About maritime security
6 Oct 2022 - UK: ‘Uninvestable’ UK Market Lost £300 Billion in Truss’s First Month
6 Oct 2022 - UK: Liz Truss refuses to rule out raising retirement age for millions
6 Oct 2022 - UK: Liz Truss: Ending European reliance on Russian energy...
and tackling the criminal gangs that traffic people across Europe are priorities that President @EmmanuelMacron and I share.
Good to agree closer cooperation on these areas with our French friends today.
6 Oct 2022 - RU: Russian Navy Project 636.3 Improved Kilo-class attack submarine Novorossiysk (B-261) southbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark
6 Oct 2022 - UK: #RAF Lossiemouth #North Sea, #NoCALLSIGN #43C91E RAF Poseidon MRA1
6 Oct 2022 - USA/FRA: Readout of U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Meeting with Chief of the French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier
Today, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with Chief of the French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier in Venice, Italy, at the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium.
The two leaders discussed maritime security, the significance of operating interchangeably, and the value of the U.S.-French bilateral relationship and NATO alliance.
Gilday and Vandier both participated in the same speaking panel at the symposium, “From Naval Power to Maritime Power: Integrating Efforts in a Whole-Nation Multidimensional Approach,” which focused on the importance of a rules-based international maritime system.
Gilday and Vandier last met in June 2022, when Gilday hosted him for a formal visit in Washington, D.C..
[Was this the "WARING" that the USA shared with its allies?]
6 Oct 2022 - FRA: Chef d'état-major des armées (@CEMA_FR):
On land, at sea, in the sky, the contribution of the French armed forces to the security of the Euro-Atlantic area integrates the complementarity between the EU and @NATO . #Crédibilité and #cohérence of the commitment 🇫🇷 to its allies and partners. #solidarité strategic
6 Oct 2022 - USA/FRA/ITA/UK: Readout of U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Meeting with Heads of Navy from France, Italy, and U.K.
Today, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with Chief of the French Navy Adm. Pierre Vandier; Chief of Italian Navy Adm. Enrico Credendino; and Royal Navy First Sea Lord Adm. Ben Key aboard the Italian navy training ship ITS Amerigo Vespucci.
Much of the discussion focused on maritime security challenges and the need for increased interoperability.
6 Oct 2022 - USA/SPA: A further demonstration of the strength of our military collaboration:
delegations from @Armada_esp and @USNavy recently met in Naples to discuss key strategic engagement opportunities for 2023 @USNavyEurope
6 Oct 2022 - USA/PL: Readout of U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday Meeting with Inspector of the Polish Navy Rear Adm. Jarosław Ziemianski
Today, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday met with Inspector of the Polish Navy Rear Adm. Jarosław Ziemianski in Venice, Italy, at the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium.
The two leaders discussed defense and maritime security, interoperability, and their shared commitment to the security of NATO. They talked about ballistic missile defense and today’s current threats and challenges.
Gilday reaffirmed the U.S. Navy’s commitment to trans-regional unity and to sustaining strong relationships with our Allies and partners.
At the Energy Day conference, organized by @AmChamPoland and @globalcompact, Ambassador @USAmbPoland recalled that the U.S. government wants to support Poland in its energy transformation by offering the development of clean, reliable and safe nuclear energy.
6 Oct 2022 - USA/LAT: U.S. Embassy Riga, @USEmbassyRiga:
The @USArmy Deputy Chief of Staff LTG Laura Potter hosted Latvian Ministry of Defense State Secretary Janis Garisons and @AizsardzibasMin staff at the Pentagon to discuss 🇺🇸🇱🇻 security cooperation. #StrongerTogether
6 Oct 2022 - USA/CRO: Ambassador Nathalie Rayes, @USAmbCroatia:
Productive meeting @Ured_PRH with Dragan Lozančić and our visiting Congressional Delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman @RepAdamSmith. The United States appreciates #Croatia’s role as a substantive contributor to regional stability and international security.
Excellent initiative by @EUinUK to bring all EU Defence Attaché’s and Political Counsellors together to discuss various security and defence issues. @NLinUK, @Defensie
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with UK Minister for the Americas Jesse Norman
6 Oct 2022 - NATO/DE/NO/NED: With the mine countermeasure groups #SNMG1 and #SNMG2
provide a continuous maritime capability to execute NATO missions. We #DeterandDefend we are #StrongerTogether 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 🇳🇱
6 Oct 2022 - USA: U.S. Fleet Forces Deputy Commander Visits Kings Bay
Vice Adm. Jim Kilby, commander of Task Force 80 (TF-80) and Deputy Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces, visited Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, Oct. 6.
During his tour of the base, he visited the Trident Training Facility where officers and enlisted Sailors are trained in the knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain the Trident submarine and its associated systems.
