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Minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" back in the SNMCMG 1 on 21. 01.22

Minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" back in the SNMCMG 1 on 21. 01.22

Gepostet von | 20 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

On Friday, 21 January 2021 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Bad Bevensen" will leave its home port of Kiel. After a break due to the coronavirus, the Kiel-based boat is now heading for Bornholm to join other boats from the NATO Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). All crew members who contracted the coronavirus before Christmas have recovered and can go to sea with their mates as planned. In February, the "Bad Bevensen" will also take part in the so-called HOD operations in the German Bight. HOD stands for Historic Ordnance Disposal and is regularly carried out in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

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Setback for South African navy

Setback for South African navy

Gepostet von | 20 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

SAN frigates and submarines will not be refitted in the near future The German Navy was once the "Parent Navy" for South Africa. Good Hope, minesweepers, visits ... The four MEKO A-200SAN frigates and the three submarines were built in Germany and are in need of an overhaul. Now the South African Ministry of Finance has declared that there is little room for additional funding for the overhaul of the South African Navy's frigates and submarines. The mid-life upgrades of the South African Navy's frigates and submarines are currently on hold due to a lack of funds. There will be no upgrades to the frigates until at least 2033 and to the submarines until 2035....

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14th Armaments Report - Focus on naval helicopters

14th Armaments Report - Focus on naval helicopters

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2022 | , , | 3

Last week, the BMVg published its 14th armaments report on the status of major military projects in ongoing procurement as of mid-December 2021. We want to take a look at the projects relevant to the German Navy and start this week with the naval helicopters, specifically the two projects NH90 Naval Transport Helicopter (NTH) SEA LION and NH90 Multi Role Frigate Helicopter (MRFH). In the current armaments report, we read: "The NH90 is a transport and frigate helicopter jointly developed by France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany. The co-operation partners procure nationally adapted series variants. Germany is procuring 82 NH90 light transport helicopters (LTH)...

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Fire with consequences

Fire with consequences

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

How the US Navy is learning lessons from the Bonhomme Richard disaster The fire on the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020 was so devastating that the amphibious ship had to be decommissioned in April 2021 (Marineforum reported) The consequences and lessons learnt from this disaster are apparently more far-reaching than initially assumed. The capabilities for assessing and repairing battle damage are being revised, because what do you need to survive in a war against sophisticated opponents? Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, the commander of the Navy's Regional Maintenance Centre, said the Navy is even repairing the burned-out hull of the former amphibious assault ship...

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It went wrong

It went wrong

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Someone has chosen the wrong enemy, a French ATLANTIQUE maritime patrol aircraft. The Marine Nationale announced that one of its Atlantique 2 MPAs had been shot at with a laser in Brittany. The aircraft used its own sensors to identify and locate the person, who was then apprehended fairly quickly. The incident took place on the evening of 4 January 2022, when the ATL2 was on final approach to the Lann-Bihoué airbase when a madman began targeting the aircraft with a laser. The pilot then aborted the landing. The crew were then able to use their technical resources to...

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