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Christmas greetings from the editorial team

Christmas greetings from the editorial team

Gepostet von | 31 Dec 2022 | , | 0

The editors of cbmaritim.46181.onlineshophosting.de would like to send a little greeting of gold dust to all readers of our website, together with wishes for a peaceful and reflective Christmas. Even if the photo by Michael Nitz does not depict a German Navy frigate - it shows the destroyer USS Ignatius on a refuelling stop in Kiel at the beginning of December - a welcome, valued and loyal guest from the United States of America is floating there in the golden evening sun. It's friends and family that make up the festive atmosphere at the turn of the year! Stay loyal to us in the coming year and don't be shy...

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A first warning

A first warning

Gepostet von | 30 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

In view of record order backlogs and the container ship deliveries expected between 2023 and 2025, the industry service Alphaliner has warned of possible overcapacity for the first time. For example, the usual peak season for container shipping in the third quarter of each year only had a much weaker impact in 2022, as was the case in the previous year. Alphaliner reports that many market observers consider these slumps to be less seasonal and more structural. They fear a global recession. War risks, exploding energy costs, political instability and general inflation would have an impact on general consumer spending and thus on global trade volumes, especially for industrial goods. According to forecasts by the...

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Back to national and alliance defence

Back to national and alliance defence

Gepostet von | 29 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

After 124 comes 127: In defence against threats from the air, the next generation of frigates is slowly taking shape. After the planned end of service life of the Class 124 frigate in the years 2034 to 2036, the Next Generation Frigate - Air Defence (NGFrig-AD) project, hereinafter referred to as Class 127 frigate (F 127), will ensure that air defence capabilities are maintained in a timely and threat-appropriate manner, that sea-based ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities are added and that hypersonic threats are countered. The platform is also intended to fulfil the Naval Maritime Precision Strike - Long Range (NATO Capability Code NMS-LR) capability described in the NATO Capability Targets 2021...

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South Korea arms itself - new AEGIS destroyer christened

South Korea arms itself - new AEGIS destroyer christened

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Addition to the article of 4 August 2022 by editorial note (see below) In view of the rapid Chinese shipbuilding development off its own coast and the aggressive behaviour of North Korea behind it, South Korea has planned a major expansion of its navy. An important part of this programme is the construction of three state-of-the-art AEGIS units (FüWES), which will provide direct compatibility with the ballistic missile defence (BMD) destroyers of the USA and Japan. It is the second batch of the "Se Jong Daewang" class destroyers called KDX-3. At the end of July, the ship was launched in Ulsan, on the Sea of Japan (editor's note) 400 kilometres south-east of...

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F126 frigate: Leonardo supplies LIONFISH Top artillery system

F126 frigate: Leonardo supplies LIONFISH Top artillery system

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , | 4

According to a communiqué from the Italian aerospace and defence company Leonardo, the LIONFISH Top artillery system has been selected as the small-calibre weapon for the German Navy's future F126 frigate class. LIONFISH Top is the variant of Leonardo's 12.7mm weapon system whose gun mantlet fulfils high stealth requirements. Self-defence system The remote-controlled weapon system has electro-optical target detection and tracking, consisting of a daylight camera (detection up to 9.5 kilometres), an infrared camera (detection range up to 12 kilometres) and a laser rangefinder (tracking from 5.5 kilometres). The cadence of the weapon is a maximum of 400 shots per minute, with a maximum range of 1,500 metres. The entire system - without ammunition - should weigh less than 300 kilograms.

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