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Russia: Admiral Gorshkov departed with Zircon

Russia: Admiral Gorshkov departed with Zircon

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2023 | , , , | 3

Shortly before the end of the year, the guided missile frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" (type ship, project 22350, 135 metres, 4,500 tonnes) allegedly left Severomorsk, the Arctic home port of the Russian Northern Fleet off Murmansk on Kola Bay, with a load of the nuclear-capable hypersonic missile "Zircon". According to information from Moscow, it is to act as a command platform and lead a convoy towards the Mediterranean from January - no doubt also as a show of force against the West. However, no details were given about planned port calls or supply stops. Successor to the Krivak-class The "Gorshkov" had already carried out various test firings of the "Zircon", which flies at nine times the speed of sound (11,265 kmh), in the Barents Sea at the beginning of 2022, including one firing...

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Joint naval exercises between China, Russia and South Africa in February 2023

Joint naval exercises between China, Russia and South Africa in February 2023

Gepostet von | 6 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 1

Under the exercise name MOSI, two units of the navy of the Russian Federation and three ships of China's naval forces are to meet a unit of the South African navy off the east coast of South Africa. This was reported unanimously by the Russian news agency TASS and the South African online news portal Defence Web about joint activities between the naval forces of the three countries. The exercise is scheduled to kick off on 17 February in Richards Bay (KwaZulu Natal). Until 24 February, a series of the usual naval activities associated with such port calls are planned in addition to the provisioning of the visiting ships and the conferences in preparation for the exercise. This will be followed by a two-day sea phase from 25 February. To the...

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Spain: From fishing for the navy - Airfox drone

Spain: From fishing for the navy - Airfox drone

Gepostet von | 5 Jan 2023 | , , , | 1

The small electronics company "Marine Instruments" actually started out in 2004 with data-transmitting buoys for fishing and small boats, but has since catapulted itself to the top of European manufacturers of niche maritime products. The company, which is based in Nigrán/Pontevedra, south-west of Vigo in the northern Spanish region of Galicia, is now part of the Spanish technology cluster Groupo Arbulu. In the beginning was the Tunadrone Thanks to its "Tunadrone", which has been used in commercial fishing (tuna) since 2019 and can distinguish between fish and seabirds, and its further development into the M5D-Airfox, which is successfully used in Spain's waters for fisheries monitoring and maritime traffic control, it is not only the US Navy that is currently interested in the easy-to-operate...

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South Korea arms itself - new AEGIS destroyer christened

South Korea arms itself - new AEGIS destroyer christened

Gepostet von | 28 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Addition to the article of 4 August 2022 by editorial note (see below) In view of the rapid Chinese shipbuilding development off its own coast and the aggressive behaviour of North Korea behind it, South Korea has planned a major expansion of its navy. An important part of this programme is the construction of three state-of-the-art AEGIS units (FüWES), which will provide direct compatibility with the ballistic missile defence (BMD) destroyers of the USA and Japan. It is the second batch of the "Se Jong Daewang" class destroyers called KDX-3. At the end of July, the ship was launched in Ulsan, on the Sea of Japan (editor's note) 400 kilometres south-east of...

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Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Maritime sabre-rattling in the Western Pacific

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Naval movements can be observed between the Chinese mainland and the Philippine Sea that would not have been worth mentioning in normal times. In view of the tense global security situation, they appear in a different light. "Maritime cooperation" between China and Russia Warships and auxiliary vessels from the navies of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China (PRC) are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea from 21 to 27 December 2022. Actually nothing special since August 2005. Since 2012, the navies of both countries have been practising annually as part of the "Морское взаимодействие" manoeuvre series, which translates as "Maritime Interaction". The Chinese title sounds more modern: "Joint Sea". The Russian...

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