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Russia: Test firing of a Borei-class intercontinental ballistic missile

Russia: Test firing of a Borei-class intercontinental ballistic missile

Gepostet von | 26 Dec 2023 | , , | 1

Just a few days after Russia's president signed a law in early November withdrawing from the international treaty to stop nuclear tests, the Russian Navy demonstrated its nuclear deterrent potential: a nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile was fired from the newly commissioned nuclear submarine Imperator Alexander III over a distance of 5,600 kilometres into a target area on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the White Sea. The first test of this weapon system in over a year may be regarded as the final proof of function for the Borei-class submarines, but it has been recognised in the official state narrative as an indication of the functionality of the core element of the Borei...

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Norway: Mine defence with autonomous platforms

Norway: Mine defence with autonomous platforms

Gepostet von | 25 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

The Scandinavian coastal state is well on the way to shifting previously boat-based mine defence into the realm of unmanned forces. They are calling it the next generation of mine hunting and are spending half a billion euros on it: the Royal Norwegian Navy and the Kongsberg Group are currently developing low-emission, hybrid-powered, autonomous platforms using cutting-edge space, quantum and hypersonic technologies, which are to make the difference when connected to artificial intelligence. Sensational at first glance, of course, but at second glance nothing different from what the Royal Navy is doing with the Arcims UPS developed by Atlas Elektronik. Perhaps these UPSs will then transmit the underwater situation report from the...

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UK: Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship for Seabed Warfare

UK: Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship for Seabed Warfare

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

At the beginning of the year, the Royal Navy acquired the offshore supply/construction vessel TANGAROA TOPAZ and had it refitted and repainted at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool as its first multi-role ocean surveillance ship. It was now commissioned in mid-October under the name RFA PROTEUS as a multi-role ocean surveillance ship with the task of seabed warfare. The Royal Navy has not yet made a clear statement on the deployment concept. Is it only to be deployed reactively in the event of suspicious incidents and to repair damage to critical infrastructure? Or is it to be used proactively and as a deterrent by being present in the sea area and deploying its new equipment...

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Canada: Airspace encounters of the Chinese kind

Canada: Airspace encounters of the Chinese kind

Gepostet von | 22 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

When a Canadian Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, a version of the P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, was on an eight-hour UN mission in international airspace over the East China Sea, a Chinese Chengdu J-10 closed to within five metres of its wings, while a Shenyang J-16 kept to the sidelines. The Aurora was flying in an area close to Chinese airspace to monitor ship movements while enforcing the oil embargo against North Korea. These flights are regularly "welcomed" by Chinese air force units - even several times during a mission - but rarely so aggressively. Because on the last approach, even...

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Chile: Ocean-going tugs for the Antarctic

Chile: Ocean-going tugs for the Antarctic

Gepostet von | 21 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

The trend towards equipping navies with high-performance standard support vessels from the civilian sector is continuing around the globe. After Chile decommissioned its deep-sea tug Lautaro at the beginning of 2022, an adequate replacement had to be found quickly to maintain national connections along the 4000 kilometres of coastline and on to the Antarctic regions and stations of Chile. They found what they were looking for in the Netherlands and purchased the offshore supply vessel/tug Havila Neptune, built in 2007 in Leirvik near Bergen in Norway, which can carry a further 2500 tonnes with a displacement of around 3000 tonnes. After a technical refit and colour change from...

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