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Improvisation in the Black Sea - land systems in maritime operations

Improvisation in the Black Sea - land systems in maritime operations

12 Aug 2022 | ,

Although the war of aggression against Ukraine launched by President Putin at the end of February 2022 is mainly taking place on land, its maritime component is of no less strategic importance for the two warring parties. This is made clear by Russia's maritime blockade of the Ukrainian coast and port cities, including the dramatic developments surrounding the export of grain exports of global importance, the ongoing projection of a possible landing of Russian forces from the sea, the use of the Black Sea as an operational and launch area for Russian cruise missiles and the struggle for Snake Island. It was against this backdrop that we became aware when images emerged in June that...

Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet damaged and sunk

Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet damaged and sunk

14 Apr 2022 | , , ,

Last message Thursday, 14.04.2022, 23:00 Russian Ministry of Defence confirms according to several media reports that the Russian cruiser "Moskva", the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, presumably damaged by at least one Ukrainian sea target missile "Neptune", sank last night. While the burning ship was being towed from its last position about 25 miles east of Snake Island to Sevastopol, it lost its "stability" in heavy seas and sank. Thursday, 14.04.2022, 10:00 a.m. A week ago, NavalNews had published a report on the "Moskva" by "Covert Shores" editor H.I. Sutton, in which the ship was portrayed very well in a striking way see link! www.navalnews.com Now we receive news...

14th Armaments Report - K 130 & F 125 in focus

14th Armaments Report - K 130 & F 125 in focus

1 Apr 2022 | , , , , ,

In mid-February - six days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine - we asked ourselves whether the German government was waking up from its slumber in view of the threat on Europe's eastern flank with regard to the defence force and its expenditure. Specifically, we wrote in an article: The media image is dominated by the Russian combat vehicles that have deployed in a horseshoe shape around eastern Ukraine. [...] Is Moscow's current threat sufficient to awaken Berlin from its slumber, or will it fall back into old patterns once the crisis is over? How do you finance the defence against the backdrop of an overstretched defence budget and...

Russian naval activities - not only in the Black Sea

Russian naval activities - not only in the Black Sea

14 Feb 2022 | , , , ,

With its increased naval presence in the Black Sea, Russia now almost completely surrounds Ukraine, including the previously existing gap in the south. What do these increased naval movements mean? Are they related to the Ukraine crisis? To get a picture of the situation, it is worth taking a look at announcements made by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, for example via the Internet and Twitter. Moscow's global naval ballet The Russian news agency Tass reported on 20 January, citing the Moscow Ministry of Defence, that the Russian Navy will conduct a series of naval exercises in all 'areas of responsibility of the fleets' in January and February. The exercises are in connection with the training plan...

1TP5Understanding the sea: 25 years after Mogadishu - what remains?

1TP5Understanding the sea: 25 years after Mogadishu - what remains?

25 Feb 2019 | , ,

It was 25 years ago these days that the German Navy evacuated the German Somalia Support Unit from Mogadishu. This army unit had previously supported the United Nations Operation UNOSOM II in Somalia. It had been the first major foreign deployment for the army, which came to an abrupt end when the USA withdrew from the operation in a hurry and the German troops were left on their own. The circumstances of the subsequent evacuation operation Southern Cross were widely discussed at the time. However, if you want to read up on this today, you will only find a single Wikipedia article (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Southern_Cross), which is based on the reports of the...

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1TP5Understanding the sea: New US study on undersea warfare in Northern Europe

Aug 19, 2016

In July 2016, the renowned "Center for Strategic International Studies" (CSIS) in Washington D.C., founded by Admiral Arleigh Burke, published the study "Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe". Downloading and reading the almost 50-page work is well worth the time. In the acknowledgements, the attentive reader learns that "experts from Finland, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States" and their respective national institutes contributed significantly to the results. A final thank you is dedicated to the sponsor of the study, "Saab North America", and the authors express their deep appreciation for Saab's respect for [the team's] intellectual independence. This blog entry is not intended to be a review of the study, but rather to highlight some aspects of relevance to Germany's undersea warfare capability and place them in the context of today's German Navy. Any shortcomings in knowledge - if they are recognisable - are due to the distance of the retired author. A translation of the "Executive Summary" gives the hurried reader the gist of the work: "Russia is expanding its underwater operations as part of a broader strategy of coercion against its neighbours, NATO and the United States. Russia has a long history of expanding its maritime capabilities for strategic signalling purposes, including the use of targeted provocations. Suspected intrusions into territorial waters in the Baltic Sea and provocative operations in the North Atlantic have caused alarm among NATO and partner nations, especially as they have made it clear that Russia is in...

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