6 Oct 2022 - USA/GRE: SOUDA BAY, Crete - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) – along with the embarked staff of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG) - arrived in Souda Bay, Crete, for a scheduled port visit Oct
6 Oct 2022 - USA: USS California (SSN 781) Virginia-class Block II nuclear attack submarine coming into Faslane, Scotland
6 Oct 2022 - USA/UK/+38: CMF Hosts Maritime Security Conference in Bahrain
Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) hosted senior military leaders from 38 nations during a four-day maritime security conference in Bahrain, Oct. 3-6.
Leaders from 40 navies and coast guards attended the annual maritime security conference, hosted by the world’s largest naval partnership, to discuss future partnership opportunities and initiatives.
“Gathering this number of senior officers together from different nations really demonstrates the international cooperation that lies at the heart of CMF,” said United Kingdom Royal Navy Cmdr. Martin Heaney, lead planner for the conference. “Real progress has been made. Our multi-national headquarters team have worked really hard on this.”
CMF’s member-nations are united in upholding international rules-based order to protect the free flow of commerce, ensure regional maritime security and deter illicit activity by non-state actors.
6 Oct 2022 - SWE: Swedish authorities announced on October 6 they had conducted an underwater inspection of the site and collected "pieces of evidence"
Meanwhile, Danish police on Tuesday said they had completed several inspections of the leaks in the Danish zone, together with the intelligence service PET.
Another probable cause, according to a British military source, is that the Russians special ops may have discreetly laid mines from a disguised commercial vessel and detonated them days or weeks later.
6 Oct 2022 - SWE: The support at the gas line ended.
On October 6, the Armed Forces' support to the Coast Guard at the gas pipeline was suspended. This when the on-site investigation was deemed complete by the authorities that led it and the request for support was thereby withdrawn. The SWE HSwMS Belos returns to other activities.
6 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Sweden’s Security Service reports significant damages to Nord Stream pipelines
"The investigation into the Nord Stream events is being conducted by the Swedish Security Service and is headed by a National Security Unit prosecutor. As the crime scene investigation has been completed, the prosecutor has lifted the cordons around the area," the Security Service added.
6 Oct 2022 - USA: Remarks by President Biden at Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Reception
7:32 P.M. EDT
...There’s a lot at stake in American foreign policy as well, where I spend most of my time and my — my career, I should say.
And we have some real difficult decisions to make, relative to what’s going on in Ukraine, and we’re going to continue to support them. But first time since the Cuban Missile Crisis, we have a direct threat of the use of the nuclear weapon if, in fact, things continue down the path they’ve been going. That’s — that’s a different deal. That’s a different deal.
[MRT: There was a threat that Russia could nuke the UK in retaliation]
And, you know, we’re trying to figure out: What — what is Putin’s off-ramp? Where — where does he get off? Where does he find a way out? Where does he find himself in a position that he does not not only lose face, but lose significant power within Russia?
[MRT: The Nordstream affair + the hit on the Crimean Bridge was supposed to provoke Russia into lashing out of the localized conflict in Ukraine where legally Russia uses some kind of "right to protect minorities" legal article. Would Putin not react he could be considered too weak from Kremlin Hawks. The retaliation to the Nordstream attack and the bridge was a localized direct destruction of Ukrainian energy distribution nods. There were minimal civilian casualties.]
So I guess what I’m saying is that we have to keep the Senate because two years of — of chaos is going to create a lot of changes around the world as well. I’ve spent the bulk of my time — not a joke; and I don’t think any of you would think it’s an exaggeration — I’ve spent a couple hundred hours so far just trying to hold NATO together so we’re all in the same spot.
[MRT: Truss may have fractured severely NATO cohesion and trust between allies. The USA withdrawing Kearsarge from the Baltic Sea shows the USA preferred own security over that of its allies. It stood aside to protect Trans-Atlantic alliance, trying to de-escalate the geo-political tension.]
Everybody is united in Europe, relative to what we do in Ukraine and relative to Russia.
[MRT: This is confirmed by the Prague summit where it is un/officially agreed that the Nordstrea affair will be swept aside and Europeans will try to live without Russian energy.]
We find ourselves in positions that we’ve been able to get significant support from the Quad — from Australia, India, and Japan — relative to China and the South China Sea.
[MRT: The Nordstream affair had also Pacific/Asian play.]
There’s a lot of changes going on — a whole lot that I’d like to talk about with you if you want to talk about them in the question-and-answer period.
But the bottom line is this: If you take a look at what’s happened, we have over — I know no one thought we could get any of this done. But from the very beginning, I introduced legislation relating to the — the infrastructure of this country. We used to be, in the United States — have the best infrastructure in the world. Now we rank in the low 20s in terms of the quality of our infrastructure.
