The task force supply ship "Berlin" has moored in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The German ship had previously crossed the Arctic Circle and supplied SNMG1 combat ships, including the German frigate "Hamburg", with fuel. Find out what the German Navy and NATO are doing in the North Atlantic in the Bundeswehr report. Watch video bw.de,...
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The number of recruits in the German armed forces rose by 28 per cent between January and the end of July 2025 compared to the same period last year. According to the Ministry of Defence (BMVg), this is a consequence of NATO plans to strengthen defence and a reaction to the increasing threat from Russia. As a result, more than 13,700 people were recruited to the army, air force and navy as well as other organisational areas during this period, the largest increase in years according to the BMVg. In order to achieve the current NATO force goals, Germany wants to increase the target number of active soldiers from the current 203,000 (actual: approx. 183,000) to 260,000. This claim is underpinned...
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The integrated communication system that Rohde & Schwarz is supplying for the Royal Australian Navy's new Hunter-class frigates will be equipped with communication masts from STS Defence. Three years ago, Rohde & Schwarz Australia was commissioned by prime contractor BAE Systems Australia to supply the integrated communications system for the Hunter-class frigates, which Australia plans to commission from 2032, ESuT reported. Now the development is so far advanced that Rohde & Schwarz Australia has been awarded the contract to manufacture the two integrated, configurable main communication masts for the first three Hunter-class frigates. According to information from Rohde & Schwarz on 11 August...
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Wilhelmshaven - Under the motto: "The world is coming to Bremerhaven - and you are right in the middle of it", the city of Bremerhaven is celebrating Sail 2025 from 13 August 2025 to 17 August 2025, with the frigate "Bayern" and the sail training ship "Gorch Fock" taking part. The "Gorch Fock" will lead the entry parade on 13 August 2025 together with the Sail's patron, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. You can watch the spectacle on the Weser from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. from the Seebäderkaje or the Havenwelten promenade, for example. In addition to the "Gorch Fock", the frigate "Bayern" will also be at the Sail in Bremerhaven....
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In the summer of 2025, the Russian Navy deployed surface units and a conventional submarine between the Baltic Sea, the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The deployments were visibly and operationally closely interlinked. What can be seen as a reaction to NATO activities is also an expression of strategic adaptation and political signalling at sea.
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