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Russian training ship on the northern route back in the Baltic Sea

Russian training ship on the northern route back in the Baltic Sea

Gepostet von | 10 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

On 29 October 2022, the Russian Navy training ship RFS Smolniy (300) returned to the Baltic Sea from a training voyage lasting several months in the Far East via the Northern Sea Route. The ship, which displaces 7,270 tonnes and is 138 metres long, left Kronstadt on 1 August 2022 and reached Vladivostok on 15 September 2022. The distance covered during the project was approximately 15,000 nautical miles. Ports visited during the training voyage included Baltiysk, Severomorsk, the Solovetsky Islands and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. The unit, which is part of the Russian Navy's Project 887, is equipped with two 76mm twin guns, two AK-230 30mm loose-in twin guns and two RBU-2500 sub-hunting depth charge launchers...

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Maritime Convention of the DMI

Maritime Convention of the DMI

Gepostet von | 9 Nov 2022 | , , , , | 0

Prominent speakers and concentrated expertise! On 8 November 2022, the Maritime Convention took place for the fifteenth time at the Schleswig-Holstein State Representation in Berlin, after two years as an in-person event. Everyone who is anyone in politics, the maritime environment, the navy, naval shipbuilding and the supply industry came together for this well-established and respected event. No, not everyone, as there were competing events, such as the GSP and DWT, which took place opposite in the state representation of the federal state of Hesse. Parliamentarians didn't know where to go first, so many competent offers were made. This year, the German Maritime Institute (DMI) and griephan invited participants to...

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Inspector of the Navy presents 2022 annual report

Inspector of the Navy presents 2022 annual report

Gepostet von | 9 Nov 2022 | , , | 1

The Inspector of the Navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, presented the Naval Command's annual report published on 8 November at the Maritime Convention in Berlin. "The Russian war of aggression in February of this year provided a clear example of the vulnerability of our basic understanding of security policy, but also of the free sea lanes," said Kaack on the defining topic of 2022. The regional conflict has global consequences. Grain from Ukraine that does not reach its destination due to a lack of transport options, a lack of food in Germany or a shortage of fuel reserves. The effects are being felt by everyone. For Germany in particular, as an industrialised and trading nation, the unrestricted usability of global sea routes is...

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The task force provider "Bonn" returns home after almost six months

The task force provider "Bonn" returns home after almost six months

Gepostet von | 9 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

On Friday, 11 November 2022 at 9 a.m., the task force provider "Bonn" will arrive at the Heppenser Groden naval base in Wilhelmshaven. After almost six months in action in the Aegean, the crew will first enjoy their holiday before the "Bonn" and its crew prepare for the next sea voyages next year. "For five months, the task force provider (EGV) 'Bonn' and its crew were involved in the management of the refugee crisis in the Aegean Sea with the Standing Nato Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) and were thus separated from family, friends and acquaintances for a long time," says the...

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Nordholz naval aviators train submarine hunting in formation

Nordholz naval aviators train submarine hunting in formation

Gepostet von | 9 Nov 2022 | , , | 0

National and alliance defence are once again in focus. As part of the "Vision 22" manoeuvre, which lasted several weeks, several naval vessels trained submarine hunting in the North Sea together with the Nordholzer naval aviators over a period of five days. The focus of the last training days in the Skagerrak sea area was on the testing and further development of modern submarine hunting procedures in co-operation with the various units at sea and from the air. This allowed the crews to advance their formation training and practise in threat scenarios for national and alliance defence. According to confirmed information, there was probably also an incident on board one of the submarines belonging to the Nordholzer Marineflieger-Geschwader 3...

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