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NATO in the Mediterranean: Joint naval manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" and "Mavi Balina"

NATO in the Mediterranean: Joint naval manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" and "Mavi Balina"

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In view of the war in Ukraine, NATO's Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM, Northwood, UK) has this year combined the NATO manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" with the Turkish Navy's manoeuvre "Mavi Balina 22" to form a major multinational manoeuvre that will take place in the eastern Mediterranean from 11 to 18 September. Manoeuvre participation The aim of the manoeuvre is to prevent possible aggression by demonstrating a credible defence within the alliance. The NATO nations of the USA, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, France, Canada, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey took part with over fifty ships, five submarines and five maritime reconnaissance vessels, 1,500 marines and the two permanent NATO task forces SNMG2 and...

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MAN Diesel for the frigate 126

MAN Diesel for the frigate 126

Gepostet von | 14 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Damen relies on "made in Germany" As the Dutch company announced at the SMM in Hamburg, the propulsion diesel engines for the German Navy's new frigate class 126 are to be supplied by MAN Energy Solutions. The delivery comprises 8 MAN 32/44CR propulsion engines, two for each of the four frigates ordered. There is an option for two more frigates, i.e. four more engines for MAN to build. Whether there is a circulating reserve or replacement engines was not disclosed and it remains unlikely even today. In June 2020, the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) finally awarded the construction contract for the...

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Boss Hoss meets naval aviators: with horsepower on land and in the air

Boss Hoss meets naval aviators: with horsepower on land and in the air

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , | 1

The loud roar of the engines, the smell of fuel and rubber in the air. And people who can't stop marvelling. What sounds like a normal day at the naval air base was this time thanks to the enthusiasts of the American Boss Hoss motorbikes. Almost 35 of these V8 machines were also guests of the Naval Air Command on 3 September as part of a motorbike meeting in Nordholz. For one afternoon, all participants were able to ride out their machines in the best weather and present them together with one of the maritime patrol aircraft, a P-3C Orion. In the end, however, everyone had to ask themselves the same question: "Would I rather be on land with lots of horsepower?

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Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

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For six months - the entire period of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine - HMS Audacious, the UK's newest operational Hunter-Killer nuclear submarine, has been on patrol in the Mediterranean. While the NATO surface units were monitoring shipping traffic as part of Operation Sea Guardian - and primarily keeping an eye on the Russian naval units that had gathered there at the start of the war and were still there - HMS Audacious was looking after the corresponding vehicles under water. After all, there were still a few conventional Kilo-class submarines left there when the Bosporus was closed. HMS Audacious, after HMS Astute, HMS Ambush...

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Historic meeting after 60 years

Historic meeting after 60 years

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Tall ship meets aircraft carrier: US Navy compliments the Signora It was on 12 July 1962: the US aircraft carrier "USS Independence" encountered the "Amerigo Vespucci", which was sailing under full sail, in the Mediterranean and asked her to identify herself by light signal. The Italian three-masted ship, which was launched in February 1931, identified itself by name and described itself as a "high-ranking national ship on active service", whereupon the US Navy described it as "the most beautiful ship in the world". Now the repetition after 60 years: The aircraft carrier USS "George H.W. Bush" recently passed the "Amerigo Vespucci" in the Adriatic and repeated the compliment:...

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