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GIDS live: Threat on NATO's eastern flank

GIDS live: Threat on NATO's eastern flank

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2025 | , , | 0

Live stream on 4 March 2025 from 6.30 pm on YouTube The GIDS (German Institute for Strategic Studies) invites you to the #GIDSdebate. The topic of the evening is "NATO's eastern flank: How great is the threat of war?". On Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 6.30 pm via livestream. The #GIDSdebate is fully booked, only press places are still available. The organisers ask you to register by Friday, 28 February, 12 noon at presse@gids-hamburg.de. The #GIDSdebate can be streamed at tinyurl.com/mrwmwv3d. Guests from the Bundeswehr and society will be discussing on the podium. Among them are: Marika Linntam Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to Germany, previously Head of the European Department at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lieutenant General...

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Arne and the anchor

Arne and the anchor

Gepostet von | 27 Feb 2025 | , , | 0

New suspicion of sabotage of critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea: It seems to be a recurring theme that merchant ships in the Baltic Sea suddenly complain about the loss of anchors and anchor chains. This allegedly happened on 20 February 2025 when the freighter MV "Arne", coming from St. Petersburg, passed the Swedish islands of Gotland and Öland westbound. What is striking is the fact that the 27-year-old merchant ship, which flies the flag of Antigua Barbuda, left St. Petersburg on 19 February 2025 at its usual speed of around 12.5 knots and gradually slowed down as it approached the island of Gotland. From there, AIS tracking apps...

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US Navy goes its own way to 6th generation fighter jet

US Navy goes its own way to 6th generation fighter jet

Gepostet von | 27 Feb 2025 | , , | 1

It's all about the 6th generation fighter jet: while the US Air Force's NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) model has been put on hold due to skyrocketing costs and the focus is now shifting to cheaper drones, the US Navy is still sticking with its planned F/A-XX fighter jet. The Navy assumes that the contract for the new model will be awarded soon and expects it to enter service in the 2030s. This development comes as a surprise, as the US Senate wanted to cut 90 per cent of the development funds requested by the Navy for the F/A-XX in the middle of the year. It would now be possible for the Air Force...

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Eckernförde: Mine divers extend diving depth to 84 metres

Eckernförde: Mine divers extend diving depth to 84 metres

Gepostet von | 27 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

Als Reaktion auf die angespannte Sicherheitslage richtet die Deutsche Marine die Minentaucherausbildung neu aus. Dadurch werden Tauchgänge in größere Tiefen möglich, denn die Marine müsse sich auf neue Gefahren besser einstellen, so ihr Inspekteur, Jan Christian Kaack. Dazu gehöre, dass [ds_preview] die eigenen Taucher die durchschnittlichen Wassertiefen in der Ostsee abdecken können müssen. Bislang durften Minentaucher bis zu 54 Meter tief tauchen. Nun sei die Ausbildung auf 84 Meter Tiefe ausgelegt worden. Das ist ungefähr die Tiefe, in der im September 2022 die beiden Stränge von Nord Stream 1 und ein Strang von Nord Stream 2 abschnittsweise zerstört wurden....

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After the Munich Security Conference: Associations call for a consistent industrial policy on defence equipment

After the Munich Security Conference: Associations call for a consistent industrial policy on defence equipment

Gepostet von | 26 Feb 2025 | , , , | 0

On 20 February 2025, the Federal Association of the German Security and Defence Industry (BDSV) and the Federal Association of the German Aerospace Industry (BDLI) called for consistent investment in the production of goods for our security and defence industry. The Munich Security Conference impressively demonstrated that Europe must take more responsibility for its own security in the transatlantic burden-sharing process. This requires higher defence budgets as well as the political will for self-assertion and sovereignty. Above all, an industrial policy agenda in the area of defence policy must be launched that focuses on orders for domestic companies: Buy European. According to the presidents of the leading industry associations,...

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