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Billions more for the navy

Billions more for the navy

Gepostet von | 3 Jun 2022 | , , , , | 0

Was die See- und Seeluftstreikräfte vom Sondervermögen zugewiesen bekommen Mit der zwischen der Ampelkoalition und der Union am 29. Mai erzielten Einigung auf das 100-Milliarden-Euro-Sondervermögen für die Bundeswehr zeichnen sich die Umrisse des zu erwartenden Beschaffungspaketes ab. Das veranschlagte “Sondervermögen Bundeswehr” soll sicherstellen, dass die Streitkräfte mit notwendigem Material ausgestattet werden, um ihren Verteidigungsauftrag erfüllen zu können. Das “Sondervermögen Bundeswehr” wird im Einzelplan (Epl.) 60 geführt. Der Wirtschaftsplan wurde nun veröffentlicht. [ds_preview]Mit den in ihm enthaltenen Maßnahmen sollen bedeutsame Ausrüstungsvorhaben, insbesondere komplexe überjährige militärische Beschaffungen gesichert finanziert werden. Demnach sind für die Marine Beschaffungen in Höhe von 19,306 Milliarden...

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MS Burgenland: Murder on board

MS Burgenland: Murder on board

Gepostet von | 31 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

During the Second World War, atrocities that are barely comprehensible today also took place on a ship off the South American coast. The story of the MS Burgenland shows the brutality of the Nazi era. "Being attacked by several heavy units. My location is about 7° south 26° west. Must sink ship, classified information has been destroyed." - This was the last message from the blockade runner MS Burgenland, which was received by the naval command of the Kriegsmarine on the evening of 5 January 1944. What was meant by classified information was to be the subject of a court case against the former naval attaché in Tokyo and head of the Naval Special Service East Asia, retired Admiral Paul Wenneker, in the mid-1960s....

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Hapag-Lloyd: Anniversary of a German icon

Hapag-Lloyd: Anniversary of a German icon

Gepostet von | 30 May 2022 | , , , | 0

On 27 May 2022, it will be 175 years since a group of Hanseatic merchants founded the Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft in Hamburg. The beginning was quite modest with three small packet sailers. First, the DEUTSCHLAND, a full-rigged ship of 538 gross register tonnes, left Hamburg on 15 October 1848, bound for New York. The company, which was later known simply as the Hamburg-America Line or Hapag for short, launched its first steamship in 1855 with the HAMMONIA, which was already 2026 gross register tonnes in size. A little later, in Bremen, the other major Hanseatic city on the North Sea, North German Lloyd was founded on 20 February 1857.

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New frigates for Her Majesty's Navy

New frigates for Her Majesty's Navy

Gepostet von | 25 May 2022 | , , , , | 1

In addition to a common language, a common history and a common head of state, there are also unifying elements between the United Kingdom and its former colonies Australia and Canada in the area of defence. In recent years, a large-scale frigate project has been added to this. The Global Combat Ship - which the British Royal Navy refers to as the Type 26 Frigate or City class - originated in 1998 as a replacement for the 14 Type 22 frigates and 16 Type 23 frigates from the 1970s and 1980s, both of which were focussed on submarine hunting. Several fundamental decisions in the "infamous"...

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Naval shipbuilding remains a key technology

Naval shipbuilding remains a key technology

Gepostet von | 25 May 2022 | , , , , | 1

The new maritime coordinator sees outstanding economic opportunities for Germany on the way to achieving climate neutrality. Common regulations for arms exports are to be developed at European level. On 5 January 2022, Claudia Müller (Greens) was appointed Federal Government Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism. Her predecessor in office, Norbert Brackmann (CDU), had held this position since April 2018. She announced her programme priorities as soon as she was appointed: "We must focus on climate-neutral propulsion systems in Germany and, if possible, in Europe as well, and thus make Europe more sustainable as a shipyard location." The shipping industry is at a decisive turning point, at which the future of...

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