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US Marine cancels traditional event

US Marine cancels traditional event

Gepostet von | 4 May 2025 | , , | 0

The US Navy is cancelling its International Seapower Symposium (ISS), which has been a tradition for 56 years. The Pentagon confirmed this to the United States Naval Institute (USNI), allegedly due to a lack of funding. Every two years since 1969, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO, the equivalent of the inspector of the German Navy) has welcomed the inspectors and commanders of more than one hundred navies to the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., for the three-day symposium. Following the conference, the Naval War College publishes the proceedings. "The purpose of the International Seapower Symposium is to provide a forum for senior international naval leaders to discuss common maritime issues and...

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Swedish visit

Swedish visit

Gepostet von | 4 May 2025 | , | 0

What do we see there? It's the Royal Swedish Navy's Malmö-class HSWMS Stockholm (P 11) and the Visby-class corvettes HSWMS Nykoeping (K 34) and HSWMS Karlstad (K 35). The Swedish naval squadron arrived in Kiel from Karlskrona for a three-day visit in April 2025. All three corvettes belong to the 3rd Sjoestridsflj (3rd naval flotilla) of the Royal Swedish Navy stationed in Karlskrona. According to a German spokesperson, the Visby-class stealth corvettes and the patrol boat paid a friendly visit to the German Navy's Operational Flotilla 1 stationed in Kiel. Since 2016, there has been close contact between the flotilla...

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Spain: Harrier jump jet on the Black Sea

Spain: Harrier jump jet on the Black Sea

Gepostet von | 3 May 2025 | , , | 1

With its carrier group in the eastern Mediterranean, the Armada has shown what the actually quite old Harrier vertical take-off aircraft are still capable of in their land attack support role: From the "Juan Carlos I", the core of the Dedalo carrier group consisting of the frigates "Blas de Lezo" and "Victoria" as well as the amphibious assault ship "Castilla" and a further two units, three of the embarked Hawker Siddeley Harriers took off to deliver live 500kg MK-82 bombs to the targets at the Getica land combat training area near Cincu in the middle of Romania, 1,000 kilometres away. Of course, this was only possible by refuelling an A400-M of the Spanish Air Force, which was already part of the Spanish NATO air contingent...

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US Navy - an art collector as Secretary of the Navy

US Navy - an art collector as Secretary of the Navy

Gepostet von | 2 May 2025 | , , | 1

Donald Trump chose an entrepreneur and art collector who has never had anything to do with the navy or armed forces as the new Secretary of the Navy (SecNav) quite early on before taking office. For good reasons. However, as founder and chairman of the private investment agency Rugger Management, John Phelan has inexhaustible financial resources at his disposal. At a fundraising dinner in Aspen/Colorado, one of his places of residence, he raised 12 million dollars for the Republicans - (not) an easy task with an entrance fee of 25 to 500 thousand dollars! He added just under 2 million from his own funds. With this he was able to...

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Russia - its own limpet mines are becoming a problem

Russia - its own limpet mines are becoming a problem

Gepostet von | 1 May 2025 | , , | 0

Since the beginning of the year, there have been increasing reports of explosions on or in Russian ships in the Mediterranean, but also in the Baltic Sea. According to various sources, these incidents are mostly due to limpet mines, of which there were - and apparently still are - considerable stocks in Soviet times, particularly in countries of the Eastern Bloc. The only surprising thing is that these now appear to be used against the manufacturer. Everything is in the subjunctive, because precise information is understandably scarce. In most cases, the victims had previously stayed in Russian harbours. A prominent example is the "Ursa Major", which sank in December not far from Gibraltar...

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