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Update: "Not during our watch!"

Update: "Not during our watch!"

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , , | 1

As previously reported, the German Navy is stepping up its activities on NATO's northern flank as a result of current developments and for reasons of alliance solidarity. On 28 February, the minehunting boats "Sulzbach-Rosenberg" and "Homburg", the minesweeper "Siegburg" and the tender "Elbe" departed for the Baltic Sea. In addition, the minesweepers "Datteln" and "Fulda" set off on the morning of 1 March. "Our signal is clear: not during our watch!" said the commander of the fleet, Vice Admiral Jan C. Kaack. On Saturday, 26 February, the corvette "Erfurt", originally intended for deployment as part of UNIFIL (off Lebanon), was commissioned in the presence of Parliamentary State Secretary...

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Ukraine has sunk its flagship in the harbour

Ukraine has sunk its flagship in the harbour

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , , | 1

A short message and the sad picture of a half-sunken frigate dated 3 March 2022 are seen as proof that the Ukrainian navy sank its flagship "Hetman Sagaidachny" itself. The Ukrainian defence minister has apparently confirmed this action. The 3,500-tonne Krivak III-class ship was originally built at a shipyard in Kerch on the east coast of the island of Crimea as the last of the eight Krivaks intended for the Soviet coast guard and was put into Ukrainian service in 1993. The 30-year-old frigate was undergoing repairs in one of the three large shipyards in the harbour city of Mykolaiv,...

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Poland: Decision in the Miecznik project

Poland: Decision in the Miecznik project

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

Babcock's Arrowhead 140 was awarded the contract in the Polish frigate procurement programme Projekt Miecznik. This was announced by the Polish Ministry of Defence via twitter on 4 March 2022. The consortium responsible for the construction, led by the holding Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), announced that "strategic cooperation agreements" had been concluded with Babcock and British branches of Thales and MBDA. PGZ added that the signing of the contract "begins the phase of preparation for production under the programme to acquire three multi-purpose frigates for the Polish Navy". Poland initially wants to build just one frigate from 2023. After commissioning in 2028, the concept is to be...

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US Navy has recovered lost F-35C from the USS Carl Vinson

US Navy has recovered lost F-35C from the USS Carl Vinson

Gepostet von | 7 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

A small ray of hope for the 7th Fleet with its Task Force 75: Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) and Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) were able to salvage the wreckage of their F-35C Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter), which crashed into the sea on 24 January during a failed landing on the aircraft carrier USS "Carl Vinson", from a depth of 3,800 metres on 2 March. The special diving support vessel DSCV "Picasso" from the Singapore-based company Ultra Deep Solutions was also on board and was able to hoist the wreckage of the stealth fighter on board. This was made possible by the remote-controlled underwater robot CURV-21, which was used to help the...

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The German Navy in the Alliance

The German Navy in the Alliance

Gepostet von | 4 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

From the newsletter of the German Navy With four permanently deployable naval units, NATO is prepared for crises and conflicts at sea. Germany is involved in all of them. The permanent contribution of the German Navy The German Navy is continuously involved in NATO's four multinational naval units - the Standing Naval Forces. As an alliance partner, Germany has pledged to provide ships and boats for them on a permanent basis, even in peacetime. They are: Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 and Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2. This secondment of units to the alliance is known in the...

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