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It went wrong

Someone has chosen the wrong enemy, a French ATLANTIQUE maritime patrol aircraft. The Marine Nationale announced that one of its Atlantique 2 MPAs had been shot at with a laser in Brittany. The aircraft used its own sensors to identify and locate the person, who was then apprehended fairly quickly. The incident took place on the evening of 4 January 2022, when the ATL2 was on final approach to the Lann-Bihoué airbase when a madman began targeting the aircraft with a laser. The pilot then aborted the landing. The crew were then able to use their technical resources to...

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CONDOR IMS - Authorisation for the guarding of seagoing vessels

Since the end of December 2021, CONDOR International and Maritime Services (CONDOR IMS GmbH) has once again been approved by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) for the guarding of seagoing vessels. This makes the Essen-based company one of the few German pioneers to have successfully completed the procedure for defence against external threats on seagoing vessels. Since December 2013, private security companies wishing to offer armed services aimed at defence against pirates on seagoing vessels flying the German flag have required a BAFA licence, regardless of where they are based. This is carried out in consultation with the Federal Police (BPOL), which is primarily responsible for the specific procedures and...

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Brand new Russian nuclear icebreaker

Through the Baltic Sea to Murmansk What a lump? The brand new nuclear icebreaker RFS Sibir is currently on a delivery voyage from the Baltic Sea to Murmansk. It is part of Russia's overall strategic concept in the Arctic. The Sibir was launched on 22 September 2017. The ship has since been handed over to the operator Rosatomflot. The ship left St. Petersburg on 13 January and is on its way to Murmansk. It passed the Fehmarnbelt on 15 January and left the Skagerak on 17 January. The Sibir is a nuclear-powered icebreaker of the LK-60 class. It is powered by two RITM-200 pressurised water reactors with...

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India's new aircraft carrier VIKRANT

Before the year 2022 comes to an end, the first aircraft carrier VIKRANT to be built exclusively in India is due to enter service. However, a series of functional tests and sea trials lie ahead of this. Initial tests The ship has already passed some of these tests in two test voyages: At the beginning of August 2021, the first part ran with port-side loading of the propulsion and power generation systems at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) construction yard in the far south-west of the Indian subcontinent. The ship The 260 metre long and over 60 metre wide carrier is the largest ship ever built in India and is also known as the "Dream of...

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