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F126 frigate: Leonardo supplies LIONFISH Top artillery system

F126 frigate: Leonardo supplies LIONFISH Top artillery system

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , | 4

According to a communiqué from the Italian aerospace and defence company Leonardo, the LIONFISH Top artillery system has been selected as the small-calibre weapon for the German Navy's future F126 frigate class. LIONFISH Top is the variant of Leonardo's 12.7mm weapon system whose gun mantlet fulfils high stealth requirements. Self-defence system The remote-controlled weapon system has electro-optical target detection and tracking, consisting of a daylight camera (detection up to 9.5 kilometres), an infrared camera (detection range up to 12 kilometres) and a laser rangefinder (tracking from 5.5 kilometres). The cadence of the weapon is a maximum of 400 shots per minute, with a maximum range of 1,500 metres. The entire system - without ammunition - should weigh less than 300 kilograms.

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Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

As reported by "The Maritime Executive" at the beginning of December, a study by various US universities shows the dangerous effects for socio-ecological marine systems of the port development projects being aggressively pursued by China, particularly in the Caribbean and around Africa. It is well known that China lures many developing countries into long-term debt through port, power plant and road investments in order to be able to exert intensive influence by acquiring ownership and utilisation rights. A good 20 per cent of all Chinese financing initiatives for development projects abroad - a volume of almost USD 65 billion - come from the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank...

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Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Naval movements can be observed between the Chinese mainland and the Philippine Sea that would not have been worth mentioning in normal times. In view of the tense global security situation, they appear in a different light. "Maritime cooperation" between China and Russia Warships and auxiliary vessels from the navies of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China (PRC) are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea from 21 to 27 December 2022. Actually nothing special since August 2005. Since 2012, the navies of both countries have been practising annually as part of the "Морское взаимодействие" manoeuvre series, which translates as "Maritime Interaction". The Chinese title sounds more modern: "Joint Sea". The Russian...

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BwTV follow-up question: We take Russia's naval forces very seriously

BwTV follow-up question: We take Russia's naval forces very seriously

Gepostet von | 23 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

The Baltic Sea is a marginal sea in which both NATO forces and Russia's Baltic Fleet operate. Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin is responsible for security in the Baltic Sea as commander of the Navy's Operational Flotilla 1. In "Nachgefragt", Faltin explains how the Baltic Sea is being protected during the war in Ukraine. Watch video The Russian invasion of Ukraine has "basically changed everything" for the Navy, says Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin in the last "Nachgefragt" episode before the Christmas break. This starts with the personal attitude of the navy personnel: Before the outbreak of the war, they were practically in training mode, now they see themselves "in operational command,...

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Philippines: Two FAIC-M Shaldag combat boats put into service

Philippines: Two FAIC-M Shaldag combat boats put into service

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

After two of the nine FAIC-M (fast attack interdiction craft - missile) boats of the Israeli Shaldag Mk. V type ordered from Israel Shipyards Ltd. in Haifa were received at the Commodore Divino Pier of the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila City in September and christened as national Marine Corps heroes, these two boats were put into service in mid-December and released to their deployment locations scattered throughout the islands of the Philippines. Construction programme Three more patrol boats of the 32-metre-long "Acero" class are still expected to be delivered. The four remaining boats are being built at the navy's own shipyard in...

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