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Russian Navy: 46 new ships in 2022

Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov confirmed the arrival of 46 new units for the Russian Federation Navy in 2022 - 50 ships are already in various stages of construction at the country's shipyards. The Russian naval commander made these statements during a multiple keel-laying ceremony for no fewer than six units, which was held in St Petersburg and broadcast to the media via video conference. Only in this way is it possible to have a navy ready for Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin that consists of at least 70 per cent modern platforms. Three in one go In St Petersburg, Yevmenov initiated the start of construction for two conventional naval platforms at the Admiralty shipyard....

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USA: Landing ships and big drones

USS Fort Lauderdale In mid-March 2022, the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Shipbuilding Division in Pascagoula, Mississippi, delivered the USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the twelfth of the San Antonio-class amphibious dock landing ships, to the US Navy. After some further proof, Fort Lauderdale will be able to embark its contingent of Marines, their conventional and hovercraft landing craft, as well as the helicopters and the swing-rotor aircraft. LDUUV Snakehead Against the backdrop of the number thirteen of this class, the USS Richard S. McCool, moored at the outfitting pier in Pascagoula, the technical solution developed and tested at HII in order to equip the LDUUV (large-diameter...

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Ukraine attacks Russian oil drilling platform

On 20 June, Reuters reported that the pro-Russian regional governor in Crimea had accused Ukrainian forces of attacking and setting fire to an oil drilling platform that has allegedly belonged to Russia since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. It is not known what weapons were used to carry out the attack. Three people were injured and a further seven people are believed to be missing. The ongoing work on two other platforms has been suspended. Silence from Kiev This information could not be verified at the time, partly because no details were provided by the Ukrainian side. However, the platforms are said to be located only 70 kilometres south-east of Odessa,...

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RENK gearbox for the F 126

Electric traction motors for German Navy frigates The general contractor Damen Naval and RENK have signed a contract for the supply of transmission gear units and electric drives for the Class 126 frigates. RENK / Augsburg is thus continuing its co-operation with the German Navy. For example, the predecessor classes F125 and F124 were already equipped with RENK gear units. RENK also has a long-standing partnership with Damen Naval, for example in the construction of frigates and offshore patrol vessels for the navies of the Netherlands, Mexico, Morocco and Indonesia. An important difference between the future F126 and older frigates will be the new propulsion system:...

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Grain exports: A turn for the better - or a world war?

Under the above title, RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (rnd) reported on 16 June 2022 on a plan put forward by former SACEUR, Admiral James George Stavridis, US Navy, to break up Russia's inhumane grain blockades in the Black Sea. He proposes providing military escort for Ukrainian civilian wheat transports in the Black Sea. In this way, it would be possible to set limits to Putin's power games and defuse the global food crisis that he has deliberately brought about. Admiral James G. Stavridis That wouldn't be entirely risk-free, but "a little common sense in the midst of war" should be worth the "calculated risk", as the rnd and the nyt (New York...

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