Defence Photography

Good morning. #DefencePhotography

"Oft expectation fails and most oft there Where most it promises, and oft it hits Where hope is coldest and despair most fits" #ShakespeareSunday

Armies are the ultimate decision makers on the battlefield. #DefencePhotography

It would be great to see @HMSLedbury back on the Tyne. #DefencePhotography

AJAX: they're coming, great news for soldiers and GD workers. #DefencePhotography #Ajax @gduknews

@larisamlbrown Like this #WarGaming scenario

British military officers have been dispatched to the US to help plan how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, defence officials disclosed, after the price of oil soared as Iran warned it would strike energy infrastructure across the Gulf thetimes.com/article/d22107…

Western navies have been #WarGaming Strait of #Hormuz scenarios for decades. Here's one computer simulation training scenario. Considerable corporate memory has no doubt been built. #ITEC2026 #DSET #DSET2026

The Royal Navy has decades of #wargaming simulation experience, as here with the Strait of #Hormuz. #DefencePhotography #EpicFury #DSET #DSET2026 @DSET_EVENT

US navy landing craft in Bahrain - the US has formidable naval infrastructure in the area (pic taken some years ago) #DefencePhotography #EpicFury

@SapperGeologist 👍

@DefencePhoto In short, some is the same, i.e. ophiolites (ancient seabed mixed with igneous rocks) , but the Zagros mountains (!) are largely recent sedimentary sequences. In terms of an operating environment, it's incredibly complex. #x=57.2754&y=26.1129&z=7.3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">macrostrat.org/map/#x=57.2754… - good interactive #geology map

The Straits of Hormuz - the Omani side. That's quite some beach. Is the geology the same on the other side? #Hormuz #DefencePhotography

Back on #Ajax #DefencePhotography

Iranian Sadaf 02 moored contact horn mine #DefencePhotography #Iran #MineWarfare #EpicFury

On the up #DefencePhotography

Not so sure the Brits are still a player? #DefencePhotography #MineWarfare #EpicFury

Return to sender #DefencePhotography #Iran #MineWarfare

Pic from IDEX Abu Dhabi. #DefencePhotography

Cream rises to the top #DefencePhotography @zacstenn

Typhoon simulator #Qatar

Missing this, even when it was wet #DefencePhotography