts Mobile ICBM Test - The Moscow Times

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday that it conducted a successful combat training launch of a mobile, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region.

www.themoscowtimes.com

Russia successfully tests intercontinental ballistic missile - Daily Times

Russia says it successfully tested a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile from Plesetsk toward the Kura test site in Kamchatka.

dailytimes.com.pk

 

[william]

US forces deployed land-based Tomahawk cruise missile launchers to Trondheim, Norway, last week as part of Operation Atlantic City 26. Additional NSM launchers were deployed to the strategic Jan Mayen Island.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2095202389141922266

https://twitter.com/x/status/2095164975312429174

• US deployment in Norway: Land-based Tomahawk launchers arrived in Trondheim via C-17 airlift as part of Operation Atlantic City 26, a Norwegian-led trilateral exercise with the UK and US running August 26 to September 4, focused on expeditionary bases, precision fires, and sea denial in the High North.
• Jan Mayen reinforcements: Additional NSM launchers and RAF-delivered Strikemaster mobile anti-ship systems were positioned on the remote volcanic island north of the GIUK gap, enabling rapid integration into a joint NATO kill web for maritime domain awareness.
• Strategic reach shown: The post's map depicts Tomahawk and NSM coverage from these sites encompassing Russian naval bases at Severomorsk and Severodvinsk, air bases, and extending to Moscow, highlighting enhanced NATO strike options against Arctic threats. Grok