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Extension of the term of service of Burke & Co.

Extension of the term of service of Burke & Co.

Gepostet von | 20 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of October, the US Navy announced that it would be extending the service life of twelve of the oldest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. They belong to the first generation of this ship class, the Flight I, and were commissioned between 1992 and 1997. The ships were originally designed for a service life of 35 years. The decision in favour of the service life extension is based on a comprehensive assessment of the condition of each individual ship, including combat capability and access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? Don't have access yet?...

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Promoting national expertise

Promoting national expertise

Gepostet von | 16 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

Once again, naval shipbuilding has been declared a key national technology. However, this decision also creates obligations. With the National Security and Defence Industry Strategy (SVI Strategy) adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 4 December 2024, the concept of national key technologies, which has been known since the first government paper of this kind in 2015, has been confirmed once again. This is good news, as Germany is doing what other European countries - such as France and Sweden - have already implemented before us: In the area of security and defence-related skills in our domestic industry, we are defining areas that we can access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Now...

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Let's go, 2025!

Let's go, 2025!

Gepostet von | 15 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

The year 2025 has begun and we are eagerly awaiting major changes. In America, Donald Trump will be president for the second time, there will be new elections here and the situation in the Middle East will have to stabilise again after the major upheavals of recent months. All of this is cause for both concern and hope. An old adage applies here: Every man is the architect of his own fortune. Are we ready to take up the blacksmith's hammer with strong arms? Do we want to make our own luck or do we want to do what others tell us to do? To set our own course, we need to know where we stand. How...

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Energetic growth of Taiwanese underwater capabilities

Energetic growth of Taiwanese underwater capabilities

Gepostet von | 8 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

The submarine component of the Taiwanese navy currently consists of two boats from the Dutch Zwaardvis-class replica programme from the 1980s, not counting the two American Guppy-class boats from the Second World War era. Following the decision in 2014 to launch its own four-year development programme for six conventional 1,500-tonne Hai Kun-class (Narwhal) boats in the face of insufficient offers from the USA and Italy, the CSBC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) in Kaohsiung (south-west coast) set up the necessary infrastructure. The newly elected President Tsai Ing-wen commissioned the construction of the prototype back in 2016. This was derived from the previous...

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Russian Karakurt class - progress is being made

Russian Karakurt class - progress is being made

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of August, the Russian Navy in Dagestan on the Caspian Sea commissioned the fifth boat of the Karakurt class (project 22800, small missile ship), the "Amur", equipped with eight Kalibr cruise missiles. The "Amur" is already equipped with the navalised Pantsir-M air defence system, a six-barrel 30mm calibre rotary cannon with eight FK 57E6 short-range anti-aircraft missiles (reload: 32). The keel was laid seven years ago at the Zelenodolsky shipyard near Kazan in Tatarstan, deep in the centre of Russia. The programme is running slowly due to problems with the production of the propulsion systems, admitted the commander, Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev, during his visit to the Caspian Flotilla - but things are progressing! Construction number 1...

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