LargeSlowTarget
@largeslowtarget.bsky.social
Former deck-boy, merchant seaman
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🔎🇺🇸Pushing South: USS Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Moves Deeper into Caribbean Basin
OSINT Confirmed (Dec 12): CSG 12 (CVN-78) has shifted her operating area significantly southward.
OSINT Confirmed (Dec 12): CSG 12 (CVN-78) has shifted her operating area significantly southward.
December 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🔎🇺🇸Pushing South: USS Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Moves Deeper into Caribbean Basin
OSINT Confirmed (Dec 12): CSG 12 (CVN-78) has shifted her operating area significantly southward.
OSINT Confirmed (Dec 12): CSG 12 (CVN-78) has shifted her operating area significantly southward.
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USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier leaving Pearl Harbor - December 1, 2025 SRC: webcam
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier leaving Pearl Harbor - December 1, 2025 SRC: webcam
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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#OTD in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Like all Navy veterans, JFK was extremely proud of his service. He famously commanded PT 109 during WWII and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroics in the rescue of the crew. #JFKassassination
usni.org/magazines/n...
usni.org/magazines/n...
‘One of Those Days That We’ll Absolutely Never Forget’ | Naval History Magazine - December 2023, Volume 37, Number 6
On 16 November 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited the test ship USS Observation Island to watch the USS Andrew Jackson conduct a submerged firing of a Polaris A-2 missile. Six days later, he was assassinated.
www.usni.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#OTD in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Like all Navy veterans, JFK was extremely proud of his service. He famously commanded PT 109 during WWII and was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his heroics in the rescue of the crew. #JFKassassination
usni.org/magazines/n...
usni.org/magazines/n...
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Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
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Ukrainian purpose-built Interceptor drones
Am I missing any key/obvious ones?
Octopus
Tytan
Odin Win_hit
Sting-2
Bagnet
Merops
P1 Sun
VB140 Flamingo
Am I missing any key/obvious ones?
Octopus
Tytan
Odin Win_hit
Sting-2
Bagnet
Merops
P1 Sun
VB140 Flamingo
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Ukrainian purpose-built Interceptor drones
Am I missing any key/obvious ones?
Octopus
Tytan
Odin Win_hit
Sting-2
Bagnet
Merops
P1 Sun
VB140 Flamingo
Am I missing any key/obvious ones?
Octopus
Tytan
Odin Win_hit
Sting-2
Bagnet
Merops
P1 Sun
VB140 Flamingo
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"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
'...as [the ISS] nears the end of its life, the space race is changing again and likely with it the end of the internationalist space era'.
#ISS
#ISS
How Cold War foes became close colleagues — until toilets got in the way
It was November 20, 1998, and a rocket wasn't an unusual sight in this remote part of Kazakhstan. But today's cargo was a piece of history that would have seemed impossible just years before.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"The ISS really symbolised a period where the peaceful uses of outer space were being emphasised," Gorman says. "Without it the symbolic terrain becomes very different."
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HMS Prince of Wales (R09) Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier coming into Gibraltar - November 23, 2025 SRC: various - see photos for source
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
HMS Prince of Wales (R09) Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier coming into Gibraltar - November 23, 2025 SRC: various - see photos for source
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New cutaway, Australian Collins class submarine. Drawn in MS Paint. Here-> www.hisutton.com/Collins-Clas...
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New cutaway, Australian Collins class submarine. Drawn in MS Paint. Here-> www.hisutton.com/Collins-Clas...
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Seems topical. Russian spy ship Yantar - info www.hisutton.com/Yantar.html
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Seems topical. Russian spy ship Yantar - info www.hisutton.com/Yantar.html
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Star Wars (1977)
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Star Wars (1977)
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I woke the same
As any other day except a voice was in my head
It said, "Seize the day
Pull the trigger, drop the blade
and watch the rolling heads"
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich, yeah
As any other day except a voice was in my head
It said, "Seize the day
Pull the trigger, drop the blade
and watch the rolling heads"
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I woke the same
As any other day except a voice was in my head
It said, "Seize the day
Pull the trigger, drop the blade
and watch the rolling heads"
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich, yeah
As any other day except a voice was in my head
It said, "Seize the day
Pull the trigger, drop the blade
and watch the rolling heads"
The day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich, yeah
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I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Trump Pact is Afghanistan All Over Again, But With Much Worse Outcomes. The Big Five, 23 November edition
My regular update on war and strategic competition, with a focus on Trump and Putin's 28-point capitulation document imposed on Ukraine, as well as my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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"Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jappi qaff
Lapti nek, kiv ba ha top wep jex pi va bep
Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jeppi qaff
Wow!"
