Category: Security policy

Naval manoeuvre Mosi II completed

Naval manoeuvre Mosi II completed

Gepostet von | 2 Mar 2023 | , , | 2

Mosi II - the exercise name stands for smoke, vapour or fog - the trilateral exercise involving the Russian Navy, the Navy of the People's Liberation Army of China and the South African National Defence Forces ended on 27 February 2023 without the ultimate smoke production. As estimated by marineforum.online, the Zircon missile launch that was hyped in advance did not occur. With regard to the Chinese and Russian participants in the exercise, the units mentioned in earlier reports remained the same. In the end, the host nation deployed the frigate "Mendi" (hull number F148). Of the previously announced three South African naval participants, one unit remained, which...

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Winter lecture at the MUS

Winter lecture at the MUS

Gepostet von | 1 Mar 2023 | , , | 0

Military expert Masala: "The 21st century will be a maritime one" The third part of the winter lecture series took place at the Plön Naval NCO School on 22 February. The guest speaker was the German political scientist Professor Carlo Masala. The guests from society, politics and the Bundeswehr listened to almost 90 minutes of exciting political analyses and assessments of the current security policy situation. The central topic was the importance of the German, but also American, Russian and Chinese navies. One of Professor Masala's assumptions was that for centuries wars have tended to be planned and waged from the land side, i.e. with the help of national armies. A war is only possible with a...

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Defence Minister Pistorius at the navy

Defence Minister Pistorius at the navy

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2023 | , , , | 0

From a Bundeswehr press release On 21 February, the German Navy presented its specific capabilities in the maritime environment to the new Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius in Eckernförde. The navy in particular has to consider four dimensions in its operational areas: surface, underwater, air and land. Together with the inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Pistorius began his first visit to the navy with a tour of the submarine training centre of the 1st submarine squadron. Its submarines are among the most modern in the world. In order to be able to make optimum use of the high-tech equipment, their crew members are trained and further educated here. Dimensions on land and at sea: ships need a...

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Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Gepostet von | 22 Feb 2023 | , , , | 1

Netherlands warns of Russian actions against maritime infrastructure In the Netherlands, state security agencies have foiled a possible sabotage operation against maritime installations in the country's economic zone. These activities are said to have taken place "last autumn", according to Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD),In a briefing for the media on 20 February 2023, Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), reported in a press release dated 20 February. In cooperation between the Foreign and Military Intelligence Service and the Dutch Coast Guard and Navy, the intelligence deployment of a Russian vessel to map energy infrastructures was...

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NATO richtet Zentrum zum Schutz kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur ein

NATO richtet Zentrum zum Schutz kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur ein

Gepostet von | 20 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

Ein Ergebnis des NATO-Rates auf Ebene der Verteidigungsminister vom 14. und 15. Februar 2023 ist die Einrichtung einer Koordinierungszelle zum Schutz kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur. Zu den wenigen Details aus der Ankündigung des NATO-Generalsekretärs Jens Stoltenberg gehörte die Bekanntgabe des Leiters, des deutschen Generalleutnant a.D. Hans-Werner Wiermann. Er war bis Juli 2022 Generaldirektor des Internationalen Militärstabs im NATO-Hauptquartier in Brüssel. Nach Stoltenberg soll das Zentrum Schwachstellen identifizieren, die Zusammenarbeit mit der Industrie erleichtern sowie wichtige militärische und zivile Akteure zusammenbringen. Für den NATO-Gipfel in Vilnius (11.-12. Juli 2023) kündigte der Generalsekretär eine Befassung mit dem Schutz kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur an. Die Koordinierungszelle...

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