We’re in a situation where — you know, you all are successful, most of you, business people. If you’re going to invest where you can get your product to market, where you have ports that you can function out of, where you have highways and bridges that function.
And so, you know, we used to be — for example, in terms of investment of research and development, we used to be number two in the world. Now we’re number nine. China used to be number eight. Now they’re number two.
We’re finally investing in research and development, which is generating an awful lot of ingenuity. Things are happening in a big way. For example, I was just upstate. We — you all know what’s going on in terms of semiconductors. And, you know, we’re in a position now where there’s investments that are occurring that are going to exceed probably $3- to $400 billion over the next five years, employing an awful lot of people, putting us in position, once again, to lead the world.
We invented the computer chip. We invented it here in the United States. We used to have — just 30 years ago, we had 40 percent of the market. Now we have virtually no percent of the market, and we’re in a situation where we, in fact, don’t have the ability, up to now, to deal with so- — very sophisticated computer chips.
We did all that technology. Well, it’s about time we take it back, and we’re doing that now. As I said, we’re talking about investments that are consequential but generating an awful lot of investment off the sidelines from all of you people around the wo- — the United States.
And the thing is we- — in Upstate New York, in Poughkeepsie and — and up in Syracuse. And you’re — you know, there going to be billions of dollars invested.
And here’s the deal: It’s all made in America. It’s made in America. It’s about time we control the — the idea of access, instead of we have pandemic and you find out you can’t — there — they stopped production in Lat- — excuse me, in the Far East or in the Pacific. And guess what? We don’t have —
One of the reasons why inflation was so high last year was the lack of semiconductors to build automobiles. That was one of — 30 percent of all the inflation that occurred.
And so, there’s a whole lot that we have an opportunity to deal with. And I know — I’m got to short-circuit this in the interest of time for all of you. But the deal is that I’m more optimistic about America’s prospects. We’re better positioned than any na- — any major nation in the world to own the second quarter of the 21st century. And we re- — we really are.
Since I’ve become President, with the help a lot of you, we’ve created 10 million new jobs — 10 million new jobs. We’ve created 685,000 manufacturing jobs.
Where is it written to say we can’t be the manufacturing capital of the world again? Where does it say that? I don’t know — I didn’t read that anywhere.
And I’m also encouraged because we talked about — see this handsome young man here, who’s going to be going to college next year? I’m encouraged because of his generation and those people between 30 years of age and his year. And I’m — I’m not joking. Because they’re the best-educated, the best-informed, the least prejudiced, and the most engaged administration [generation] in American history — I mean, generation.
So, we got a lot to look forward to — a whole hell of a lot to look forward to, but we got to focus on it. We’ve got to focus. We can’t walk away from the opportunity that exists.
And I will say very respectfully, we’re the only nation in the world, in my view, that has come out of cri- — every crisis we’ve faced, we’ve come out of it stronger than we went in — stronger than we went in. I know I get kidded about saying “build back better,” but I mean what I’m saying, that we have to build back better. We’re at a real inflection point in American history, in world history.
I mean, you know, so much has changed and not just because of any particular leader. It happens every four to six generations.
[MRT: The international monetary system is morphing into Multi Polar Multi Reserve Currency one with gold as the neutral reserve assey. #MPMRC_IMS]
If you’re Putin, you got eight time zones and the tundra is melting and methane is leaking and it’s four times as consequential. It’s not going to — the permafrost is not going to again freeze.
I mean, you know, you look around the world at all the things that are changing. And so, we have an opportunity not only to help ourselves but once again lead the world in a way that makes sense for the rest of the world.
You have most of Africa, over a billion people — you have people all over the world that need help and can generate economic growth. And we can be an engine to allow all that — all of that.
So I guess — I said I was not going to talk very long; I’ve already talked too long. But — but there’s a lot going on in terms — both domestically and in terms of foreign policy. And it’s a very —
Let me put it this way. Think about it: We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. We’ve got a guy I know fairly well; his name is Vladimir Putin. I spent a fair amount of time with him. He is not joking when he talks about the potential use of tactical and nuclear weapons, or biological or chemical weapons, because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming.
It’s part of Russian doctrine that they will not — they will not — if the motherland is threatened, they’ll use whatever force they need, including nuclear weapons.
I don’t think there’s any such thing as an ability to easily lose a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with Armageddon.
So there’s a lot at stake — a lot at stake. And we — I guess I’ll conclude by saying this. I knew — I spent most of my career dealing with criminal justice issues in the Supreme Court and foreign policy.
I was chairman of those committees as a senator for 360 years. (Laughter.) 36 years. I was Vice President for eight years, where the President asked me to be Vice President because he wanted me to deal with a lot of foreign policy pieces.
