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Anonymous ID: 576910 March 22, 2025, 5:26 p.m. No.22807031   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7038 >>7144 >>7175 >>7324 >>7356 >>7369

Call sign got my attention. NATN24. Spent some time out over the Gulf of America refueling something significantly important. Apparently.

 

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae066d

 

NATION any tanker unit in the NorthEast Tanker Task Force (NETTF-NH, ME, NJ, PA Air National Guard units) for an "Alert" tanker

https://henney.com/chm/callsign.htm

 

adarspotters Assistant

@Radar_Assistant

MULTI FR24 MOST TRACKED ALERT : At Sat Jun 11 03:43:58 2022 #NATN24 is now 2nd in most tracked list #AvGeek #ADSB https://flightradar24.com/NATN24/2c32b417

9:57 PM · Jun 10, 2022

https://x.com/Radar_Assistant/status/1535456097821024258

 

Scott Lowe

@tropicostation

At long last I have (barely) photographed the KC-135 (62-3506/NATN24) tanker and pair of F-15 Eagle fighter jets that have been provided overwatch for President Biden's visit! Just barely got them nearly 15 miles to the south. 🔭📸

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Scott Lowe

@tropicostation

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Jun 10, 2022

I've run outside 30x but still haven't snapped any POTUS CAP F-15 pix. Fighters at 27k can be literally invisible from the ground, lo-viz paint just blends into haze. Here's a KC-135 from last year before and after processing. Unspottable without a contrail. 🫥 x.com/tropicostation…

7:47 PM · Jun 10, 2022

https://x.com/tropicostation/status/1535423334317367296

Anonymous ID: 576910 March 22, 2025, 5:59 p.m. No.22807154   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>7168

China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order

Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables

Stephen Chen in Beijing

Published: 12:43pm, 22 Mar 2025

A compact, deep-sea, cable-cutting device, capable of severing the world’s most fortified underwater communication or power lines, has been unveiled by China – and it could shake up global maritime power dynamics.

The revelation marks the first time any country has officially disclosed that it has such an asset, capable of disrupting critical undersea networks.

The tool, which is able to cut lines at depths of up to 4,000 metres (13,123 feet) – twice the maximum operational range of existing subsea communication infrastructure – has been designed specifically for integration with China’s advanced crewed and uncrewed submersibles like the Fendouzhe, or Striver, and the Haidou series.

Developed by the China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) and its affiliated State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles, the device targets armoured cables – layered with steel, rubber and polymer sheaths – that underpin 95 per cent of global data transmission.

While it was created as a tool for civilian salvage and seabed mining, the dual-use potential of the tool could send alarm bells ringing for other nations.

For example, cutting cables near strategic chokepoints such as Guam, which is a linchpin of the US military’s second island chain, a defence strategy used to contain China, the tool could essentially destabilise global communications during a geopolitical crisis.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3303246/china-unveils-powerful-deep-sea-cable-cutter-could-reset-world-order