10 years of KISS: maritime safety on the Kiel Fjord
On 19 June, the ISPK (Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University) hosted its 10th "Kiel International ...
Olpenitz home port - a place of remembrance
Home harbour: Memories of Olpenitz. Stele opened in memory of another time.
China's "Internet Kill Switch" - dual use or scaremongering
China and the "Internet Kill Switch" - repair aid or targeted threat? Back in March, a piece of news from China caused ...
Danish approaches to the Baltic Sea - drones and home defence cutters
Copenhagen - at whose gates and in whose bays Russian ships of the dubious Shadow Fleet and the civil-military Syria/Mediterranean Express parade - ...
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Kiel Ammunition Clearance Week 2025
Second Kiel Munitions Clearance Week has begun Minister of Marine Protection Tobias Goldschmidt: "Schleswig-Holstein has been pushing ahead with the clearance of old munitions for a long time. Science, ...
China's new Type 054B frigate - more than just further development
China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate - more modern, heavier, air defence-capable China's new Type 054B Luohe frigate was launched at the end of January 2025 ...
Wilhelmshaven - successful Pön-Ex for destroyer MÖLDERS
The museum ship "Mölders" has been the largest exhibit in the German Naval Museum (DMM) since 2005. Since then, a so-called ...
Knowledge and skills: Training of operational naval officers
With the return to national and alliance defence, it is not only the main area of operation that is changing for the German Navy. What is needed is ...
Varied support: K3 Scout unmanned surface vehicle
More and more unmanned surface vehicles are being developed for naval use. A British company promises particular flexibility with its new model. The ...
More impact, more vision: The German Navy receives a new light naval gun
From the revolver cannon to the fragmentation cloud - a quantum leap in close-range defence Change of strategy in the 30mm calibre With the new 30mm ...
Before BALTOPS: Russian navy in Skagerrak and Baltic Sea
Russian naval activity in the run-up to BALTOPS 2025 in the Skagerrak and western Baltic On 20 May 2025, the ...
Ocean-going tug "Rügen" in action
There was a premiere on 12 June 2025. The German Navy's new ocean-going tug "Rügen" deployed to the Aegean and ...
Sweden equips Visby corvettes with Sea Ceptor air defence system
At the end of May, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) signed a contract with MBDA for the delivery of the Sea Ceptor air defence system for the five ...