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Four billion for a frigate?

Four billion for a frigate?

Gepostet von | 5 Feb 2025 | , , | 3

The Australian Hunter-class frigate programme: costs out of control? The Australian Hunter-class frigate programme is facing a financial crisis. The planned nine ships have been reduced to six, but the costs are rising dramatically and are exceeding the original budget. The Australian Hunter-class frigate programme is spiralling out of control as construction costs continue to rise. Australia's future "Global Combat Ship", the Hunter-class frigates, are based on the Type 26 developed in the UK by BAE Systems. These ships were intended to be one of the most efficient combat vessels in the world, but the budget planning is getting increasingly out of control. The budget had earmarked 2.5 billion euros per ship...

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On the way to the glass ocean

On the way to the glass ocean

Gepostet von | 3 Feb 2025 | , , | 0

Wiederholt waren maritime Datenkabel und Pipelines das Ziel von Anschlägen. Durch interdisziplinäre Kooperation könnte die Sicherheit Kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur deutlich verbessert werden. Die zunehmende geopolitische Unsicherheit und wiederholte Zwischenfälle wie die kürzlich berichtete Spionage russischer Forschungsschiffe in europäischen Gewässern, haben die Verwundbarkeit kritischer Unterwasserinfrastrukturen verdeutlicht. Die Bedrohung für Pipelines, Offshore-Windparks und besonders Kommunikationskabel nimmt zu. Das verdeutlichen die Beschädigungen am C-Lion1-Kabel zwischen Finnland und Deutschland sowie am BCS East-West-Interlink, das Litauen mit der schwedischen Insel Gotland verbindet. Diese Infrastrukturen sind[ds_preview] jedoch von zentraler Bedeutung für die nationale Sicherheit und das wirtschaftliche Wohl Deutschlands und Europas. Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius sah daher...

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Australia: NVL divests itself of the "Arafura"

Australia: NVL divests itself of the "Arafura"

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

It is called "Project Sea 1180" and comprises six (optionally twelve) OPVs of 80 metres in length and 1,700 tonnes displacement - ordered from Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL). The Arafura class was developed from the Darussalam OPV built for Brunei. Two boats were to be built at Osborne in Adelaide on the south-east coast and the other four at Civmec in Henderson/Perth in the west with technology transfer from Lürssen. Civmec was chosen as the Australian subcontractor, even though Australia would have preferred to see Austal in the job. After the project was severely delayed and the project was classified as a "project of concern" at the end of 2023, the...

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Red Sea: Chronology of a new form of war - low-cost versus high-tech

Red Sea: Chronology of a new form of war - low-cost versus high-tech

Gepostet von | 29 Jan 2025 | , , | 1

In response to the Israel-Gaza war, the Yemeni Houthi militias are threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. In the fight against their new low-cost weapons, the allies have to deploy very expensive missiles - simple versus sophisticated. Here is a review of the last twelve months (as at the end of November 2024) with an attached chronology of events. Included is a current addendum dated 23 January 2025 with an addendum dated 27 January 2025. On 19 November 2023, six weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October and three weeks after the start of the Israeli ground offensive in the Israel-Gaza war, the Houthi militias opened their seaward support campaign for Hamas and...

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