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Modern hunters for Indonesia

Modern hunters for Indonesia

Gepostet von | 7 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

Abeking & Rasmussen delivers after just three years In 2020, the Indonesian Navy signed a contract for the construction of two minehunting vessels. The three units have now been delivered on time. The "KRI Pulau Fani - 731" and the "KRI Pulau Fanildo - 732" (construction numbers 6508 and 6509) are currently being shipped home on the dock ship "Combi Dock I" from Reedereit Harren und Partner. A & R employees will accompany the commissioning at the Indonesian Navy. When the minehunters were undergoing trials in the Baltic Sea, the Kieler Nachrichten cheered with the headline "the most modern minehunters in the world"....

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Brunsbüttel: Brussels approves state aid for LNG terminal

Brunsbüttel: Brussels approves state aid for LNG terminal

Gepostet von | 7 Aug 2023 | , , , | 0

The state development bank KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) is authorised to provide financial support to the German energy company RWE and the Dutch energy network operator Gasunie. Energy security The landing point for liquefied natural gas will improve the supply and gas infrastructure in Germany and thus also contribute to the EU's energy security. The measure that has now been approved contains sufficient precautions to limit any distortions of competition. This was announced by Margrethe Vestager, the EU Commissioner responsible for competition, on Thursday in Brussels. Profitability The operating company is a joint project of KfW, Gasunie and RWE. Specifically, KfW is to grant the two companies a share of the dividends paid by the operator of the LNG terminal if the annual return on the...

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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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What does a ship's constable actually do?

What does a ship's constable actually do?

Gepostet von | 28 Jul 2023 | , , | 2

SEvery Bundeswehr company (battery, inspection, squadron and similar) on land has one: the company sergeant (KpFw), the "mother of the company". The man or woman with the yellow cord, also known colloquially as the "spit". KpFw are responsible for internal service for the unit commanders and, as leaders of the NCO corps, are jointly responsible for personnel management. On ships of the German Navy (battalion), the "Spieß" is called Schiffswachtmeister (SWM). One of them: Oberstabsbootsmann Andreas G. He is the Ship's Watch Master (SWM) on the Einsatzgruppenversorger "Bonn". His main tasks: Leading, advising, planning and coordinating. A passionate carer Andreas G. recently celebrated 30 years of service. He began his career...

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