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On the way to the glass ocean

On the way to the glass ocean

Gepostet von | 3 Feb 2025 | , , | 0

Maritime data cables and pipelines have repeatedly been the target of attacks. Interdisciplinary cooperation could significantly improve the security of critical underwater infrastructure. Increasing geopolitical uncertainty and repeated incidents, such as the recently reported espionage by Russian research vessels in European waters, have highlighted the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure. The threat to pipelines, offshore wind farms and especially communication cables is increasing. This is illustrated by the damage to the C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany and the BCS East-West Interlink, which connects Lithuania with the Swedish island of Gotland. These infrastructures are access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Weiterlesen

Australia: NVL divests itself of the "Arafura"

Australia: NVL divests itself of the "Arafura"

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

It is called "Project Sea 1180" and comprises six (optionally twelve) OPVs of 80 metres in length and 1,700 tonnes displacement - ordered from Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL). The Arafura class was developed from the Darussalam OPV built for Brunei. Two boats were to be built at Osborne in Adelaide on the south-east coast and the other four at Civmec in Henderson/Perth in the west with technology transfer from Lürssen. Civmec was chosen as the Australian subcontractor, even though Australia would have preferred to see Austal in the job. After the project was severely delayed and the project was classified as a "project of concern" at the end of 2023, the...

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Red Sea: Chronology of a new form of war - low-cost versus high-tech

Red Sea: Chronology of a new form of war - low-cost versus high-tech

Gepostet von | 29 Jan 2025 | , , | 1

In response to the Israel-Gaza war, the Yemeni Houthi militias are threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. In the fight against their new low-cost weapons, the allies have to deploy very expensive missiles - simple versus sophisticated. Here is a review of the last twelve months (as at the end of November 2024) with an attached chronology of events. Included is a current addendum dated 23 January 2025 with an addendum dated 27 January 2025. On 19 November 2023, six weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October and three weeks after the start of the Israeli ground offensive in the Israel-Gaza war, the Houthi militias opened their seaward support campaign for Hamas and...

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