Category: Security policy

St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

Gepostet von | 18 Jul 2024 | , , , | 4

Western observers' questions about the surprising departure from Baltic waters of three Northern Fleet warships before St Petersburg Navy Day and the speculation surrounding a finding by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones have now been answered: As the Russian daily newspaper Novye Izvestia announced on its online portal on the morning of 18 July 2024, citing information from the city administration of Saint Petersburg, the main naval parade, which takes place annually on "Naval Fleet Day" in honour of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Saint Petersburg, will this year...

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Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2024 | , , , | 1

The departure of three warships from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet from the Baltic Sea before the St. Petersburg Navy Day, which came as a surprise to Western observers, is causing speculation. The nuclear-powered submarine "Tambov" (Victor III class), the Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Levchenko" and the landing ship "Ivan Green" left the Baltic Sea on 14 July, although their participation in the Russian Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg had been announced. Previously, the submarine and the destroyer had been observed heading south in the Great Belt on 6 July, at that time accompanied by the ice-capable ocean-going tug "Nikolay Chiker". When the trio entered the Western...

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Nicaragua - Construction stop for rival canal

Nicaragua - Construction stop for rival canal

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

Dem bisherigen Projektbetreiber Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Investment (HKND) wurde durch die nicaraguanische Nationalversammlung per Gesetzesänderung die Konzession für den Bau und die Lizenz für den Betrieb entzogen. Das ohnehin stark verzögerte Konkurrenz-Projekt zum Panamakanal ist zwar (noch) nicht endgültig beendet, sondern vorerst in staatlicher Hand.[ds_preview] Planung Gründe für die Auflösung des Vertrags wurden nicht genannt, allerdings ist ein Zusammenhang mit finanziellen Problemen des chinesischen Unternehmers durch sinkende Kurse an der chinesischen Börse herstellbar. Ursprünglich hätte der Kanal bereits 2019 fertig gestellt sein sollen. Nun hieß es von Regierungsseite, das Verkehrsministerium werde die Verwaltung der Kanalbehörde übernehmen. Kanalführung...

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Minister visits Eckernförde

Minister visits Eckernförde

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2024 | , , | 0

Troop visit by the Minister of Defence On Friday, 19 July 2024, the Federal Minister of Defence, Boris Pistorius, will once again visit the Eckernförde naval base. He will visit the 1st submarine squadron and the naval battalion. Discussions are planned with the respective leadership of the units as well as with the soldiers. After a dynamic demonstration of the sea battalion's capabilities, the minister will go diving in the submarine and then give his press statement. Boris Pistorius last visited Eckernförde for his inaugural visit in February 2023. Among other things, he was given a demonstration on a frigate of the capabilities and skills that the navy...

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Sea King : End of an era!

Sea King : End of an era!

Gepostet von | 17 Jul 2024 | , , | 2

The long farewell to the Sea King Mk41 multi-role transport helicopter Tomorrow, Thursday 18 July 2024, a media event will take place at the naval air base in Nordholz. The first plans to procure the helicopters for the German Navy began in 1964. The first Sea King of the naval aviators flew for the first time in England in March 1972, built by the British company Westland. The Sea King has been in Search and Rescue (SAR) service since 1975 and still flies missions over the North and Baltic Seas today. In its early days, the Sea King was outstandingly modern and it continues to prove its qualities to this day....

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