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Transport at low altitude

Transport at low altitude

Gepostet von | 9 May 2023 | , , , , | 0

The Pentagon is planning to introduce a type of aircraft that combines the advantages of a transport aircraft and a ship. However, the idea is not entirely new. The Liberty Lifter concept aims to combine the advantages of ground effect vehicles and flying boats to create a high-performance system. Ground effect vehicles are aircraft that fly exclusively just above the surface of the sea, utilising the increased lift and reduced drag created by the interaction between the wings and the water surface. Flying boats, on the other hand, have the same flight behaviour as conventional aircraft, but use a hydrodynamically shaped hull or floating pontoons for water landings. The Liberty Lifter could be used for a range of applications between...

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Ten months of use

Ten months of use

Gepostet von | 5 May 2023 | , , , , | 0

"Not during our watch!" was the decisive reaction of the inspector of the navy to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in violation of international law. What does this mean in concrete terms for those on watch on board? Just a few days after the turn of the year, the frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sailed to take part in Task Group 441.01, the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (Maritime), or VJTF (M) for short, for the third time. Strictly speaking, this is only an operationally equivalent commitment, but against the backdrop of the current security situation in Europe, it is nevertheless tantamount to a deployment. The permanent combat unit of the NATO Response Force is intended to...

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Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov - visiting strategic partners with a new long-range weapon

Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov - visiting strategic partners with a new long-range weapon

Gepostet von | 25 Apr 2023 | , , , , | 0

On the afternoon of 13 April 2023, the Russian frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" left the Suez Canal northwards with its support ship, the tanker "Kama". According to earlier Russian media reports, Tartus, Syria, is the next port of destination. Both units have been on a long-distance voyage since 4 January. From 17 to 26 February, they took part in the trilateral exercise "Mosi II". This was followed in mid-March by "Maritime Security Belt 23", a naval exercise organised by the Russian Federation, China and Iran in the sea area off the Iranian Chahbahar. After a stopover in Djibouti, the Russian unit headed for the Saudi city of Jeddah. It was the first port visit by Russian units...

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UN agreement to protect the world's oceans

UN agreement to protect the world's oceans

Gepostet von | 21 Apr 2023 | , , | 0

After decades of negotiations, the countries of the world have agreed to protect the oceans. Despite the ongoing environmental damage, ratification will still take years. On 4 March in New York, around 160 UN member states agreed for the first time on an agreement to protect biodiversity on the high seas. Over the past 20 years, there have been 26 UN environmental and climate conferences to achieve binding agreements and mandatory steps for climate and marine protection under international law. So far, however, no legally binding protection rules have been agreed. For example, at the UN Environment Conference in Nairobi in March 2019, efforts to achieve binding reduction targets failed.

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Sailing training ship Palinuro: Little sister under sail

Sailing training ship Palinuro: Little sister under sail

Gepostet von | 20 Apr 2023 | , , , | 0

The keel of the Italian sail training ship Palinuro was laid 90 years ago Some fishing vessels have an astonishing history. One of them is the Italian Navy's Palinuro, a schooner or barquentine. Launched in 1933 at the Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon shipyard in Nantes, France, and launched the following year under the name Commandant Louis Richard, she drove her client Joseph Briand, President of the French Société des Pècheries Malouines, into bankruptcy before she could even set sail on her first mission. Briand sold the steel three-master together with her sister ship Lieutenant René Guillon to the Pècheries du Labrador in Saint-Malo. Here...

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