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50 books about the sea

50 books about the sea

Gepostet von | 10 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN (Ret.): The Sailor's Bookshelf. Fifty Books to know the Sea, USNI 23 November 2021, 232 pp. With this book, Admiral Stavridis remains true to his love: the sea and books about it. He has selected 50 books from the large number and variety of books available, which he describes in four main categories, each in short summaries of three to four pages: Seas, explorers, seafarers in novels, seafarers in non-fiction. The sailor will find well-known but also unknown works; the landlubber will receive a kind of navigation aid through literature with a maritime flavour. He is guided through history, learns about great sea battles...

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Destroyers in series

Destroyers in series

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US Navy to buy two Arleigh Burke per year while developing DDG(X) concept The Navy plans to buy two Arleigh Burke Flight III-class destroyers per year while developing its new DDG(X) programme, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The service life of 35 to 40 years results in a force of 70 to 80 large surface combatants. "And two ships a year gives the Navy the dominance in multiple domains it needs to ensure the security and prosperity of the United States, and it ensures the health of our great shipbuilding industry, which I cannot emphasise enough," he added. "More strategic...

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Frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" returns from NATO mission in the Aegean Sea

Frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" returns from NATO mission in the Aegean Sea

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On 11 February 2022, the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" returned to its home port of Wilhelmshaven after a 179-day absence. The F123 class frigate was part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2) in the Aegean and was involved in maritime surveillance. "During the four and a half months in the theatre of operations, my crew made their contribution to managing the refugee and migration crisis. In close cooperation with Greek and Turkish authorities as well as the EU border protection agency Frontex, we have made a significant contribution to protecting the EU's external borders," reports the commander, frigate captain Andreas Mückusch (44). "At the same time, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has brought considerable restrictions for us. Hardly...

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Three carrier groups in the Mediterranean

Three carrier groups in the Mediterranean

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The question "what comes after Neptune Strike" is answered We are looking spellbound at the East-West crisis in Ukraine. And what is NATO doing? Three different NATO carrier groups are operating together in the Mediterranean, impressively demonstrating the Alliance's naval power. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) is taking part in the latest exercises, working together for two days with the French Task Force 473, which is stationed on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, and an Italian battle group around the aircraft carrier Cavour. Neptune Strike 22 (marineforum reported) also involved the Cavour Strike Group and the amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), which...

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Dragon taming for beginners

Dragon taming for beginners

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With its drive for expansion, China is turning more and more nations against itself and fuelling fear in the region. This leads to the formation of security co-operations. China's aggressive expansionist policy is increasingly turning the Indo-Pacific region into the theatre of a global political conflict that is primarily maritime in nature. In the South China Sea, from which China wants to push the USA out in the long term, there is a constant risk of a military incident between US ships during their regular Freedom of Operations missions (Fonops) and Chinese ships. For the USA, the Pacific region with East Asia is the focus of its geostrategic security policy. As a guarantor of stability and security, it has traditionally enjoyed strategic supremacy there, which...

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