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90 metre ship Zhu Hai Yun: Launch of an autonomous robot carrier in China

90 metre ship Zhu Hai Yun: Launch of an autonomous robot carrier in China

Gepostet von | 6 Jun 2022 | , , , , | 0

The ship actually looks more like an oligarch yacht with a somewhat unconventional East Asian design: in mid-May, the South China Morning Post reported eloquently on the launch of an almost 90 metre long ship named "Zhu Hai Yun" at the CSSC Huangpu Wenchong shipyard in Guangzhou in the hinterland of Hong Kong. However, it is not the spectacular design - it is the technical equipment and the equipment payload that make people sit up and take notice. As an autonomous platform with a large number of unmanned sensor carriers, the ship is intended to create a 3D image of a 100-kilometre disc of the sea surface, 4 kilometres upwards and...

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Spain's new-build submarine takes to the open sea

Spain's new-build submarine takes to the open sea

Gepostet von | 6 Jun 2022 | , , | 0

The procurement programme for the conventional Spanish submarines of the high-tech S-80 class was mixed with many unfortunate setbacks and delays. Thirteen months after being rolled out of the hall, christened by Princess Leonor and floated out of the Navantia dock, the S-81 "Isaac Peral" type boat has completed its harbour trials and left the Cartagena basin for the first time for sea trials. The manufacturer responsible for the "world's most advanced" boat until its delivery, the state-owned shipyard consortium Navantia, praises the 15-day continuously submersible boat to the skies: only very few nations in the world have...

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Second British aircraft carrier en route to the Mediterranean

Second British aircraft carrier en route to the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 3 Jun 2022 | , | 0

Just a few weeks ago, HMS Prince of Wales returned to its British home port of Portsmouth from the Cold Response 2022 Arctic manoeuvre, where it had been training with NATO units from various nations and leading the Joint Expeditionary Force. Now the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier has left its home port for the Atlantic again before the weekend to serve as the NATO flagship for Spain's annual "Flotex" exercise in the Mediterranean. The carrier's programme includes a two-week workup off the British coast before heading to Spain and Portugal for port visits. From Rota, it will sail into the Mediterranean Sea serials together with...

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Container shipping: When Shanghai reopens

Container shipping: When Shanghai reopens

Gepostet von | 2 Jun 2022 | , , , | 0

Chaos in the supply chain predicted when shipping resumes in Shanghai. According to expert estimates, supply chain disruptions led to 260,000 TEU not being shipped from Shanghai in April alone. Predictions are mounting across the shipping industry that there will be renewed disruption, backlogs and possibly even "chaos" as China looks to resume operations in Shanghai soon. After an eight-week shutdown due to its zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy, this will be a difficult endeavour. The diversion of ships increased rapidly from mid-April, resulting in more and more export cargo not being shipped, and now it is expected that...

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Denmark gives Ukraine Harpoon maritime target missile

Denmark gives Ukraine Harpoon maritime target missile

Gepostet von | 2 Jun 2022 | , , , | 0

This was announced by US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on 23 May 2022 as one of the results of another meeting of an international coalition for military support for Ukraine with representatives from Kiev. In this case, twenty nations negotiated, but more precise details of the participants were not disclosed. As early as 19 May, Reuters reported that Washington was considering sending Harpoon and Naval Strike Missile (NSM) missiles to Ukraine. With the Danish offer announced during the 'donor conference', the problems associated with such a transfer have been solved. Firstly, the US armed forces themselves do not have platforms that would enable the deployment of Harpoons from land to sea....

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