Category: Marines from all over the world

South Korea: US demonstration of power - Part 2

South Korea: US demonstration of power - Part 2

Gepostet von | 31 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

In April 2023, the presidents of South Korea and the United States agreed that a US Navy submarine equipped with nuclear weapons would visit South Korea again. This is part of a bilateral agreement to improve the "regular visibility" of US strategic assets on the Korean peninsula and a response to repeated threats and North Korea's advancing nuclear programme. North Korea has fired 17 ballistic missiles on 12 separate test days this year. In July, a solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile (Hwasong-18) and cruise missiles. However, the South Korean Ministry of Defence did not disclose how many of these were fired. Show of force II Now USS "Annapolis" (SSN-760/Los Angeles class), a 110 metre-long hunting submarine, was underway....

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German marines train in Australia

German marines train in Australia

Gepostet von | 28 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

From a report on the Bundeswehr portal The German Navy's naval battalion is also involved in the large-scale multinational manoeuvre "Talisman Sabre" from 22 July to 4 August. Australia has hosted this largest joint training activity of its defence forces with the US military every two years since 2005. Talisman Sabre 2023 is now the tenth and largest iteration of the manoeuvre series to date. More than 30,000 military personnel from 13 nations are taking part this year: in addition to the organisers Australia and the USA, these are Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Great Britain, Canada and Germany. The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand are sending observers to the exercise. Another...

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USA: President nominates Lisa Franchetti as new CNO

USA: President nominates Lisa Franchetti as new CNO

Gepostet von | 24 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

US President Joe Biden has nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to succeed Admiral Michael Gilday as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO - Chief of Staff U.S. Navy), who has been in office since August 2019. If the decision is confirmed, she would be the first woman to head a branch of the US military and also the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She is currently Gilday's deputy, who will soon be retiring. Competition Biden's nomination of Franchetti comes as a surprise. In doing so, he overrode the recommendation of his defence minister Lloyd Austin, who, according to information from the Pentagon in June, opted for Admiral...

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Singapore's submarine "Impeccable" at home

Singapore's submarine "Impeccable" at home

Gepostet von | 24 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

According to the Singaporean Ministry of Defence, the Singapore Navy's submarine "Impeccable" arrived at its home base in Changi, Singapore, on Thursday, 20 July. The arrival of the first boat of the Kiel-built Invincible class was duly honoured with a ceremony. It had left Kiel on board the transport ship "Rolldock Storm" at the beginning of June. The picture published by the Singaporean Ministry of Defence shows the "Impeccable" entering the RSS Singapura naval base on its own keel. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You do not yet have a...

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Taiwan: Critical infrastructure under water

Taiwan: Critical infrastructure under water

Gepostet von | 21 Jul 2023 | , , , | 0

The extent to which critical infrastructure has become a pawn in current threats is demonstrated by the dependence of Taiwan's Matsu and Kinmen Islands on intact submarine cables. Although these small island groups lie deep within the Chinese coast, they are part of Taiwan's national territory (as are the Pescadores Islands in the Taiwan Strait). Tangle of cables The dozen small and tiny islands in the Matsu group, located in the north off the Chinese city of Fuschou, are connected to the main island for data and telephony supply via steel-armoured, 2 to 3 centimetre-thick fibre optic cables. If one of these cables is cut, the only alternative supply to the archipelago is via microwave radio relay, but its capacity is barely sufficient for telephone calls.

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