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Propaganda for the youth

Propaganda for the youth

Gepostet von | 18 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

At the beginning of the First World War, the small cruiser "Emden" was roaming the waters of Asia. After its sinking, Lieutenant Captain Hellmuth von Mücke led the crew back home in an adventurous way. During his lifetime, he rivalled the legendary "sea devil" Felix Graf von Luckner in popularity, and his experiences were filmed for television and cinema in 2012 by Berengar Pfahl under the title "The Men of the Emden": Kapitänleutnant Hellmuth von Mücke. Born on 25 June 1881 in Zwickau, like Count Luckner and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, he was one of the heroic figures of imperial Germany. The response to his odyssey was correspondingly great.

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Fully networked

Fully networked

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2022 | , , | 2

In future, every soldier, every sensor and every effector will be digitally connected with each other in order to control operations down to the last detail. But if the network fails, mission tactics will determine success. The term Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) is currently on everyone's lips; the US armed forces summarise it in their Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, while the British armed forces call the corresponding concept Multi-Domain Integration (MDI). Within NATO, the concept for the Alliance Approach to Multi-Domain Operations is currently being developed by Allied Command Transformation in cooperation with Allied Command Operations. The US concept integrates -...

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LNG terminal - a long way off?

LNG terminal - a long way off?

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Dependence on Russia and no way out? A column It was 2018, and since then there has been optimistic talk of future terminals at all maritime conferences. At the VSM conference in 2019, we repeatedly heard that things were getting underway in Brunsbüttel. Then came the National Maritime Conference: even the German Chancellor dutifully read off the page what had been written down for her, that we could rely on the strong maritime industry and its innovative strength in the future. Alternative technologies, alternative fuels, transitional technology. The magic word "Power to X" and LNG as a transition. Liquefied natural gas, not only for propulsion, but also of great importance for the national energy supply. And what...

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The sea as a safety factor

The sea as a safety factor

Gepostet von | 11 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

In its new annual report, the Naval Command describes Germany's dependence on safe sea routes. The little-known importance of the maritime industry is also emphasised. In his foreword to the Naval Command's 2021 annual report on Germany's maritime dependency, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach explains why Germany has no choice but to protect its maritime interests. "As a member of the United Nations, the EU and NATO, we are committed to ensuring that our merchant and passenger ships can continue to sail the world's oceans safely and freely." The document updates and supplements the data and findings of its predecessors. It describes in detail the situation of...

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Dragon taming for beginners

Dragon taming for beginners

Gepostet von | 9 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

With its drive for expansion, China is turning more and more nations against itself and fuelling fear in the region. This leads to the formation of security co-operations. China's aggressive expansionist policy is increasingly turning the Indo-Pacific region into the theatre of a global political conflict that is primarily maritime in nature. In the South China Sea, from which China wants to push the USA out in the long term, there is a constant risk of a military incident between US ships during their regular Freedom of Operations missions (Fonops) and Chinese ships. For the USA, the Pacific region with East Asia is the focus of its geostrategic security policy. As a guarantor of stability and security, it has traditionally enjoyed strategic supremacy there, which...

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