And now — and I — I didn’t realize how much — and you all travel the world and know the world. I didn’t realize how much serious damage the last administration did to our relationships around the world. The America First policies put us basically last.
I’ll end with a quote. I showed up at the first G7 meeting in England, in February after I was elected. And I’m sitting there with the NATO heads of state, sitting between Macron and the new Chancellor of Germany, Scholz. And I said, “America is back.” You know what the response was? “For how long?” Not a joke. “For how long?”
And then one said — and I will not say who it was — but one of those heads of state looked at me and said, “What would you say, Mr. President, if you went back to your hotel room and on the television here in Britain, there was showing — there was a showing that you had a group of armed people going down the halls of Parliament breaking down the doors to stop the succession of the parliamentary process and who would be the prime minister? What would you say about Great Britain? What would you say if the same thing happened in the Bundestag?”
Folks, don’t underestimate what the rest of the world is looking at and wondering about: Are we still the United States of America? Are we still that democracy that they look to?
And one of the things I realize — and I’ve been — as I said, I’ve known every major head of state in the last 30 years and dealt with them face to face. What I didn’t realize — and I knew America was critical, but I didn’t realize when you walk into a foreign leaders’ conference, and you’re the President of the United States — it’s not me; you’re President of the United States — they all look to you. Look to you. “How stable is your country? What are you going to do? What’s going to happen?” And there’s a great deal of doubt around the world right now, and there need not be.
We can turn this into an enormous asset, enormous prospects for the United States if we do the right thing. But we can’t do it if we lose control of the House and the Senate.
[MRT: Is he speaking about taking leadership role in Nordstream affair being the centerpiece of geo-politics? Coming out of the crisis on the top?]
And so what you’re doing here, particularly we’re talking about the Senate, is a big, big deal.
So I’m going to hand the microphone to — back over to the senator. And then I’ll — and then I’ll do whatever I’m told. (Laughter and applause.)
7:50 P.M. EDT
7 Oct 2022 - UK/USA: Ambassador Jane Hartley @USAmbUK: The UK is one of our greatest trading partners - worth over $273bn in goods and services.
Today, I joined @SecRaimondo as we met with 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧 business leaders to discuss how we can further strengthen our trade relationship.
7 Oct 2022 - UK/RU: Fears Russia has planted mines on UK’s internet and power cables after ‘Putin ordered gas pipeline attack’
A government told the Daily Mail the Danish probe is being carefully watched to see if it will point the finger at Russia and Vladimir
[MRT: Was there an attempt to blame Russia in a false flag operation?]
7 Oct 2022 - USA: "Now more than ever, it is increasingly important for the U.S. Navy...
... to reinforce our relationships with our allies & partners as we contribute to promote a peaceful, stable, & conflict-free Atlantic region." - Rear Adm. Greg Huffman, CSG 12 commander.
[MRT: Why the need of reinforcement? The Reinforcements prevents conflict in Atlantic region. The Reinforcement prevents escalation of the conflict from Ukrainian theatre.]
7 Oct 2022 - USA/UK: Office of the Counselor, Department of State: Great to reconnect
with @USAmbUK Ambassador Hartley. The depth and breadth of the work her team is doing with the UK demonstrates the indispensability of the U.S.–UK Special Relationship.
[MRT: The issue about USUK special relationship started from Truss visiting NY for the UN where the special relationship was paused to re-establishing its status after Nordstream blasts.]
7 Oct 2022 - USA/GER/FRA/UK: Readout of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl's Quad Meeting With France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl participated in a meeting hosted by French Ministry of the Armed Forces Director General for International Relations and Strategy Alice Guitton, joined by German Federal Ministry of Defense Director General for Security and Defense Policy Jasper Wieck and UK Ministry of Defence Director General Security Policy Paul Wyatt in Paris, France.The leaders previewed the forthcoming NATO Defense Ministerial, discussing a range of security challenges facing the Alliance. They underscored the importance of Alliance unity and reaffirmed unwavering support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.They also discussed developments related to mutual security interests, including in the Middle East, Africa, and Indo-Pacific region.Dr. Kahl, Ms. Guitton, Dr. Wieck, and Mr. Wyatt agreed to remain in touch on these important issues.
7 Oct 2022 - USA/ARCTIC: The Arctic is home to more than four million people, extensive natural resources, and unique ecosystems.
The new National Strategy for the Arctic Region articulates an affirmative U.S. agenda over the next ten years to realize a peaceful, stable, prosperous & cooperative Arctic.
7 Oct 2022 - FRA: French Navy Eridan-class minehunter FS Pegase (M644) coming into Plymouth, England
7 Oct 2022 - GER: German Navy Frankenthal-class minehunter FGS Homburg (M1069) coming into Plymouth
At the same time in another country,,,
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