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Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Vietnam: Strategic airfield on an atoll of the Spratly Islands

Posted by | 30 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Vietnam has been adding more artificial islands since 2021. According to Radio Free Asia, the country has added more than 600 hectares of dry land around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea in the last year alone. The largest activity took place on 'Barque Canada Reef', an atoll about 400 kilometres southwest of Spratly Island and about 630 kilometres southeast of Vietnam. The Philippine island of Palawan lies around 430 kilometres to the west. This new island is almost five kilometres long and offers enough space for expansion, including for a strategic runway with a currently completed length of around 1,000 metres out of a planned 3000 metres...

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Change of leadership at the largest Bundeswehr base

Change of leadership at the largest Bundeswehr base

Posted by | 29 Nov 2024 | , , | 0

Operational Flotilla 2 receives new commander. On Friday, 29 November 2024 at 10 a.m., the Commander of Operational Forces and Head of Operations at Naval Command, Rear Admiral Stephan Haisch, once again made a change of command in his area. Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz has handed over command of Operational Flotilla 2 to Captain Sven Beck. The outgoing commander had been at the helm of the unit since September 2021. In an exclusive press conference on 27 November, Axel Schulz answered questions about his time in command, the leadership of the Indo-Pacific Association and his assessment of the situation in terms of availability and personnel. "I can look back on a very fulfilling...

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Naval aviators exchange information in New Zealand

Naval aviators exchange information in New Zealand

Posted by | 28 Nov 2024 | , , | 0

Recently, a delegation led by the Commodore of MFG3 "Graf Zeppelin", Captain Oliver Ottmüller, visited Squadron Number 5 of the New Zealand Air Force in Ohakea. As part of the exchange on the introduction and especially the operation of the new P-8A Poseidon aircraft, the naval aviators from Nordholz are establishing contacts with the various operating nations. For example, there is an intensive exchange with the American Navy, as well as with Norway and Great Britain. A year ago, a delegation from New Zealand travelled a long way to Germany to provide the naval aviators with information and assistance for their first steps with the Poseidon.

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MTG with new top

MTG with new top

Posted by | 28 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

Dr Björn Weidemann will succeed graduate engineer Guido Gerdemann As the Hamburg-based think tank MTG Marinetechnik GmbH announced today in a press release, the industrial engineer will become the new Managing Director of MTG from February. Weidemann was most recently Chief Operating Officer at the Brazilian shipbuilding consortium Águas Azuis, a joint venture between thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Embraer. There he led the strategic organisation and programme management for the production of four Tamandaré-class frigates for the Brazilian Navy. Previously, he held senior positions at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, where he was involved in the development of new technologies in submarine construction. The 48...

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Brunsbüttel - Russian LNG for Germany?

Brunsbüttel - Russian LNG for Germany?

Posted by | 27 Nov 2024 | , , , | 0

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