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Sarah Kirchberger
@sarahkirchberger.bsky.social
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Director, Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (@ispk.bsky.social) | Vice President, German Maritime Institute (DMI) | Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council | ex-naval analyst @TKMS & ex-Sinology professor @Uni Hamburg.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · Jun 2
🧵 Am updating once more my PLA Navy type & age structure graphs. Been doing these occasionally since ca. 2010 as they help me keep a grip on #PLAN fleet development; perhaps others find them useful too.

Starting this new round with the aircraft carriers. Let me know in case of typos/mistakes pls!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19m
Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Droxford Maritime @jjdroxford.bsky.social · 15m
🔺OOA activity - Breaking

Russian Navy Northern Fleet Pr.1155 Udaloy class BPK-626 "Vice Admiral Kulakov" VISID departed the Baltic Sea, 15 October 2025.

Image courtesy of Nikolaj Jepsen/Under Broen
Courtesy of Image: Nikolaj Jepsen/Under Broen
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ChinaObservers @chinaobservers.eu · 37m
1/ 🚨 China's new #RareEarth export controls are hitting Europe’s rearmament plans hard - but they open a strategic window. 👉Read our new article by Niklas Hintermayer & Antonia Hmaidi originally published as a part of @merics.bsky.social rare-earth series 👉 chinaobservers.eu/chinas-rare-... #China
China’s Rare-Earths Export Controls Hit EU Rearmament – but Open a Strategic Window – chinaobservers
This article was originally published by MERICS as part of its series on China’s rare-earths export controls and is republished here with the permission of the
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H I Sutton @covertshores.bsky.social · 1h
Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine

It’s not just the tale of one unfortunate submarine, it’s a growing hole in capacity and capability www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine - Naval News
The Russian submarine Novorossiysk, an Improved Kilo-class vessel, has been forced to limp home to the Baltic after a mechanical failure in the Mediterranean. While some reports exaggerated its plight...
www.navalnews.com
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Institut für Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Kiel @ispk.bsky.social · 13h
⚓️ Unser Leiter Maritime Strategie & Sicherheit Johannes Peters ordnete für den Merkur die etwas aufgeregte Berichterstattung um ein russisches KILO-U-Boot ein, das vor der Küste Frankreichs gesichtet wurde.
Russische U-Boote im Mittelmeer: „Daran ist nichts provokant – das ist gängige Praxis“
Welche Aufgabe verfolgte das russische U-Boot, das im Mittelmeer und in der Nordsee gesehen und schließlich eskortiert wurde? Ein Experte klärt auf.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1h
Wow 😲 Shahed VS interceptor drone
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 1h
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vesselspotter.bsky.social @vesselspotter.bsky.social · 1h
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Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine - Naval News
The Russian submarine Novorossiysk, an Improved Kilo-class vessel, has been forced to limp home to the Baltic after a mechanical failure in the Mediterranean. While some reports exaggerated its plight...
www.navalnews.com
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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 1d
Four years ago I wrote a long text on the Swedish A26 Blekinge-class that ended with the phrase:

"The A26 is great, but that doesn’t mean it’s a great choice for Sweden."
Sunken Costs and Good Enough – the A26 Blekinge-class
Let me start by being absolutely clear: everything points to that the A26 Blekinge-class submarine will be a stellar piece of engineering, highly adept at its mission, and by quite a margin the sub…
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 2h
A 🇷🇺KILO submarine previously seen off France is now in the Baltic Sea.

www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/n...

www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/13/r...

Posting on X: x.com/flygvapnet/s...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h
Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.
News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 5h
Print edition, not website. ZEIT print and online are different.
It’s not a poll. It’s a picture. A satirical one. She painted it herself.
The Series is called Graphs of Truth (“Torten der Wahrheit”).
Some of her earlier graphs hsve also been published in book form:
www.amazon.de/Torten-Wahrh...
Torten der Wahrheit: Die Welt ist kompliziert genug! : Berlin, Katja: Amazon.de: Bücher
Torten der Wahrheit: Die Welt ist kompliziert genug! | Berlin, Katja | ISBN: 9783868838527 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 5h
It’s by Katja Berlin (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katja_B...) in the weekly Die Zeit (zeit.de) — print version, as stated in the post. Unclear which issue, but recently. Probably last or last but one issue.
Katja Berlin – Wikipedia
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Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 14h
Sweden to (re)establish emergency grain storage in the north of the country. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
Spannmålslager på gång i norra Sverige: ”Ska kunna sätta mat på bordet”
De första beredskapslagren för spannmål ska etableras i norra Sverige. Regeringen menar att området är militärstrategiskt viktigt och särskilt prioriterat för totalförsvaret. – Befolkningen ska kunna ...
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David @puca.bsky.social · 15h
How many NOTAMs would you like?
"да!"
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 16h
Further premeditated, lawless killing in the Caribbean.

