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Indian Ocean Region - India's strategic view across the ocean

Indian Ocean Region - India's strategic view across the ocean

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

The geostrategic tine in the Indian Ocean is a commitment: with a coastline of 2,000 kilometres on both sides and a wide view across the entire ocean from East Africa and Indonesia/Western Australia to Antarctica, it is a fundamental concern of the Indian Navy under Chinese pressure to keep an eye on movements on this immense body of water. It is at least worth a try, as three quarters of global maritime trade and around half of all consumer goods pass through this sea area. Of course, this cannot be done alone, not without an Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR) as the central organisation and a maritime information exchange agreement, on which...

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Procurement: billions for the navy

Procurement: billions for the navy

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

Important major projects were finalised just in time for the German parliamentary elections. These procurements will characterise the navy for decades to come. On 23 June, before the summer recess, the Defence and Budget Committees of the German Bundestag presented 27 so-called 25-billion-euro bills with a total volume of over 19 billion euros for the Bundeswehr for approval and gave the green light for procurement. The navy will receive 7.3 billion euros of this for the procurement of three fleet service boats, two double-hull tankers, two submarines (U 212CD), five maritime reconnaissance vessels, two measuring boats for WTD 71 and the modernisation of the 123 frigates and minehunting boats...

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Israeli navy - test drives despite lockdown

Israeli navy - test drives despite lockdown

Gepostet von | 30 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

A strict hygiene concept enabled the last of four corvettes to be handed over to the Israeli navy on time The German shipyard industry has successfully defied the coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Although the measures of the Infection Protection Act have presented the entire economy with enormous challenges, the consortium of the Kiel shipyards Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and German Naval Yards was able to finalise a major project on time: The completion and acceptance of the fourth SA'AR-6 class corvette for the Israeli Navy. And in record time! What is particularly remarkable about this is that shipbuilding is an industry in which certain protective measures against the spread of the virus are, by their very nature, not or only slightly...

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AUKUS submarine programme - an attempt at classification

AUKUS submarine programme - an attempt at classification

Gepostet von | 27 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

Comment: AUKUS caused a stir due to France's escalation of the Australian-British-American security agreement to an arms deal. There are lessons to be learnt for Brussels and Berlin from this process. Last week's surprise announcement of a new security agreement between the USA, the UK and Australia triggered a strong reaction in France. However, even after a week, the uproar, which reached all the way to the top of the EU, was directed less against the pact than against the cancellation of a submarine construction programme that was announced in the same breath. Even moderate media such as the FAZ are failing to differentiate between the two: it is making a point of the US going it alone in Afghanistan and...

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Maritime safety during the pandemic

Maritime safety during the pandemic

Gepostet von | 27 Sep 2021 | , , | 0

As in many areas, the pandemic has mercilessly exposed weaknesses in maritime security. But old problems do not simply disappear. As in many other areas of life, the impact of Covid-19 is also highlighting vulnerabilities in maritime security more clearly than ever before. And many are realising that it is not just about a possible attack by China on Taiwan, maritime provocations by Russia, Iran and China against warships and merchant ships of Western states, but also about the functioning of free maritime connections for global trade, the use of resources on the seabed and in the sea, and the use of the resources...

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