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New American world - Greenland is already changing its MilGeo zone

New American world - Greenland is already changing its MilGeo zone

Gepostet von | 26 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

Congress in Washington expects the Pentagon to review the "Unified Combatant Command Plan" every two years. Four years ago, the US Department of Defence separated the country of Israel from the US European Command Area of Responsibility (USEUCOM, Stuttgart) and transferred the territory to the US Central Command (USCENTCOM, Florida), which is responsible for military operations in the Middle East. This year - in mid-June - the Pentagon removed the island of Greenland from the EUCOM area of responsibility and transferred the American troops stationed there to Northern Command (USNORTHCOM, Colorado), which is responsible for security and military command in the Arctic zone and the North American region.

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USA - F-47: New fighter aircraft for the 47th president

USA - F-47: New fighter aircraft for the 47th president

Gepostet von | 25 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

POTUS (President of the United States) actually wanted the F-47, the successor to the F-22 (Stealth Fighter, US Air Force), to be the "best and most lethal aircraft ever built" - fittingly named after the 47th President of the United States. To this end, the Pentagon was to withdraw all available financial resources from the development of the US Navy's competing F/A-XX in 2026 - which the Ministry of Defence promptly implemented. Now, however, the Senate Committee on Appropriations is intervening and submitting its own budget proposal, which again includes 1.4 billion dollars for the F/A-XX and...

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U.S. Navy: New Navy Commander in Office - Admiral Daryl Caudle

U.S. Navy: New Navy Commander in Office - Admiral Daryl Caudle

Gepostet von | 23 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

In mid-June, the President of the USA designated the Commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces, Admiral Daryl Caudle, as the next Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) and proposed him for selection by the Senate Armed Services Committee, the American defence committee in the Capitol. Caudle is to replace Admiral James Kilby, who was appointed on an interim basis, six months after Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the first woman to occupy the post, was kicked out. Caudle has a broad academic background in chemistry, computer science and organisational science and has risen through the ranks in the submarines from watch officer to fleet commander. He is more likely to advocate a reorganisation of the U.S. shipyard organisation than a...

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Philippines receive support from Japan and the USA

Philippines receive support from Japan and the USA

Gepostet von | 19 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

In view of the Chinese navy's unabated bullying behaviour towards the Philippine units in the South China Sea, Japan has agreed to make its six Abukuma frigates (109 metres, 2,500 tonnes) available to the island state when they are decommissioned. Although these ships have over thirty years of service under their keels, they would be a class of ship that the Philippine Navy has not had at its disposal for a long time, but which should give it a completely different weight in the region - because these ships would come to Manila with their armament such as Harpoon, ASROC and torpedoes. As an encore, some TC-90 (Beechcraft...

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Norway - Financial closure of the frigate drama

Norway - Financial closure of the frigate drama

Gepostet von | 18 Sep 2025 | , , | 0

After almost seven years of legal wrangling, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence and the Spanish shipyard Navantia reached an out-of-court settlement in the case of the frigate "Helge Ingstad", which sank in 2018, at the beginning of June. The settlement provides for Navantia to grant discounts of almost 50 million euros on maintenance and modernisation work on the remaining Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates over the next six years. Originally, Norway had demanded compensation totalling just over one billion euros. This was based on alleged design defects, in particular the hollow propeller shafts, which had allowed water to penetrate through the compartments. Navantia rejected this and conducted the investigation into the...

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