French Rafale Shoots Unknown Drone Over Latvia
A France Rafale of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission shot down an unknown drone which entered Latvian airspace from Russia.
Story: theaviationist.com/2026/06/08/f...
Famous Swedish alone-sailor Sven Yrvind swears by the philosophy "less mass, less violence and higher chance of surviving"
He has crossed all world oceans in boats barely larger than a tub and prefers bobbing about over the waves without control then under the breaker with 'control'. Paraphrased.
"Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell flew people with tetrahedral cellular kites?" sounds fake.
A week ago I posted H I Suttons call to naval drone arms and a common comment was "they will never survive North Atlantic"
Today I stumbled upon Saildrone who has published a bunch of videos from inside North Atlantic storms.
youtu.be/79XDFP-sIiw
Aficionados of international maritime law should read the statement, an interesting choice of words.
@EU_Commission and @kajakallas would be wise to expand on the phrase "freedom of navigation sanctions" as it might have rather large consequences.
I don’t think this is getting the attention it deserves.
This is quite significant.
HMS Prince of Wales about to depart from its maintenance stopover in Norway in yesterday's radar images.
Less happy with the compositing on this one but will keep iterating. The Queen Elizabeth carriers really are excellent subjects for radar imaging with their large size and distinctive features.