Category: Technology

Light(er) on land

Light(er) on land

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2023 | , , , , , | 0

The Navy and Marine Corps are planning the joint construction of amphibious units. However, different ideas are jeopardising the success of the project. The US Navy is planning to introduce a new class of light amphibious warship (LAW) for transporting marines to the theatre of operations. A decision on the ship design is expected to be made in the first half of 2023. With a length of between 60 and 120 metres and a displacement of 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes, the LAW falls into a medium size class from an international perspective. The maximum draught is 3.7 metres in order to ensure that the ship can approach the landing beach directly and...

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Kiel dominates in naval shipbuilding

Kiel dominates in naval shipbuilding

Gepostet von | 26 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

In marineforum 7/8-2022, Dieter Hanel traced the development of the Bundeswehr and navy in Kiel. In the second part, the author takes a look at the maritime industry in the state capital. With the rearmament of Germany and the formation of the Bundeswehr in 1955, the rebuilding of a German defence industry also began. On 16 March 1959, Kiel-based Howaldtswerke, which still had around 13,000 employees at the time, received an order from the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement for the construction of twelve Class 201 submarines, based on the development results of the Lübeck engineering office. 12 December 1959 was the...

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Finding the right balance

Finding the right balance

Gepostet von | 23 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

The world has not seen a high-intensity naval battle for decades. In view of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the urgent question now arises as to how naval warfare needs to be rethought. You would think that the Russian attack on Ukraine would have made life easier for planners. After all, many uncertainties regarding Russian intentions have now been resolved, albeit painfully, and it is now possible to concentrate properly on adequate defence planning. However, with new certainties, new questions have unpleasantly arisen. Did the West underestimate Putin's dangerousness, but at the same time overestimate the capabilities of his army? Was the Russian approach so...

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Breathless...

Breathless...

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

...we are following the annual reviews for 2022. Events in the world have unfolded at a speed that we could not - or did not want to - imagine. With the hope of an imminent end to the pandemic, the desire for good governance in Berlin and a bright future with the rulers in Washington, Paris or Rome, we hoped for stability and the usual economic satisfaction. Putin would not be so serious with his deployment, the US criticism of Nord Stream 2 was exaggerated, the defence budget could be developed moderately, if at all necessary, and we would concentrate on the...

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Not on our watch

Not on our watch

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

It is not only since the beginning of the Ukraine war that Germany has claimed leadership in the Baltic Sea. With Deu Marfor, the navy has an important element to achieve this goal. The announcement of the "turning point" on 27 February 2022 by Olaf Scholz in response to the Russian attack on Ukraine is of particular relevance to security policy in many respects. The main premise is clear: Germany must reorient itself in terms of security policy. The Russian campaign may not be the trigger, but it is the spark that will cause the barrel to explode. NATO allies in particular, as well as neighbouring European countries, have long been calling for a security policy adapted to the current threats.

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