Category: Security policy

Obangame Express 2022 ended

Obangame Express 2022 ended

Gepostet von | 27 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

Multinational approach to security in African waters The region is plagued by piracy, unreported and unregulated fishing and few opportunities for local residents to defend themselves against it. Led by the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), the exercise was conducted for the 11th time. U.S. AFRICOM is based in the Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart. Its mission is to co-operate with African militaries, conduct joint military operations and maintain relations between the United States and 53 African countries. This does not include Egypt, which is in a different command area. Obangame Express is the largest multinational naval exercise in West Africa, it...

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Ukraine: Russian landing ship set on fire

Ukraine: Russian landing ship set on fire

Gepostet von | 25 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

Ukrainian fighters have succeeded in striking a blow against the Russian navy. Film footage and short reports of a large Black Sea Fleet landing ship on fire are being spread on Twitter. According to Western experts, it is the "Orsk", an Alligator-class landing ship. It is said to have been hit by missiles. The shelling occurred in the port of Berdyansk, approx. 70 kilometres south-west of Mariupol - i.e. in the zone along the Sea of Azov that has been threatened by Russian forces since at least the outbreak of the war and was later controlled. The "Orsk" (BDK-69) is one of a maximum of seven available landing units of the Black Sea Fleet, three Alligator-class and four Ropucha-class. Two Ropucha were...

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Bundeswehr special fund: more seltzer, less champagne for the navy

Bundeswehr special fund: more seltzer, less champagne for the navy

Gepostet von | 24 Mar 2022 | , , | 5

Necessary digression: Federal budget On 16 March 2022, the Federal Government adopted the budget for 2022 as well as the key figures for 2023 and the financial plan up to 2026. One hundred billion euros are to flow into a special fund to equip the Bundeswehr. The necessary amendment to the Basic Law was also initiated by the cabinet. At 457.6 billion euros, the federal budget for 2022 will be lower than in the previous year. Due to the pandemic, it reached a record level of 556.6 billion euros. Eleven percent of the budget, 50.3 billion euros, is earmarked for Section 14, the defence budget (ESuT reported). Compared to the 8.2 per cent of 2021...

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60th Historical Tactical Conference 2020 available online!

60th Historical Tactical Conference 2020 available online!

Gepostet von | 16 Mar 2022 | , , | 2

All presentations with a foreword by Dr Heinrich Walle The 60th Hi Ta Ta in Linstow in January 2020 was exceptional in every respect. As in the six previous years, Vice Admiral Rainer Brinkmann, Deputy Inspector General of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet, opened the 60th Hi Ta Ta. He explained the choice of topics and justified this with the intention of asking what from our recent history is still relevant to our own responsibility today. The thematic canon ranges from the question of what we have inherited from our predecessor navies to the question of...

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Exclusion of the Russian maritime register

Exclusion of the Russian maritime register

Gepostet von | 16 Mar 2022 | , , | 0

The members of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) have decided to exclude the Russian shipping register from their ranks, citing the impact of allied sanctions. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU states imposed tough sanctions on the Russian economy, cut off most Russian banks from the international money transfer system and imposed far-reaching sanctions on Russian state-owned companies. The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS Class) was added to the list of EU financial sanctions last week. In addition, the UK - where the IACS is based - has taken action to freeze the assets of all Russian banks, going further and...

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