Category: Security policy

"Gorch Fock" visits Wilhelmshaven

"Gorch Fock" visits Wilhelmshaven

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2025 | , , , | 0

Tomorrow, Tuesday 26 August 2025, the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" will arrive at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven. We have already reported in detail here about the extensive sailing programme of the "Gorch Fock". After Spain and Portugal, Gran Canaria, the Azores and the Shetland Islands, the "Gorch Fock" was the highlight of Kiel Week. The visit of the Federal President on board in Warnemünde was a special highlight. After a short holiday period, the ship was part of the Ocean Race Europe supporting programme - together with circumnavigator Boris Herrmann. This was followed by participation in the Sail events in Bremerhaven and Amsterdam. At the start of the current late summer voyage, the training ship took 30...

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Hamburg - The Houthis are once again threatening the shipping companies

Hamburg - The Houthis are once again threatening the shipping companies

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2025 | , , , | 0

The Houthi rebels from Yemen want to expand their attacks beyond the Red Sea and are threatening to attack merchant ships worldwide, according to the German Shipowners' Association (VDR). The VDR condemns the threat in the strongest possible terms and is once again calling for more German naval presence. The new e-mail from the Houthis to the VDR and several member shipping companies is said to state: "All companies are called upon to stop doing business with the Israeli enemy ports. Otherwise, their ships will be attacked wherever they can be reached or are within range of our missiles and drones. According to the VDR, the threat is part of a series...

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Quadriga 2025 - Bundeswehr and NATO practise alliance exercises

Quadriga 2025 - Bundeswehr and NATO practise alliance exercises

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2025 | , , | 0

With the Quadriga 2025 exercise series, the Bundeswehr is training together with armed forces from 13 other nations to protect the Baltic Sea region under conditions of crisis and war. During the core exercise period from August to September 2025, around 8,000 German servicewomen and men from the navy, army, air force, cyber and information space and support units will take part in several large-scale exercises in Germany, along NATO's eastern flank and in the Baltic Sea. After the Bundeswehr's capabilities and interoperability with partner forces have been trained at Quadriga in recent years, primarily in the air (2023) and on land (2024), the focus in 2025 will be on the dimension...

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Israeli drone defence for German warships?

Israeli drone defence for German warships?

Gepostet von | 20 Aug 2025 | , , , | 0

The Israeli defence companies Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems are offering an integrated solution to protect surface units against attacks by armed drones. The German Navy's combat ships could also benefit from this, as Germany is endeavouring to improve its navy's own protection against drones. This is urgently needed in view of the significant increase in suspicious drone activity over military and critical infrastructure. It also arises from the experience of war in Ukraine and above all in the Red Sea, where the Houthi rebels are now successfully using swarms of drones against ships. As technology and tactics are also constantly evolving in drone warfare,...

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Russia - Sanctions end shipyard orders

Russia - Sanctions end shipyard orders

Gepostet von | 19 Aug 2025 | , , , | 0

The Russian shipbuilding industry is now feeling the effects of Western sanctions more clearly. According to the latest reports, a major order for urgently needed icebreakers has been cancelled. Russian media report that the state-owned port operator Rosmorport has cancelled an order to a Russian shipyard for two icebreakers worth over 171 million euros. They had been ordered in July 2021, before the invasion of Ukraine, and were originally due to be delivered in 2024. Sanctions are cited as the reason for the postponement of the delivery date to December 2026 and now for the cancellation of the entire order, as important equipment from the West...

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