Naval and Defense News

Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Sun Jan 25, 2026 7:27 pm

Pic by DefenceGeek. Scenario material.

INSS

Strategic Assessment: Scenarios for US Intervention in the Unrest in Iran and Possible Iranian Responses

https://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uplo ... .-2086.pdf

US CENTCOM

Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) perform routine maintenance as the aircraft carrier sails in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 26. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the Middle East to promote regional security and stability.

Star Wars vibes.

L3Harris Delivers Multi-Intelligence Aircraft to US Air Force

https://www.l3harris.com/newsroom/press ... -air-force

TWZ piece, RAAF AC is already in the db.

https://www.twz.com/air/australia-just- ... ul-weapons

ParachuteProne · Post by **ParachuteProne** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:46 pm

What do we know (If anything) about the rumored "Sonic weapons" used in Venezuela ?
I find the idea more frightening than nuclear weapons if they have a fairly large radius of effect.

thewood1 · Post by **thewood1** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:50 pm

While any new tech brings some uneasiness about deployment, saying its more unsettling than nukes seems a little hyperbolic. A potential non-lethal disabling weapon vs a weapon that can kill thousands and render square miles uninhabitable seems a little crazy.

ParachuteProne · Post by **ParachuteProne** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:53 pm

Because non-lethal can be used on any group for any reason.
Just my opinion.

Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:01 pm

LRAD?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-rang ... device#Use

ParachuteProne · Post by **ParachuteProne** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:48 pm

Possibly LRAD, but it sounds like it was effective over a wider area.
I've seen reports (Just reports), of it taking down air defenses as well. Perhaps just the people manning them ?
From a game perspective, a weapon like this would end a ground battle before it started if it had a wide enough effective radius.
Guess we will have to wait and see if it is used again or more info comes out.

thewood1 · Post by **thewood1** » Tue Jan 27, 2026 5:42 pm

ParachuteProne wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:53 pm Because non-lethal can be used on any group for any reason.
Just my opinion.

Again, its different. Ask any sane person if they would rather be shot with a bullet of taken down temporarily by this device. Wide area or not.

btw, a MG or cannon has the same indiscriminate capability. And they are permanent.

DWReese · Post by **DWReese** » Sun Feb 22, 2026 5:21 pm

https://www.twz.com/air/f-16s-heading-t ... rfare-pods

Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Wed Mar 18, 2026 4:23 pm

Kimon Class by D-Mitch.

https://www.navalanalyses.com/2026/03/t ... l.html?m=1

P-8A by Air Superior

https://x.com/airsuperiorx/status/20344 ... 97/photo/1

Suttons's Guide To Iran's Naval Mines.

https://www.hisutton.com/Iranian-Naval-Mines.html

Blast33 · Post by **Blast33** » Fri Mar 27, 2026 12:59 pm

Photo taken from a visit to a French FREMM frigate who is protecting the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, SE of Cyprus.
A nice comparison to your CMO screen

https://x.com/le20hfrancetele/status/20 ... 23621?s=20

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Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Tue Mar 31, 2026 8:51 am

U.S. Navy Commissions Submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN 798)

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... s-ssn-798/

Old Submariner

The new breakdown of America's Silent Service as Block IV Virginia-class submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) joins the fleet.

Original video by Daniel Ferro.

US Navy Ohio-class SSGN conducts personnel transfer in the Bay of Gibraltar escorted by HMS Cutlass.

https://x.com/NavyLookout/status/2038958843963510938

Cutaway by H I Sutton.

AirAssets video

USS George H W Bush CVN-77 departed Naval Station Norfolk for deployment and will catch up with the rest of the strike group offshore. Rumor has it they will not be going to Middle East.

https://x.com/AirAssets/status/2038991934778167788

Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:31 am

Japan's sale of 11 upgraded Mogami-class frigates to Australia marks a major milestone in Japan becoming an arms exporting nation.
An English language promo video created by the Japanese government compared the frigates' tech to stealthy samurai.

https://x.com/mrjeffu/status/2045399847361196149

Blast33 · Post by **Blast33** » Mon May 25, 2026 7:38 pm

Chinese large military ekranoplan (wing in ground effect) aircraft seen, best public photo yet.

Note the weapons pylon mounts under wings and Starlink-style antenna above cockpit.
https://bsky.app/profile/covertshores.b ... ljdeltk22s

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Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Fri May 29, 2026 10:50 am

Strike by Ukrainian FP-1/2 kamikaze drone to the russian Russian Frigate "Admiral Essen" of project 11356 at the Naval Base "Novorossiysk", 23.05.2026

https://x.com/GloOouD/status/2060244627584663825

Blast33 · Post by **Blast33** » Sat May 30, 2026 7:06 am

It's not the Admiral Essen, just an old Krivak I and the drone hits the ground it appears..

Nikel · Post by **Nikel** » Wed Jun 17, 2026 12:43 pm

Fabian Hinz.

Just published my new OSINT investigation into Russia's secretive Zircon missile whose combat use has risen sharply in 2026.

Available evidence suggests that Zircon is not a hypersonic cruise missile but rather a quasi-ballistic system.

https://luftlage.substack.com/p/not-quite-a-diamond

Sutton.