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Boss Hoss meets naval aviators: with horsepower on land and in the air

Boss Hoss meets naval aviators: with horsepower on land and in the air

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , | 1

The loud roar of the engines, the smell of fuel and rubber in the air. And people who can't stop marvelling. What sounds like a normal day at the naval air base was this time thanks to the enthusiasts of the American Boss Hoss motorbikes. Almost 35 of these V8 machines were also guests of the Naval Air Command on 3 September as part of a motorbike meeting in Nordholz. For one afternoon, all participants were able to ride out their machines in the best weather and present them together with one of the maritime patrol aircraft, a P-3C Orion. In the end, however, everyone had to ask themselves the same question: "Would I rather be on land with lots of horsepower?

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Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

For six months - the entire period of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine - HMS Audacious, the UK's newest operational Hunter-Killer nuclear submarine, has been on patrol in the Mediterranean. While the NATO surface units were monitoring shipping traffic as part of Operation Sea Guardian - and primarily keeping an eye on the Russian naval units that had gathered there at the start of the war and were still there - HMS Audacious was looking after the corresponding vehicles under water. After all, there were still a few conventional Kilo-class submarines left there when the Bosporus was closed. HMS Audacious, after HMS Astute, HMS Ambush...

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Historic meeting after 60 years

Historic meeting after 60 years

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

Tall ship meets aircraft carrier: US Navy compliments the Signora It was on 12 July 1962: the US aircraft carrier "USS Independence" encountered the "Amerigo Vespucci", which was sailing under full sail, in the Mediterranean and asked her to identify herself by light signal. The Italian three-masted ship, which was launched in February 1931, identified itself by name and described itself as a "high-ranking national ship on active service", whereupon the US Navy described it as "the most beautiful ship in the world". Now the repetition after 60 years: The aircraft carrier USS "George H.W. Bush" recently passed the "Amerigo Vespucci" in the Adriatic and repeated the compliment:...

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South Korea: Long-term construction project

South Korea: Long-term construction project

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Entsprechend seinem technologischen Stand baut Südkorea moderne Fregatten für seine Marine. Exportpotenzial eingeschlossen. Die knapp 52 Millionen Einwohner zählende Republik Korea – kurz Südkorea – gehört zu den wohlhabendsten und wirtschaftlich sowie technologisch am weitesten fortgeschrittenen Ländern Asiens. Geografisch befindet sich der 1948 gegründete Staat, der den größten Teil der koreanischen Halbinsel einnimmt, zwischen Japan und der Volksrepublik China, umgeben vom Gelben, Ostchinesischen und Japanischen Meer. Die einzige Landgrenze unterhält Südkorea mit Nordkorea, mit dem es seit der Staatsgründung in einem dauerhaften Konflikt steht, aufgrund dessen das südkoreanische Militär zu den am besten ausgestatteten Streitkräften der Welt zählt.[ds_preview] Technologische...

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German Naval Yards presents Seaguard 96

German Naval Yards presents Seaguard 96

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

As already announced here ten days ago, the Kiel shipyard used the SMM 2022, which has just ended in Hamburg, to present a new corvette design. Here are a few more details that might interest you. The new Seaguard 96 is an "innovative high-end corvette capable of carrying out the entire spectrum of naval operations", according to the press release from German Naval Yards Kiel. With a length of 96 metres and a width of 13.5 metres, the ship is expected to have a displacement of around 2,000 tonnes. The design of the propulsion system (two propulsion diesels, four diesel generators and controllable pitch propellers) enables a maximum speed of...

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