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NATO: Names are news

NATO: Names are news

Gepostet von | 26 May 2023 | , , | 0

The diplomat Boris Ruge (61), currently Deputy Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), is to replace his German colleague Bettina Cadenbach and become NATO Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy. Profil Ruge joined the Foreign Service in 1989. Prior to joining the MSC, he was Commissioner for the Middle East and North Africa at the Federal Foreign Office, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Deputy Ambassador to the USA. He has also focussed on security policy and the Western Balkans. During the NATO operation against Serbia in 1999, he worked at NATO headquarters in Brussels and later served as a political advisor to two commanders of the NATO forces in Kosovo (KFOR)....

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Germany remains sea-blind

Germany remains sea-blind

Gepostet von | 26 May 2023 | , , | 0

With the title "Rediscovered - the northern flank area", the German Maritime Institute (DMI) once again attracted experts, interested parties and trade visitors to the Hotel Atlantic in Wilhelmshaven this year. This was the ninth time that the organisers had repeated the now prominent format, which is made possible together with griephan, the German Navy's Operational Flotilla 2, the German Armed Forces Association (DBwV), the German Naval Association (DMB) and the German Atlantic Society. And that is why the Lord Mayor Carsten Feist did not miss the opportunity to personally convey the city's greetings on 24 May. With his usual humour and undisguised pride in his city, he summed up the...

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Mortar at sea?

Mortar at sea?

Gepostet von | 25 May 2023 | , , , , | 0

Swedish armed forces award contract for amphibious fire support The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has commissioned Swedish shipbuilder Swede Ship Marine AB to supply eight "seaworthy artillery platforms" for the amphibious battalion in Stockholm and Gothenburg, according to a press release issued by FMV on 17 May 2023. The ships ordered are essentially light patrol boats equipped with stabilised, automatic mortar systems. The ships are intended to provide "indirect fire support with high precision" during coastal and amphibious operations. The vessels will also be equipped with sensors to enable reconnaissance and engagement of land and sea targets, either on land or at sea.

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Norway: The Russians in the north - the Americans in the south

Norway: The Russians in the north - the Americans in the south

Gepostet von | 24 May 2023 | , , | 0

While the Russian Northern Fleet closes an airspace the size of half of Germany in the Barents Sea north of Norway and the Russian Kola Peninsula to exercise a submarine attack coordinated with air forces, the American super aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford" enters the Oslo Fjord in the south of the country. Russia The warnings against flying in the zone (NOTAM - notice to air men/missions) apply for 24 to 26 May 2023 and for an area of 150,000 square kilometres. Apart from Finnish airlines, this mainly affects Asian and Arab airlines - European and American airlines avoid the area anyway. Fifteen units of the Russian Navy...

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Denmark: Hull Vane for OPV NORDSØEN

Denmark: Hull Vane for OPV NORDSØEN

Gepostet von | 24 May 2023 | , , , | 0

At the beginning of May 2023, the Hvide Sande shipyard on the Danish west coast handed over the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Danish Fisheries Agency. It was delivered with azimuth propulsion nacelles and in combination with a guide plate (hull vane) under the stern. A hull vane smoothes out the turbulence behind a moving ship and makes it faster and quieter, i.e. more efficient. At the same time, the sea behaviour is improved. For the development and function of a hull vane, see the article "Netherlands: Hull Vane for the GRONINGEN" from 12 February 2023. Objectives In the public tender, emphasis was placed on low life cycle costs and energy efficiency. Hvide Sande Shipyard therefore already cooperated with...

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