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Tonga without connection

Tonga without connection

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 1

Marineforum reported on 21 January about the damaged submarine cable on Tonga - an example of critical infrastructure. And now the repair by the specialised ship has been delayed. However, it will only arrive there in a week's time and the repairs cannot begin before then. Who lays important telecommunications infrastructure where in the South Pacific is also a geopolitical question. The hope for the special ship "Reliance" is also the hope of having Internet access again soon. The connection has been interrupted since the eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcano on 15 January. Tonga was completely cut off from the outside world for several days, but telephone calls via satellite are now possible again. But what the satellite...

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Berlin on the road!

Berlin on the road!

Gepostet von | 2 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

The task force provider "Berlin" has left Wilhelmshaven The # task force provider #Berlin was unable to depart from #Wilhelmshaven as planned on 1 February to take part in #SNMG1. 14 crew members tested positive for coronavirus in a PCR test. In the meantime, the EGV "Berlin" has cast off today at 2.00 pm. On board is the command staff of the association. The crew members who tested positive for coronavirus have been disembarked and isolated. Marineforum wishes you a safe journey!...

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Congratulations good old Fehmarn!

Congratulations good old Fehmarn!

Gepostet von | 1 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

Salvage tug "Fehmarn" put into service 55 years ago When the salvage tug "Fehmarn" with hull number A 1458 was put into service on 1 February 1967 by the Federal Ministry of Defence with commissioning order no. 281, the author of this birthday serenade, the current 1NSO of the "Fehmarn", had not even been born yet. In 1959, the German Armed Forces initiated an auxiliary shipbuilding programme for the German Navy, which was still under construction. The orders for the "Helgoland" as a type ship and the "Fehmarn" were placed with the Bremerhaven shipyard Schichau-Unterweser AG. The ships with diesel-electric propulsion were to be used as salvage tugs, icebreakers, for wreck searches, fire-fighting and towing...

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Aircraft accident on the Carl Vinson

Aircraft accident on the Carl Vinson

Gepostet von | 1 Feb 2022 | , , | 0

The accident occurred on Monday in the South China Sea. The F-35 pilot was injured but is in a stable condition, the Navy announced. He was ejected from the aircraft after the failed landing on the deck of the "Carl Vinson". Six other crew members were also injured. The Navy did not provide any information about their condition, only that three of the injured were flown to Manila. The F-35C Lightning II fighter jet belongs to Carrier Air Wing 2 and landed after a routine flight; the pilot was rescued by an on-board helicopter. There was also no information on the cause of the crash. The "Carl Vinson" and the "Abraham Lincoln"...

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Report to the US Congress: Chinese naval modernisation

Report to the US Congress: Chinese naval modernisation

Gepostet von | 31 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Congressional Research Service presents a report on Chinese naval armaments to Congress on 20 January 2022 China's naval modernisation has become the focus of US defence planning and budgeting. China's navy has emerged as a formidable military force and is increasingly conducting manoeuvres in distant waters, including the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and waters around Europe. The PLAN is a challenge for the US Navy to maintain control of the Western Pacific in the event of war - the first such challenge since the end of the Cold War. The long-held status of the United States as the leading military power in the...

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