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Second OPV for Argentina

Second OPV for Argentina

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

The Argentine Navy has taken delivery of the second Offshore Patrol Vessel built by Naval Group. At the same time, the representative of the Argentine Navy, Captain Victor Ortiz, handed over command of the ARA Piedrabuena to Commander Gaston Vega. In 2018, the two partners signed the contract for the delivery of a total of four of the multi-mission vehicles. The first unit, ARA Bouchard, was handed over to the Argentinians in December 2019. However, this was the L'Adroit formerly operated by the Marine Nationale. It was commissioned in 2012, but had only been leased from France for six years. The design...

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Ready for Japan

Ready for Japan

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

Damen Shiprepair returned the frigate Evertsen to the Dutch Navy this week. Over the past six weeks, the ship, which was commissioned in 2005, has been repaired in the Amsterdam shipyard and prepared for its next task. As part of the British Carrier Strike Group around Queen Elizabeth, the Evertsen will embark on a voyage of around 40,000 kilometres towards Asia from May. It will also call at Japan. Manoeuvres will also be held together with the Japanese Self-Defence Forces. In addition to the aircraft carrier, the group also includes two Type 45 destroyers (HMS Diamond and HMS Defender), two Type 23 frigates (HMS Richmond and HMS...

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Relocation of US troops via Rotterdam completed

Relocation of US troops via Rotterdam completed

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2021 | , | 0

Around 1,200 vehicles and containers as well as 54 helicopters from a brigade of the 101st Airborne Division are on their way to their home base in Kentucky. They are on board a ship that left the port of Rotterdam a few days ago. As mfo already reported, the Dutch military supported the transport as part of Host Nation Support. With success, as the operation was carried out quickly and without any major problems. The US unit is returning after nine months in Eastern Europe. There, it was part of the troop reinforcement that the United States deployed in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

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Rotation in Rota

Rotation in Rota

Gepostet von | 14 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

After a two-week voyage, the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in her new home port of Rota on 11 April. At the end of March, she left her previous home in Norfolk for the last time for the next few years. On her way to Europe, the destroyer took part in a number of sub-hunting manoeuvres with her sister ship USS Roosevelt, the attack submarine USS Vermont and a P-8A. The Arleigh Burke is now an important part of the US European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) and thus serves to protect Europe from ballistic missiles of all ranges. It is also intended to ensure freedom of navigation in the waters around Europe and...

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Drugs found at sea

Drugs found at sea

Gepostet von | 13 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

France can once again report a success in the fight against drug smuggling at sea. The frigate Guépratte stopped and searched a suspicious dhow in the Gulf of Oman. The boarding team quickly found suspicious packages, the contents of which turned out to be drugs. The soldiers were able to confiscate a total of 650 kilos of methamphetamine and 75 kilos of heroin and bring them on board the frigate. The Guépratte is actually part of Operation Agénor. However, flexibility was shown for the search and the ship was transferred under the command of Combined Task Force 150, whose mission is to observe, board, inspect and stop suspicious ships in global combat...

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