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Harbingers of the Russian fleet's birthday

Harbingers of the Russian fleet's birthday

Gepostet von | 8 Jul 2022 | , , , | 5

On the morning of 7 July 2022, the Russian frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" (Hull number 454) passed through the Fehmarnbelt. The ship, which belongs to the Northern Fleet of the Russian Federation, is expected to take part in the Russian Navy's naval parade in Kronstadt/St. Petersburg. Remarkably, the 3D surveillance radar FURKE rotated. This seems unusual, as in the past Russian units only used their navigation radar systems for such passages. The "Admiral Gorshkov" bears the symbol of the Russian war against Ukraine, the letter Z on the funnel. Construction programme Project 22350 The 135-metre-long, 5,400-tonne displacement unit is a new Russian class of multi-purpose frigate, designed as a successor to the Krivak-class...

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EU initiative: New export routes for Ukrainian grain

EU initiative: New export routes for Ukrainian grain

Gepostet von | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , | 0

An online article in the EU magazine euractiv takes a look at Ukraine's faltering grain exports and underpins it with very catchy graphics. Before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country exported 4 to 5 million tonnes of grain per month, primarily to countries in Africa and the Middle East. 90 % of this trade passed through the harbours of the Black Sea. EU "Solidarity Lanes" initiative With the blockade of the Ukrainian coast and access to ports on the internal waterways, new land routes via neighbouring European countries must be established before these foodstuffs can be shipped by sea to the destination countries. The process of finding alternative...

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US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

US support for Ukraine: 23 small boats on the delivery list

Gepostet von | 7 Jul 2022 | , , , , | 0

In order to support Ukraine's ability to better control its coastline, waterways and ports and protect them against the Russian invasion, the USA is supplying a total of 23 Metal Shark aluminium small boats (Franklin and Jeanerette, Louisiana) at short notice. These will probably be 6 Defiant-45 boats, 14 Defiant-38 boats with a centre console or some with a cockpit and 3 Fearless-36 high-speed interceptor boats. Customised The boats are said to have been in negotiations with Kiev since 2019 and are therefore customised for Ukraine's needs. However, the overall programme has been significantly accelerated since the Russian invasion. The...

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Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Somewhere on this earth - there is always marine!

Gepostet von | 5 Jul 2022 | , , | 0

Are you looking for a place on Google Maps where you've probably never been with your cursor? Enter "Puerto Nariño". It's the southernmost tip of Colombia, 80 kilometres of Amazon riverbank in the Amacayacu National Park, sparsely populated and inaccessible in the middle of the jungle. Here at the border triangle of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, a thousand kilometres from the Pacific coast, it is the job of the Colombian navy to ensure law and order - and supply the bare essentials. Ambulance for the jungle So it fell to the navy to deliver an ambulance donated by the Colombian government's transport department to its destination.

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Israel: Quadcopter drone from a submarine

Israel: Quadcopter drone from a submarine

Gepostet von | 30 Jun 2022 | , , , | 1

It actually looks quite simple, but technically it is a small stroke of genius: SpearUAV in Israel has solved the problem of a miniature flying drone that can be used underwater and perform reconnaissance over water - it is called the "Ninox 103 UW Sub-to-Air". The Israeli company from Tel Aviv presented the autonomous "Ninox" to the public at Undersea Defence Technology in Rotterdam. It is actually just a folded quadcopter with a camera and data transmission module that is ejected as a can from a submerged submarine, shot out of the vertical container after breaking through the water surface, unfolds at a safe height and starts its mission supported by intelligent programme control....

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