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German frigate off North Korea: What is PSMX?

German frigate off North Korea: What is PSMX?

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2024 | , , , | 0

Not everyone may be familiar with the abbreviation PSMX - but you can find out about it! The German Indo-Pacific group consisting of the frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force vessel "Frankfurt am Main" is currently spending valuable time monitoring cargo traffic to North Korea, a country that is subject to several United Nations sanctions due to its nuclear weapons programme. Germany has pledged to help monitor the implementation of and compliance with these sanctions. This is most effective in the waters off the South Korean peninsula, where the association had just arrived for a visit in the port city of Incheon - 30 kilometres from Seoul. Everything...

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Technical vulnerability of Russian units - Are the sanctions taking effect?

Technical vulnerability of Russian units - Are the sanctions taking effect?

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2024 | , , | 1

Ukraine keeps meticulous records of all incidents in the navy of the Russian Federation. In early June, for example, Kiev reported an engine fire on the Udaloy-class submarine destroyer ADMIRAL LEVCHENKO (project 1155, 164 metres, 8,500 tonnes) of the Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, even though this ship would never be expected in the Black Sea. Although not yet confirmed by Russia, the damage on board does not appear to be insignificant. However, another aspect is more important: the engines built in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, in the 1980s have not been able to be supplied with original parts and manufacturer expertise since 2014 anyway, but due to the sanctions against Russia...

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 "What does the Black Sea teach us?"

 "What does the Black Sea teach us?"

Gepostet von | 12 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The Kiel International Seapower Symposium is an annual highlight for the security policy community. It offers academics and practitioners an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge. Under the motto "(Re-)Learning War - Lessons from the Black Sea", the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University organised the Kiel International Seapower Symposium (KISS) together with the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies for the first time this year. Traditionally, the high-calibre conference coincided with the start of this year's Kiel Week and the port call of the participants of the annual Baltops naval manoeuvre. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also...

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"Bulava" nuclear missile completes Russia's strategic triad

"Bulava" nuclear missile completes Russia's strategic triad

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

On 7 May, the day he took up his fifth term of office in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over the "commissioning certificate" for the new strategic nuclear weapon RSM-56 Bulava - the "mace" - to the navy. A generation of strategic weapons on board various submarines dating back to the early 1980s with logistically complex, different propulsion systems in initially liquid and then solid form (SS-N-18, SS-N-23) had actually necessitated a new development at the turn of the millennium. However, initial design successes, including in Ukrainian armouries, were followed by misfires, which led to a new development based on the vehicle-borne nuclear weapons of the Topol series. This approach also failed...

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The MOS now resides in the Brommy barracks

The MOS now resides in the Brommy barracks

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The barracks complex in Bremerhaven has always been known simply as the "Naval School". For decades, the complex has been home to the "MOS", once a naval location school, now a naval operations school and thus one of two so-called functional schools of the navy. Now a legendary admiral has found his home here, the complex is now called Admiral Brommy Kaserne and is thus named after the first commander of a German navy. We look back to the 19th century: The revolutionary events of 1848, the founding of the Imperial Fleet - we know all about it. It is part of German naval history and has often been told and written down. Why, after a number of Brommy streets and squares, there is now a...

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