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Call for help from Holland

Call for help from Holland

Gepostet von | 8 May 2021 | , , | 0

Parts of the Dutch armed forces are not ready for action. High-ranking officers from the country dared to go public with this statement and demand for more money. The four men had come demonstratively in their usual work uniforms and with their sleeves rolled up. It was supposed to symbolise down-to-earthness and the will to get things done. However, the four inspectors of the Dutch armed forces actually wanted to come clean and speak plainly in an interview with the daily newspaper Trouw. Vice Admiral Rob Kramer, Commandant Zeestrijdkrachten, emphasised that this was a difficult step for them to take. Because soldiers don't normally complain. "If they ask us to jump a metre, we can always...

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Trap mines, drones and explosive boats

Trap mines, drones and explosive boats

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The Strait of Hormuz is an important bottleneck in the global trade in crude oil. The Iranian armed forces have repeatedly demonstrated that they can disrupt maritime traffic with simple means. The Islamic Republic of Iran and its naval forces represent a power factor in the Middle East. For this reason, it is worth taking a look at this maritime player, which has repeatedly acted as an enemy of Germany's friends and allies in recent decades. In the media, the image of the Iranian naval forces ranges from an overpowering opponent with the ability to block the Strait of Hormuz to a "cucumber force" with a penchant for accidents...

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Science fiction weapons are just around the corner

Science fiction weapons are just around the corner

Gepostet von | 8 May 2021 | , | 0

The development of high-energy laser weapons has made enormous progress in recent years. The final step still lacks, above all, the consistent will to introduce them. The increasing complexity of modern conflict scenarios, combined with new technologies, has resulted in a large number of new weapon systems in recent years. Multi-layered trends and technological innovations have emerged, particularly in the field of weapons, which are increasingly rendering the development of established defence systems obsolete. Hypersonic missiles and hypersonic aircraft as well as small and micro aircraft (small Unmanned Aircraft System, sUAS) will expand the known threat spectrum in air defence in the future. New technologies are always accompanied by...

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Corona is changing the global strategic map

Corona is changing the global strategic map

Gepostet von | 8 May 2021 | , | 2

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the shift in the geopolitical balance of power. Russia is capitalising on the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Libya. Turkey is countering this in these countries and feeding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by equipping the armed forces of Azerbaijan with masses of armed UAVs. In the midst of the pandemic, China is further expanding its security policy positioning in Asia and globally. Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Singapore are countering this. Since 2000, the USA has increasingly focussed its security policy activities on Asia - and this will accelerate in the future. It is high time for the EU and its member states to make security policy the focus of their allocation of resources, despite the...

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Naval aviators on course for the future

Naval aviators on course for the future

Gepostet von | 8 May 2021 | , | 0

Capability gaps must be closed soon The naval aviators are currently in a comprehensive renewal and modernisation phase of their airborne naval warfare assets. In doing so, they are maintaining and strengthening the navy's indispensable ability to conduct naval warfare from the air. This applies in particular to the renewal of the helicopter fleet. However, with the planned decommissioning of its eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft by 2025, the naval aviators and thus the navy are threatened with a serious loss of capability in the areas of maritime reconnaissance, maritime surveillance and airborne submarine hunting. It is therefore important for the Navy to avoid this loss and to decide on a successor for the P-3C Orion as quickly as possible. Helicopter fleet...

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