Category: Security policy

Frigate "Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" joins NATO organisation

Frigate "Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" joins NATO organisation

Gepostet von | 8 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

On Wednesday, 7 September 2022 at 10 a.m., the frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" departed Wilhelmshaven to take part in a permanent NATO fleet formation. "We were already part of the Very High Readiness Task Force (VJTF) for almost two months in the spring of this year and are now, after a short summer break, returning to the NATO organisation before continuing seamlessly with national exercises from mid-October," says frigate captain Hendrik Wißler (42). The commander of the ship continues: "The crew and I are therefore looking forward to the reunion with our NATO allies and are confidently embarking on this once again intensive deployment and training voyage under the banner of...

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BALEX Delta: Oil spill in the Kadet Channel

BALEX Delta: Oil spill in the Kadet Channel

Gepostet von | 6 Sep 2022 | , , | 0

Warnemünde base supports safety exercise At the end of August, international emergency services practised combating pollutants in the north-eastern Mecklenburg Bight. 15 ships and 400 emergency personnel from eight countries bordering the Baltic Sea took part in the training. This time, the planning and monitoring of the annual exercise was the responsibility of the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven, the joint organisation of the federal government and the five coastal states for coordinating a joint response to accidents in the North and Baltic Seas.) The Warnemünde base supported the safety exercise. The initial scenario was the collision of a container ship with a crude oil tanker in the busy Kadet Channel. Unsweetened popcorn, salted only by seawater, then simulated the spilled oil: from the sea-going vessel "Ranzow"...

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Frigate "Hessen" exercises with aircraft carrier group

Frigate "Hessen" exercises with aircraft carrier group

Gepostet von | 6 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Wilhelmshaven - On Monday, 5 September 2022 at 2 p.m., the frigate "Hessen" and her crew will cast off. She will leave her home port of Wilhelmshaven to join the US Carrier Strike Group (CSG). Together with the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the German frigate operates primarily as part of the air defence unit and is an integral part of the aircraft carrier group. Operational training and operational cooperation will be the focus of the coming weeks, combined with international cooperation and practising various threat scenarios. The "Hessen" was already part of an aircraft carrier group with the "USS Harry S. Truman" in 2018 and supported the group...

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Frigate "Hessen" joins US carrier organisation

Frigate "Hessen" joins US carrier organisation

Gepostet von | 5 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Today, on 5 September 2022, the frigate "Hessen" is leaving its home port to join the US Carrier Strike Group (CSG) under the command of Frigate Captain Volker Kübsch. Together with the American aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford", the German frigate will primarily operate within the air defence unit and is an integral part of the aircraft carrier group. Operational cooperation focuses on operational training and practising threat scenarios. Cooperation with the US Navy is already a long-standing tradition for Class 124, beginning in 2009 when the "Hessen" practised with the "USS Dwight D. Eisenhower" off the east coast of the USA. In 2010, the "Hessen" was part of the...

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Ukrainian southern offensive exploits weaknesses in the Russian navy

Ukrainian southern offensive exploits weaknesses in the Russian navy

Gepostet von | 2 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

Following the strengthening of Ukrainian coastal defences in the north-west quadrant of the Black Sea in recent weeks, the southern offensive just launched by the Ukrainian armed forces could promise success, as Russia is clearly no longer in a position to control and "hold down" this coastal section from the sea. On the contrary: Ukraine has shown with individual steps that it can certainly disrupt the enemy forces around Sevastopol with targeted attacks in such a way that the Russian navy can only move safely in the area of the coastal defence of Crimea. Seen on the timeline The damage to and sinking of the "Moskva" on 14 April...

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