Lapti nek, kiv ba ha top wep jex pi va bep
Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jeppi qaff
Wow!"
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jappi qaff
Lapti nek, kiv ba ha top wep jex pi va bep
Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jeppi qaff
Wow!"
Lapti nek, kiv ba ha top wep jex pi va bep
Lapti nek, rat a ran wim joct co jeppi qaff
Wow!"
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Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.
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"This weekend, on Nov. 2 the ISS celebrates 25 years of continuous human habitation in space."
I remember following the development and creation of the ISS throughout my teenage years. I was, and still am, amazed by such an ambitious international collaboration.
I remember following the development and creation of the ISS throughout my teenage years. I was, and still am, amazed by such an ambitious international collaboration.
Celebrate 25 Years of Nonstop Living in Space Aboard the International Space Station
The first residents of the international space station arrived Nov. 2, 2000. The station has been occupied nonstop since then.
www.syfy.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"This weekend, on Nov. 2 the ISS celebrates 25 years of continuous human habitation in space."
I remember following the development and creation of the ISS throughout my teenage years. I was, and still am, amazed by such an ambitious international collaboration.
I remember following the development and creation of the ISS throughout my teenage years. I was, and still am, amazed by such an ambitious international collaboration.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Leaves Mediterranean Bound for U.S. Southern Command - USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/11/04/u...
news.usni.org/2025/11/04/u...
USS Gerald R. Ford Leaves Mediterranean Bound for U.S. Southern Command - USNI News
Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) sailed west through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, according to ship spotters and confirmed by a defense official. Gerald R. F...
news.usni.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
USS Gerald R. Ford Leaves Mediterranean Bound for U.S. Southern Command - USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/11/04/u...
news.usni.org/2025/11/04/u...
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Russian Navy Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Stoikiy (545) northbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark escorted by Royal Danish Navy Diana-class patrol vessel HDMS Diana (P520) - November 3, 2025 SRC: FB-Under Broen
November 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Russian Navy Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Stoikiy (545) northbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark escorted by Royal Danish Navy Diana-class patrol vessel HDMS Diana (P520) - November 3, 2025 SRC: FB-Under Broen
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Quick guide to Tomahawk cruise missile variants
TLAM - land attack
TSAM - anti-ship
GLCM - ground launched
TACTOM - improved “tactical” version
TACO - version talked about but never delivered to Ukraine
TLAM - land attack
TSAM - anti-ship
GLCM - ground launched
TACTOM - improved “tactical” version
TACO - version talked about but never delivered to Ukraine
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Quick guide to Tomahawk cruise missile variants
TLAM - land attack
TSAM - anti-ship
GLCM - ground launched
TACTOM - improved “tactical” version
TACO - version talked about but never delivered to Ukraine
TLAM - land attack
TSAM - anti-ship
GLCM - ground launched
TACTOM - improved “tactical” version
TACO - version talked about but never delivered to Ukraine
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Of great interest
🤡🥴Putin said that Russia yesterday tested a new Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle with a nuclear power plant.
"The Poseidon's power significantly exceeds that of our most advanced intercontinental missile, the Sarmat; there's nothing like it anywhere else."
"The Poseidon's power significantly exceeds that of our most advanced intercontinental missile, the Sarmat; there's nothing like it anywhere else."
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Of great interest
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The USS Gerald R. Ford continues its transit toward the Caribbean. The carrier is now sailing in the Ionian Sea. Interestingly, its route has been constantly “monitored” by P-8A aircraft from Sigonella — a practice rarely seen with such consistency before this deployment
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The USS Gerald R. Ford continues its transit toward the Caribbean. The carrier is now sailing in the Ionian Sea. Interestingly, its route has been constantly “monitored” by P-8A aircraft from Sigonella — a practice rarely seen with such consistency before this deployment