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Russia continues to rejuvenate its "Kilo" fleet

Russia continues to rejuvenate its "Kilo" fleet

Posted by | 8 Jan 2021 | , | 0

The rejuvenation of the Russian Federation's conventional diesel-electric submarines is slowly nearing completion. The Kilo class (project 877/636) already comprises 24 boats with a fairly equal distribution across the three fleets, with the first boats already looking back on forty years of service. At the end of October, the "Wolkow", the second boat of the third batch (Project 636.3), a series of six units destined for the Pacific Fleet, was handed over to the Far Eastern command. The boats are being built by the United Shipbuilding Corporation, an offshoot of Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg. While the second boat took well over three years to build and test, the second...

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Farewell for months

Farewell for months

Posted by | 7 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

On 7 January, the tender WERRA set course for the eastern Mediterranean to relieve the frigate BRANDENBURG as the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG 2). The seventy or so crew members had already been in the currently prescribed quarantine for days. And so the men and women had long since said goodbye to their families and friends on the day of departure. No infections with the coronavirus had previously been detected. However, to be on the safe side, everyone on board was tested again during a brief visit to Wilhelmshaven. The requirements are strict in order to prevent an outbreak of the virus on board...

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Five in one go

Five in one go

Posted by | 6 Jan 2021 | , , | 0

Splashing out instead of splashing out! On 5 November, the Bangladesh Navy commissioned five ships in one go at its Chattogram base in Chittagong. In addition to the two JIANGWEI-II class frigates (Type 053H3) taken over from China, the newbuild corvette PROTASHA of the SHADHINOTA class, which was built in Wuhan, was also given its flag, colours and banner. The two frigates, which are actually just over twenty years old, were contracted in June 2018, overhauled in China and transferred to the Bay of Bengal a year ago with their no longer quite so new weapon systems - they now bear the names UMAR FAROOQ and ABU UBAIDAH. The...

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Commander ... of an aircraft carrier!

Commander ... of an aircraft carrier!

Posted by | 1 Jan 2021 | , | 3

Während mit Korvettenkapitän Gilda Prüß seit dem vergangenen Jahr erstmalig eine Frau die Position des Ersten Offiziers auf einer Fregatte der Deutschen Marine eingenommen hat (siehe MarineForum 12-2020 Seite 45), ist Amerika schon ein paar Schritte weiter. Kurz vor Weihnachten meldete die US Navy stolz, dass im kommenden Sommer eine Frau das Kommando über den Flugzeugträger USS „Abraham Lincoln“ erhalten wird. Captain Amy Bauernschmidt wird dann einen der elf nukleargetriebenen Carrier der Navy und bis zu 5600 Männer und Frauen befehligen. Die 332 Meter langen Schiffe bilden mit ihren 85 Flugzeugen das kampkräftige Rückgrat der Flotte. Die „Abraham Lincoln“...

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On the way to operational readiness

On the way to operational readiness

Posted by | 1 Jan 2021 | , , | 1

After the Breguet Atlantic was discontinued, the German Navy opted for second-hand P-3Cs from the Dutch. France, on the other hand, decided to develop its own successor, the Atlantic 2. Also known as the Atlantic Nouvelle Generation (ANG), these maritime patrol aircraft differed from their predecessors only in the details. However, after 20 years in service, the technical equipment was no longer up to date and the decision was made to upgrade in 1993. Just under two years ago, the first of the converted aircraft rejoined the fleet. On the way to their planned retirement at the end of 2021...

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