The Bavarians continue their journey to East Asia. After a pass with the Indian frigate Trikand, the soldiers on board have now had their first opportunity to brush up on their knowledge of the Japanese language and etiquette. Practical applications will be found in a few weeks when they visit the Land of the Rising Sun. With...
The USS Vermont is actually already in service, but something was still missing. More than a year ago, in April 2020, the US Navy officially added the Virginia-class submarine to its fleet list. It has already been able to demonstrate its capabilities, because before...
A few weeks ago, the two sides were still at loggerheads, but now things are getting warmer again. When the British destroyer HMS Defender crossed the coastal waters off the Crimea in the Black Sea at the end of June, Russian soldiers demanded that the ship leave the area claimed by Putin with some force and not very friendly words.
Yesterday (27 August), the third Zumwalt-class destroyer left the Bath Iron Works shipyard in the US state of Maine for sea trials for the first time. The namesake, Lyndon B. Johnson, was born in Texas on the same day in 1908. Coincidence or plan? We don't know, but we are delighted that what is probably the last ship...
Production of the Arleigh Burke class continues to run at full speed in the USA. Last week, Huntington Ingalls Shipbuilding successfully completed the shipyard sea trials of the latest ship in the class, the future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. As part of a three-day final inspection in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship's...
A26 partial order awarded to SAAB - later delivery Saab has made further progress in the development and production of the two A26 or Blekinge-class submarines that have already been ordered. On 27 August, the defence manufacturer received the green light for further construction and development steps from the competent authority for defence material (FMV). The contract is worth 510 million...
Southwest of the Australian city of Perth lies an island around ten kilometres long, which is connected to the mainland by a bridge. In 1827, Captain James Stirling christened it Garden Island, released some farm animals there and disappeared again for two years. When he returned in 1829, the animals were...
Countless tonnes of explosives were dropped not only on land targets during the two world wars, but also on the water. In addition, there were mines, some of which were laid at locations that can no longer be traced today and still pose a threat to shipping more than three quarters of a century later. With the two Standing NATO...
The AGM-88, better known as Harm (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile), has been one of the most successful and widely used missiles in the world for many years. It can be used by aircraft crews to combat ground-based radar stations. The FK was used by the US Navy in the wars in the Gulf, among others. Since 2018, manufacturer Northrop Grumman has been working on behalf of...
A small anniversary can be celebrated in the western Pacific these days. The Malabar exercise is now taking place for the 25th time. Malabar began in 1992 as an Indian-American project, with Japan joining as a permanent member in 2015. This year, the Australian frigate Warramunga will also be making a contribution. The previous year, the...
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