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Japan's navy exercises off the Russian-occupied Kuril Islands for the first time

Japan's navy exercises off the Russian-occupied Kuril Islands for the first time

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

Japan's navy exercises off the Russian-occupied Kuril Islands for the first time Japan - Six warships from the US, Japanese and Canadian navies conducted a week-long exercise in the north-west Pacific in August, stretching from the Russian-controlled Kuril Islands to the waters off Tokyo. Multinational and Joint Noble Chinook (Noble Wind) was part of a joint exercise that included manoeuvre and navigation exercises in addition to various surface combatant scenarios. The exercise was part of Large-Scale Global Exercise 23 (LSGE 23), according to a U.S. 7th Fleet spokesperson. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) conducted LSGE 23 as a planned exercise from May to August 2023...

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New exhibition in the Flanders Bunker

New exhibition in the Flanders Bunker

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2023 | , , | 0

On 31 August, the eve of International Anti-War Day, the Kilian Memorial Association opened its new exhibition "An anti-aircraft helper from Kiel - photos and memories of Hans Krohn". In 1944, at the age of 15, Hans Krohn was also drafted into the navy in Kiel and stationed at the Nordmarksportfeld in the anti-aircraft battery. As this battery was close to the city, he experienced many air raids at first hand. His experiences there shaped his life, as well as those of around 200,000 other underage air force helpers throughout the Reich during this time. Hans Krohn, born in Wilster in 1928, lived during the Second World War in Kiel-Wik at the lower end of the...

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The warehouse is all about strategies and security

The warehouse is all about strategies and security

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

International experts meet at the invitation of GIDS and iFMS Naval officers and scientists from five continents recently exchanged views on maritime strategies and security in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district. They accepted an invitation from the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS) and the interdisciplinary research focus Maritime Security (iFMS) at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg. The conference venue was the Hanseatic International Maritime Museum. The participants from Argentina, Australia, India, Canada, the Philippines and Germany exchanged views on conflict scenarios in the Indo-Pacific, among other things with a view to the security interests of the Indo-Pacific countries, which have so far received too little attention from...

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"We will return to the fixed link between platform and crew"

"We will return to the fixed link between platform and crew"

Gepostet von | 8 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

In September 2021, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms took command of the 1st Corvette Squadron in Warnemünde. Now he is turning his attention to new tasks. In an interview with marineforum, Harms summarises his time in Warnemünde. Your squadron is developing, what will you remember fondly and what worries you? First and foremost, I think back to what constitutes the core responsibility of a squadron commander. I was allowed to be at sea with my crews, accompany training sections and lead tactically. Pursuing every endeavour right up to the last consequence so that the Sea Falcon drone could be reconnoitred and the RBS 15 missile...

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US Navy puts CANBERRA into service in Australian waters

US Navy puts CANBERRA into service in Australian waters

Gepostet von | 7 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

Even before its official commissioning, the US Navy sent its newest INDEPENDENCE-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the CANBERRA (LCS-30), to the Australian port city of Sidney for the ceremony on 22 July. This was the first time that a Navy ship was not commissioned in American waters. The move was chosen because of the name, named after the Australian capital, because of the closer proximity of the two countries within the Aukus Alliance and, of course, in honour of the Australian parent company Austal, from whose design company Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia the design for the trimaran, which is particularly stable in "shallow" coastal waters, originated. The...

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