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Capabilities and importance of the German Navy

Capabilities and importance of the German Navy

Gepostet von | 4 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

In letzter Zeit ist es Mode geworden, europäische Marinen zu kritisieren, vor allem die Deutsche Marine. Kritiker argumentieren unter Anderem, dass europäische NATO-Mitglieder für ihre maritime Sicherheit und für die Marineführung im Bündnis vollständig auf die Vereinigten Staaten angewiesen seien. Dabei wird die Deutsche Marine als eine "Green Water Navy" bezeichnet. Weiter wird behauptet, die Deutsche Marine unterliege schweren "Einschränkungen", trage nicht ausreichend zur Bündnisverteidigung bei, und unternehme nicht genug, um diese Situation angesichts der von Russland ausgehenden Bedrohung zu korrigieren.[ds_preview] Solche Kritik ist in bestimmtem Grad zulässig: Die letzten Jahrzehnte waren nicht gerade günstig für die Bundeswehr, wobei...

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Day of the Bundeswehr in Stralsund

Day of the Bundeswehr in Stralsund

Gepostet von | 3 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

On 28 June, the German Armed Forces Day will take place at ten locations across Germany under the motto "We are here". A special venue is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund - known as the cradle of the navy, where the Bundeswehr opens its doors. This year, the Parow Naval Technology School is in charge of organising the event, which takes place centrally on the harbour island in the heart of the city of Stralsund. Visitors will gain a comprehensive insight into the tasks and capabilities of the navy and other areas of the Bundeswehr. The event offers a varied programme with informative demonstrations, modern technology and the opportunity for personal exchange with the...

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Manoeuvres in the Baltic Sea - NATO with a large presence

Manoeuvres in the Baltic Sea - NATO with a large presence

Gepostet von | 2 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

Major maritime manoeuvre BALTOPS starts for the first time in Rostock Baltic Operations, or BALTOPS for short, has been around for decades. It is NATO's most important US-led naval manoeuvre in the Baltic Sea. The multinational exercise usually lasts two weeks and ends in Kiel at the start of Kiel Week. Having gone unnoticed for years, BALTOPS has gained new attention in view of the security tensions in the Baltic Sea region. Not only because new NATO partners, Finland and Sweden, have joined the organisation, but also because the Americans have so far remained a reliable partner despite all the political statements made within NATO. At the working level, there are - so they say -...

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Arctic operating theatre

Arctic operating theatre

Gepostet von | 2 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

The Arctic has become a geostrategic region in which the major powers of the USA, Russia, China and the neighbouring states of Canada, Denmark and Norway are vying for influence, possession and new borders - geopolitically, economically and, above all, as a military theatre of operations. The Arctic stretches from 66°33' north latitude to the North Pole and covers around 20 million square kilometres. Half of this huge area is covered by the Arctic Ocean. Climate change is causing the ice in the Arctic to melt ever faster. This particularly affects Greenland, which is still largely covered in ice and is the largest island in the world, over six times larger than Germany. As early as 2040, the Arctic could...

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