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USA: Strong proof of cohesion

USA: Strong proof of cohesion

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

The U.S. Navy has deployed four substantial ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) to major Baltic ports and capitals following two weeks of bilateral training and exercise serials with Finnish units in the waters of the new NATO member. The USS Kearsarge, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship with a displacement of 42,000 tonnes, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on 20 August. At the same time, the amphibious transport landing ship USS Arlington of the San Antonio class (25,000 tonnes) and the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall of the Whidbey Island class (17,000 tonnes) stopped in Riga, Latvia. And the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius Flight...

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Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Kiev: President Selensky names type ship of the new Ukrainian corvettes

Gepostet von | 25 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

Ukraine had already signed a construction contract for four ADA-class corvettes (MILGEM project) with Turkey in mid-December 2020 - with the option of a fifth if things go well. Initial stipulations envisaged the complete construction of the type ship in Turkish hands. Subsequent negotiations with the aim of increasing the transfer of technology from Turkey to the Ukraine then resulted in a construction ratio of half, i.e. hull in Turkish production and further construction at the Ukrainian PJSC Nikolaev Okean shipyard (just south of Mykolajiv) together with Turkish engineers. The provisional schedule envisaged a start of construction of the hulls around the end of 2021 for the first sea trials in 2023...

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Norway's climate decision

Norway's climate decision

Gepostet von | 23 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Convert old oil and gas fields to green electricity - or close them prematurely! In the current German energy situation, it is worth taking a look at other European countries. In Germany, we should not simply believe that our European partners can supply us with unlimited energy. A look at Norway shows that even supposedly more progressive and independent partners have their difficulties. Norway, the largest oil producer in Western Europe, also wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990. However, a reduction of only 4.5 % was achieved by 2021, as preliminary official statistics show. Norway's climate minister Espen Barth Eide said...

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Ukraine war: further explosions and drone attacks in Crimea

Ukraine war: further explosions and drone attacks in Crimea

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Just a few days after the significant explosions at the Saki airbase around 40 kilometres north of Sevastopol and the dismissal of the head of the Black Sea Fleet by Moscow, there were further attacks on Russian facilities on the Crimean peninsula. Exactly one week after the first incident, there were explosions at an ammunition depot on a Russian military base in the Dzhankoi district in the north of the island. The town of Dzhankoi is home to a military airfield in the immediate vicinity, which must be a helicopter base according to the satellite image - around 40 helicopters can be clearly recognised spread across the entire site. Russian air defence "activated" Meanwhile...

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European Union and Indonesia organise first joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea

European Union and Indonesia organise first joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2022 | , , , , | 0

On 14 and 15 August 2022, the European Union (EU) and Indonesia conducted their first joint naval exercise in the Arabian Sea. The exercise involved the Sigma corvette "Sultan Iskandar Muda" of the Indonesian Navy and the Italian frigate "Virginio Fasan" (Bergamini-class) of the European Union Naval Force - Somalia - Operation ATALANTA. The exercise was based on the scenario of an anti-piracy operation. It included helicopter landings on deck, complex tactical manoeuvres at sea, boarding of suspicious vessels and replenishment of fuel supplies at sea (Replenishment at Sea RAS). The EU project CRIMARIO (Critical Maritime Routes in the Indo-Pacific) presented its platform IORIS (Indo-Pacific Regional...

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