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Russia's Pacific Fleet: Missile test with Moskit cruise missile

Russia's Pacific Fleet: Missile test with Moskit cruise missile

Gepostet von | 29 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

The Russian Pacific Fleet has carried out a practice firing in the sea area between Japan and Vladivostok, which is said to have led to protests on the Japanese side. Moscow information "In the waters of the Sea of Japan, two missile boats of the Pacific Fleet each fired a Moskit cruise missile at a simulated enemy sea target. The target at a distance of 100 kilometres was successfully hit by a direct hit from two missiles," according to the Russian Ministry of Defence's announcement on 28 March 2023. Video worth seeing The Kremlin has also released image sequences worth seeing of at least one of the two Russian Tarantul III-class missile carriers from a wide variety of sources via the Ministry...

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Book tip: Mastering the Art of Command

Book tip: Mastering the Art of Command

Gepostet von | 29 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Trent Hone: Mastering the Art of Command. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific, Naval Institute Press 2022 Trent Hone, who already caused a stir with his book "Learning War. The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945" caused a sensation, has topped this with this book about Admiral Nimitz. Here it becomes clear why Nimitz, with his strategic thinking, his willingness to take risks in the fight against the Imperial Japanese fleet after their attack on Pearl Harbor, his fundamental understanding of the importance of logistics, his deliberate selection of personnel for battle groups based on his experience as a personnel leader in the 1930s, his...

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Marine Special Forces Command - back from the desert!

Marine Special Forces Command - back from the desert!

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2023 | , , , , | 1

Successful cooperation - roll call for returnees for Gazelle training mission On Monday, 3 April 2023 at 1 p.m., a roll call will be held as a symbolic act for the end of the Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF) Gazelle. This was part of the European Union Training Mission (EUTM) Mali and will take place with invited guests from politics and the military at the Eckernförde naval base. This special recognition goes not only to the men and women of the Naval Special Forces Command (KSM), but also to all the Bundeswehr units involved, who worked together successfully to make this mission a success. Initially, it was a training mission, which became...

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China, Iran, Russia: Joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman

China, Iran, Russia: Joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

From 15 to 19 March 2023, units of the Chinese, Iranian and Russian navies conducted a joint naval manoeuvre in the area between Muscat (Oman) and Chahbahar (Iran). According to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence, ten units took part in the "Maritime Safety Belt" exercise: China provided the destroyer 155 "Nanjing" (Type 052D), Russia the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" and its tanker "Kama", Iran the frigates "Sahand" and "Jamaran", the corvette "Bayandor", the missile boat "Tondar", the small missile ship "Zerekh", additionally the supply ship "Sirzhan" and transporter "Shahid Nazeri", as well as other ships and watercraft. According to Iranian sources, the naval component of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will also be equipped with smaller vessels...

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Nord Stream: Conserve or corrode?

Nord Stream: Conserve or corrode?

Gepostet von | 28 Mar 2023 | , , | 1

E.ON Energie Deutschland, a major German energy supplier with a stake of 15.5%, is one of the four shareholders in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline operating company and is considering how the damaged pipes can be protected against seawater corrosion. Other shareholders are the Russian state gas producer Gazprom (51%), the German Wintershall DEA (15.5%) as well as the Dutch Gasunie and the French Engie AG (9% each). Background Nord Stream 2 (100% in the hands of Gazprom) was neither certified nor commissioned due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Germany and - like Nord Stream 1 - was not operational due to the unilaterally imposed Russian supply...

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