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Fast, faster, naval arsenal

It was often criticised that the corvettes in Warnemünde should have a higher availability. The navy, procurement office and naval arsenal were able to remedy this with an innovative pilot project. In 2020, the pilot project "Immediate Operational Readiness Programme - Immediate Repair Order Navy" was launched on behalf of the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces. The aim was to increase the operational readiness of the corvettes at the Warnemünde base and on deployment. At the same time, a noticeable reduction in the workload of the Naval Arsenal (MArs) was to be achieved in order to be able to better concentrate its own resources on repairs in the workshops. For example, the naval arsenal had to be geographically...

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Brand new Russian nuclear icebreaker

Through the Baltic Sea to Murmansk What a lump? The brand new nuclear icebreaker RFS Sibir is currently on a delivery voyage from the Baltic Sea to Murmansk. It is part of Russia's overall strategic concept in the Arctic. The Sibir was launched on 22 September 2017. The ship has since been handed over to the operator Rosatomflot. The ship left St. Petersburg on 13 January and is on its way to Murmansk. It passed the Fehmarnbelt on 15 January and left the Skagerak on 17 January. The Sibir is a nuclear-powered icebreaker of the LK-60 class. It is powered by two RITM-200 pressurised water reactors with...

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India's new aircraft carrier VIKRANT

Before the year 2022 comes to an end, the first aircraft carrier VIKRANT to be built exclusively in India is due to enter service. However, a series of functional tests and sea trials lie ahead of this. Initial tests The ship has already passed some of these tests in two test voyages: At the beginning of August 2021, the first part ran with port-side loading of the propulsion and power generation systems at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) construction yard in the far south-west of the Indian subcontinent. The ship The 260 metre long and over 60 metre wide carrier is the largest ship ever built in India and is also known as the "Dream of...

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