Category: Security policy

Protection of maritime infrastructure: first ship arrives at Royal Navy

Protection of maritime infrastructure: first ship arrives at Royal Navy

Gepostet von | 23 Jan 2023 | , , , | 0

The first of two ships intended for this task arrived in Birkenhead near Liverpool on Thursday, 19 January 2023. "Topaz Tangaroa" is to be repainted and refitted for military use at the Cammell Laird shipyard. In six months' time, she will be painted grey and put into service with the Fleet Auxiliary of the Royal Navy. Priority: protecting maritime infrastructure Following the sabotage of the two Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the programme one of his priorities. Instead of a new national flagship (to replace the Royal Yacht "Britannia"), he accelerated the programme to...

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StSin Möller on the appointment of Pistorius as Defence Minister

StSin Möller on the appointment of Pistorius as Defence Minister

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2023 | , , | 0

Siemtje Möller has been a member of the German Bundestag for the constituency of Friesland - Wilhelmshaven - Wittmund since 2017 and Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence since 8 December 2021. On 17 January 2023, she issued the following statement on the appointment of Boris Pistorius as Federal Minister of Defence: "In Boris Pistorius, the Federal Chancellor is appointing an experienced, popular and assertive new Minister of Defence. The experience he brings with him from his time as Mayor of Osnabrück and Lower Saxony's Minister of the Interior make him an excellent choice. I have known Boris Pistorius for many years and hold him in high esteem, which is another reason why I am very much looking forward to...

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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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Federal government buys shipyard

Federal government buys shipyard

Gepostet von | 13 Jan 2023 | , , | 1

New old name from GDR times: Warnowwerft What initially sounded like an idea born of desperation has become a serious reality. There's no such thing as impossible, seemed to be the motto of this major project - and without the Ukraine war, such quick and pragmatic solutions would probably still be lost in the jungle of bureaucrats, regulation-obsessed people and testing processes. And yet it seems to fit: Decades of shortages in the Bundeswehr have left their mark on the navy, repairs and layovers are lengthy and complex, and the availability of units in the already far too small navy is poor. On the other hand, the end of the tradition-steeped...

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