Category: Security policy

Light at the end of the tunnel

Light at the end of the tunnel

Gepostet von | 20 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 1

The time for downsizing seems to be over in Operational Flotilla 2. The challenges of the future can be mastered with new ships and modern systems. Operational Flotilla 2 in Wilhelmshaven is the largest operational unit in the German Navy. The frigates assigned to it are the platforms with the broadest spectrum of capabilities, operational areas and components to be organically integrated. The same applies to the associated support platforms. The resulting range of operational requirements has always meant that the material has always required constant further development and regeneration in order to fulfil the respective requirements of modern operations and prevent obsolescence. Conversely, this...

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With flash-bang mode

With flash-bang mode

Gepostet von | 15 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

New ideas for equipping maritime special forces were presented at a symposium. This will significantly expand their area of deployment. The annual conference organised by the US Joint Special Operations Command (Socom) was expanded for the first time this year to include additional interest groups. Called SOF Week 2023, the conference took place in Tampa, Florida, in May. More than 15,000 visitors - including many members of friendly armed forces - were counted over the course of the event. In addition to the presentations and panel discussions, the main attractions were the more than 575 exhibitors from the defence industry. The range also included many operational systems and equipment for...

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Training as a priority?

Training as a priority?

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2023 | , , | 0

Training flying personnel is time-consuming and cost-intensive. A look abroad shows how innovative concepts could increase the availability of personnel and material. At the beginning of April, Eva Högl, the Defence Commissioner of the German Bundestag, was quoted as saying the following about the Bundeswehr: "The challenge with personnel is even greater than with material." Although the procurement of modern weapon systems, ammunition and spare parts was and is to a certain extent a prerequisite for successful recruitment, Högl is right. But what can be done to avert a personnel shortage? Is it enough to do more advertising for the armed forces? Do we need financial incentives, or do we need to create...

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The warehouse is all about strategies and security

The warehouse is all about strategies and security

Gepostet von | 11 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

International experts meet at the invitation of GIDS and iFMS Naval officers and scientists from five continents recently exchanged views on maritime strategies and security in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district. They accepted an invitation from the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS) and the interdisciplinary research focus Maritime Security (iFMS) at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg. The conference venue was the Hanseatic International Maritime Museum. The participants from Argentina, Australia, India, Canada, the Philippines and Germany exchanged views on conflict scenarios in the Indo-Pacific, among other things with a view to the security interests of the Indo-Pacific countries, which have so far received too little attention from...

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"We will return to the fixed link between platform and crew"

"We will return to the fixed link between platform and crew"

Gepostet von | 8 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

In September 2021, Frigate Captain Kenneth Harms took command of the 1st Corvette Squadron in Warnemünde. Now he is turning his attention to new tasks. In an interview with marineforum, Harms summarises his time in Warnemünde. Your squadron is developing, what will you remember fondly and what worries you? First and foremost, I think back to what constitutes the core responsibility of a squadron commander. I was allowed to be at sea with my crews, accompany training sections and lead tactically. Pursuing every endeavour right up to the last consequence so that the Sea Falcon drone could be reconnoitred and the RBS 15 missile...

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