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Combating marine targets in marginal seas - Blue Spear in Estonia

Combating marine targets in marginal seas - Blue Spear in Estonia

Gepostet von | 29 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

With the end of the Cold War, many countries around the Baltic Sea disbanded their coastal defence squadrons and scrapped their missiles. Not so the navy of the Russian Federation, which has continuously developed the weapon systems of its Baltic Fleet. Now it looks like this resource-saving method of combating sea targets in marginal seas is experiencing a renaissance: at the beginning of October, the Estonian Defence Investment Centre announced that it had signed a contract with Proteus Advanced Systems to purchase Blue Spear sea target missiles with a range of 300 kilometres for Estonian national defence. Good reasons - simple, practical, Baltic. The commander of the Estonian Navy, Commodore Jüri Saska, described the purchase...

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Sailboat and aircraft carrier - unequal meeting at sea

Sailboat and aircraft carrier - unequal meeting at sea

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

The news would have been lost in the noise: A Polish single-handed sailor had overlooked the French flagship! Or vice versa - which still needs to be clarified! The sequence of events According to the Préfecture Maritime de Méditerranée (Premarmed), the aircraft carrier CHARLES DE GAULLE was on a training voyage around 40 miles south-east of Toulon in mid-November when a 10-metre sailing yacht was spotted off the bow early in the morning at dusk in wind force 6. But by then it was already too late to take full evasive action. In the unavoidable collision (it couldn't have been more, judging by the pictures), the boat lost...

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Ukraine: Even more new recruits for the navy

Ukraine: Even more new recruits for the navy

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

On the day that British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited Ukraine in mid-November and signed an agreement to "develop the capabilities of Ukraine's naval forces", the Ukrainian Navy announced the arrival of two new coast guard boats. The two refurbished ex-ISLAND-class patrol boats of the US Coast Guard, which have been repainted from white to grey, were shipped as deck cargo from Baltimore/USA to Odessa in Ukraine. There are now four boats of the same type from a US delivery from 2019 already stationed there. The welcome message from the naval commander, Rear Admiral Alexey Neizhpapa, is very impressive: "The boats will soon be flying the flag of the Ukrainian Navy and...

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Frigate Myanmar: An unknown quantity

Frigate Myanmar: An unknown quantity

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2021 | , , | 0

The navy of the Republic of Myanmar, which is geographically located between India, Bangladesh, Thailand and the People's Republic of China, has been undergoing an extensive fleet renewal programme for several years, which has so far gone almost unnoticed by the Western media. The fleet of the Myanmar Navy is made up of a colourful mix of different units from the USA, Denmark, the former Yugoslavia, India and the People's Republic of China. Between 1998 and 2002, CAMC Engineering from China laid the foundations for today's naval shipbuilding capacity in Myanmar by modernising the existing facilities and building a modern shipyard complex at the Naval Dockyard Headquarters in Thanlyin (not far from Yangon).

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Maritime experts

Maritime experts

Gepostet von | 23. dec 2021 | , , | 0

Anyone who believes that a ship with modern equipment is a product from northern Germany should take a look at the suppliers from inland areas. The maritime high-tech industry is particularly well represented in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Many companies based in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria are considered indispensable and traditionally occupy a central position in the overall structure of the German maritime industry and economy. With an annual turnover of over ten billion euros and more than 60,000 jobs, they generate around 20 per cent of maritime value added in Germany and provide 15 per cent of jobs. It was no coincidence that the 11th National Maritime...

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