Making at least five such US strikes.

Against unidentified "narcoterrorists" affiliated w/ an unspecified "designated terrorist organization" allegedly trafficking unspecified narcotics.

POTUS is asserting a license to kill outside the law.
Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!
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The Insider @theins.press · 16h
North Korea sends 100 IT specialists to China for first time since pandemic, some tasked with cryptocurrency theft, Daily NK reports

An earlier report revealed that North Korean hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in cryptocurrency so far in 2025.
North Korea sends 100 IT specialists to China for first time since pandemic, some tasked with cryptocurrency theft, Daily NK reports
North Korea has sent approximately 100 IT specialists to the Chinese border city of Dandong, marking the first such deployment since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Seoul-ba...
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Intel Night OWL 🦉🇺🇸 @intelnightowl.bsky.social · 16h
#NorthKorea sends 100 #IT specialists to #China for first time since #pandemic, some tasked with #cryptocurrency theft, Daily NK reports

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North Korea sends 100 IT specialists to China for first time since pandemic, some tasked with cryptocurrency theft, Daily NK reports
North Korea has sent approximately 100 IT specialists to the Chinese border city of Dandong, marking the first such deployment since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the Seoul-ba...
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Hope For Ukraine @hfu.org · 16h
Total blackout in Kyiv right. Russians targeting energy grid of capital city. Millions in the city affected #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Ukraine
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 18h
They have indeed very much improved readiness.Lots of new ships and submarines are furthermore in the making.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 19h
The German Navy currently has 6 submarines, 11 frigates, 5 corvettes, 12 mine countermeasure ships, 11 replenishment ships, 2 ocean-going tugs and 3 electronic surveillance ships in service, plus a few smaller units of various types, and of course an unnamed no. of lifeboats, RHIBs, etc.
List of active German Navy ships - Wikipedia
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 20h
Bloomberg: EU considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over tech to European companies if they want to operate locally. as part of a legislative proposal called the Industrial Accelerator Act - expected in November
EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments
The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally, in an aggressive new push to make the bloc’s industry more competitive.
www.bloomberg.com
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 20h
🇺🇸👀🇺🇦 US Permanent Representative to NATO announced that Washington will make an important announcement tomorrow regarding arms supplies to Ukraine.
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 20h
“According to the 🇩🇪 German Navy, the flagship of the fleet is the frigate F219 Sachsen. Also corvettes, supply ships, and a submarine are taking part in the drills.

The training is part of the country's annual Maritime Firing Exercise. It is taking place in the period October 13-24, 2025.”
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 20h
The German Navy starts its largest naval firing exercise in decades off the coast of Andøya, Norwegian Sea
Ten German naval ships engage in missile firing at Norwegian Arctic test range
The German Navy starts its largest naval firing exercise in decades biggest off the coast of Andøya, Norwegian Sea.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 22h
Die Säule würde wahrscheinlich den Rahmen sprengen!
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Pakko @pagr-berlin.bsky.social · 1d
Das BBK hat seine Notfallbroschüre aktualisiert. Neben mehr Grafikanteil klingt auch Krieg ein zwei mal vorsichtig an. Und: das Heft ist nicht mehr Orange.
Ratgeber: Vorsorgen für Krisen und Katastrophen
Der neue Ratgeber Vorsorgen für Krisen und Katastrophen fasst Vorbereitungs- und Handlungsempfehlungen für verschiedene Notsituationen zusammen. Checklisten unterstützen Sie bei der Umsetzung.
www.bbk.bund.de
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