Steffan Watkins
@steffanwatkins
I'm a writer and research consultant specializing in tracking ships and planes using publicly available information. https://www.patreon.com/SteffanWatkins
🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 29) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available. (26 Page PDF distributed via Patreon) patreon.com/posts/rcn-medi…

A reminder to my followers, who are interested in defence, that media has limited resources and will spend them topics people show an interest in. Reading articles about defence leads to more articles about defence, leading to more interest - which helps hit defence priorities.
A good, timely, article from Murray Brewster. Xue Long 2, the Chinese ice-breaker a Canadian frigate deployed to escort on short notice last year, is sailing near North America again and CAF and CCG assets appear to be keeping an eye on it.
Good quotes from CJOC and others. 🫡
China, a major East Asian power, asserts itself as a "near-Arctic state" and a significant stakeholder in Arctic affairs. newsweek.com/canada-shadows…
“The ‘Freedom Convoy’ was — without question — one of the low points for conservatism in Canada, and one of the most divisive and disturbing events in recent Canadian political history. Its goal was to overthrow a legally elected government, and Pierre Poilievre championed their…
I'm so old I wrote that! That's assuming it's the Windows version, which is the one I worked on. The Win9x game, art, and original code, were done by Maxis/Cinematronics. I ported it to Windows NT, converted the x86 asm to C, made it work on RISC, and so on. Success has…
Are you this old?
Universal healthcare is who we are as Canadians. It’s one of the things that sets us a part from the U.S. and we should be proud of that. Let’s keep it strong and make sure it serves everyone, in every region. It’s our heritage, our legacy and something we should all be proud of.
"Understanding Voice and Data Link Networking Northrop Grumman's Guide to Secure Tactical Data Links" December 2014 (320 pages) #Link22 mega.nz/file/gIElzaZL#…

SCOOP: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said.
1/3 Israeli military operations against WHO staff and facilities, World Food Programme aid convoys, & the ongoing killing of Palestinians seeking urgently needed food and water are unacceptable. Civilians, incl. aid workers, must be protected.
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's @TorontoStar
📸 Striking imagery captured by our Alaskan NORAD region from last night's ADIZ incursion by Russian military aircraft #WeHaveTheWatch
The RCMP commissioner has written to the premier of Alberta to correct multiple falsehoods in the recent “Alberta Next” video on provincial policing. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
China, a major East Asian power, asserts itself as a "near-Arctic state" and a significant stakeholder in Arctic affairs. newsweek.com/canada-shadows…
Two Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Russian two Su-35 Flanker fighters flying in international airspace near Alaska inside the U.S. Air Defense Identification Zone were “monitored and intercepted” by NORAD aircraft yesterday, a spokesperson for the command tells me.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected and tracked Russian military aircraft operating in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on 22 July 2025. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian…
🇨🇦 As featured in Politico Ottawa's Playbook today (and seen yesterday for Pro subscribers 🙌) coverage of 🇨🇳 Chinese research vessel Xue Long 2 near the Alaskan EEZ, currently over 500 nautical miles from Canadian territorial waters, monitored by CJOC. politico.com/newsletters/ca…
