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Change at the head of Mission Flotilla 1

Change at the head of Mission Flotilla 1

Gepostet von | 16 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

On Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at 13:30, Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen (62), Head of Operations at Naval Command, will hand over command of Operational Flotilla 1 from Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (56) to Flotilla Admiral Sascha Helge Rackwitz (50). Faltin has been Commander of the flotilla and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (COE CSW) since September 2021 and will subsequently become Military Advisor to the European Representation for the USA and Canada in Washington. "The first half of my time in command was characterised by the pandemic, which continues to this day. Since February 2022...

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Russia: Marine fireworks at the turn of the year

Russia: Marine fireworks at the turn of the year

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

The Russian Federation Navy's traditional Christmas fireworks display - but one that was probably necessary to mark the end of the calendar year - with keel layings, launches and commissioning was set off just in time on 29 December by President Vladimir Putin via video conference from his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, 15 kilometres west of Moscow: The minesweeper "Anatoly Shlemov" (Pacific Fleet), the corvette "Grad" (Baltic Fleet) and the strategic nuclear submarine K-553 "Generalissimo Suvorov", the sixth of the eight nuclear-tipped "Borey" class (Pacific Fleet), each with 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles (Bulava 30 / SS-NX-32), were put into service and handed over to the navy. Balm for the soul Previously promised...

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Creation of an African-European energy trade route

Creation of an African-European energy trade route

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

Last year, European energy policy changed significantly due to the Russia-Ukraine war and the European and American sanctions imposed on Russian exports as a result - a new energy era is dawning. The Western policy of setting upper limits on the supply of energy resources from Russia will not only fragment the global oil market: on the one hand, Russia now supplies most of its energy to India and China - on the other hand, the energy gap in Europe will have to be closed by supplies from the USA, the Middle East and Africa. Questions about the future The fundamental questions about the actual development of the oil market remain unanswered.

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Brazil: Rubber blocks washed up from German wrecks

Brazil: Rubber blocks washed up from German wrecks

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

From a report in the Neue Züricher Zeitung Brown bales have been washing up on the beaches of Brazil's north-east for years. Initially referred to as "mystery boxes", they now number several hundred, are the size of toolboxes, overgrown with all kinds of sea creatures and weigh between 80 and 200 kilograms. Now such finds have also been made on the beaches in the far south of Brazil near Sao Paulo. Raw rubber from the Far East Marine biologists from Labomar (Marine Science Institute - Federal University of Ceara) trace the origin of these packets of raw rubber back to German blockade runners who, during the Second World War, were transporting the material, which was important for the war economy, from...

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#meerverstehen at the Boot in Düsseldorf

#meerverstehen at the Boot in Düsseldorf

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

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