Date: 05/12/2025 Executive Summary During 2025, reports have been made indicating the presence of uniformed, armed personnel (likely Russian-associated) aboard civilian vessels thought to be part of the vast Russian ‘shadow fleet’ comprising ageing, uninsured oil tankers and cargo vessels registered under flags of convenience and with deliberately confusing ownership structures. These uniformed personnel serve intelligence, surveillance, and command-and-control functions abo

Date:  24/11/2025 (16:00 UTC+01:00) Who?  Russian intelligence-gathering vessel Yantar (Project 22010 oceanographic vessel, ~108 metres, IMO 7524419); operated by Russian Ministry of Defence Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research (GUGI); deployed by Russian Navy/intelligence agencies.   Where?  Not expressly given by the British government, but according to open source flight data and the approaches of two military aircraft, the location of the incident likely occurred north w

Report date: 14 October 2025 (17:00 hours UTC+2) Executive summary Recent military activity by the United States and Venezuela in the southern Caribbean increases exposure for civilian airliners and merchant ships to short-notice airspace and sea-lane restrictions, re-routing and delays. Night-time reconnaissance patterns in the southern Puerto Rico FIR, added airlift and refuelling flights, and exercises near busy approaches raise the chance of misidentification, especially

Date: 18/09/2025  (12:00 UTC+2) Where?  South China Sea: Scarborough Shoal Who’s involved?  China, Philippines What happened?  On...

Gregorio Albini Introduction For decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has maintained its claim over the Republic of China...

Date:   09/07/2025 Where?  Red Sea; 51 NM off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemeni coast. What happened?  On 06/07/2025 , the MV Magic Seas  ...

Date:   27/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE Who’s involved:...

No  exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran took place between 25 and 26 June, suggesting armed confrontation between them has subsided. 

Date:   24/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE Who’s involved:...

Date:   23/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan and Syria Who’s involved: Israel, Iran, United States,...

Areas of US (yellow), Israeli (blue) and Iranian (green) targeting between 21 and 22 June 2025 Date:   22/06/2025  Where:  Middle East,...

Date:   20/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan and Syria Who’s involved: Israel, Iran, United States In...

Areas of major targeting (blue) between 18 and 19 June 2025 Date:   19/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran, Iraq, Israel,...

Date:   18/06/2025  Areas of major targeting in blue Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran,  Iraq, Israel, Jordan and Syria Who’s...

Date:  13/06/2025  Where:  Middle East, particularly Iran,  Iraq, Israel, Jordan and Syria Who’s involved: Israel, Iran ...

Date: 21/05/2025 Where:  • Israel, Ben Gurion Airport (TLV/LLBG), Iran, Strait of Hormuz Who’s involved: • Israel, Houthis (Yemen),...