Category: Security policy

Carsten Breuer becomes new Inspector General

Carsten Breuer becomes new Inspector General

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Federal Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is parting ways with Inspector General Eberhard Zorn. General Zorn has been Inspector General of the Bundeswehr since 2018 and has worked with Federal Ministers von der Leyen, Kramp-Karrenbauer and Lambrecht during his time. Now he has to go. The new Inspector General will be Lieutenant General Carsten Breuer. Lieutenant General Breuer became known to the general public as the "coronavirus crisis manager". According to reports from ministry circles, the handover is set to take place this week....

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Tender "Elbe" back

Tender "Elbe" back

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2023 | , , , | 0

Humanitarian aid during NATO mission On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 10 a.m., the tender "Elbe" is expected back in its home port of Kiel after participating in the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) "NATO Support Aegean" mission. The crew of the "Elbe" will certainly not forget the last few weeks. After almost five months of deployment in the Aegean, there was another very special mission in the last few weeks. The reason for this was the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The ports of Iskenderun and Mersin in Turkey have been called at unscheduled in recent weeks in order to help the people affected by the...

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Naval manoeuvre Mosi II completed

Naval manoeuvre Mosi II completed

Gepostet von | 2 Mar 2023 | , , | 2

Mosi II - the exercise name stands for smoke, vapour or fog - the trilateral exercise involving the Russian Navy, the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China and the South African National Defence Forces ended on 27 February 2023 without the ultimate smoke production. As estimated by cbmaritim.46181.onlineshophosting.de, the Zircon missile launch that was hyped in advance did not occur. With regard to the Chinese and Russian participants in the exercise, the units mentioned in earlier reports remained the same. In the end, the host nation deployed the frigate "Mendi" (hull number F148). Of the previously announced three South African naval participants, one unit remained, which...

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Winter lecture at the MUS

Winter lecture at the MUS

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Military expert Masala: "The 21st century will be a maritime one" The third part of the winter lecture series took place at the Plön Naval NCO School on 22 February. The guest speaker was the German political scientist Professor Carlo Masala. The guests from society, politics and the Bundeswehr listened to almost 90 minutes of exciting political analyses and assessments of the current security policy situation. The central topic was the importance of the German, but also American, Russian and Chinese navies. One of Professor Masala's assumptions was that for centuries wars have tended to be planned and waged from the land side, i.e. with the help of national armies. A war is only possible with a...

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Defence Minister Pistorius at the navy

Defence Minister Pistorius at the navy

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

From a Bundeswehr press release On 21 February, the German Navy presented its specific capabilities in the maritime environment to the new Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius in Eckernförde. The navy in particular has to consider four dimensions in its operational areas: surface, underwater, air and land. Together with the inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Pistorius began his first visit to the navy with a tour of the submarine training centre of the 1st submarine squadron. Its submarines are among the most modern in the world. In order to be able to make optimum use of the high-tech equipment, their crew members are trained and further educated here. Dimensions on land and at sea: ships need a...

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