Japan's armed forces are being equipped with the F-35B. Tests with the jet on board a helicopter destroyer were intended to prove its maritime operational capability. Last autumn, the Japanese helicopter destroyer KAGA moved off the Californian coast not far from San Diego for operational tests with the Lockheed Martin F-35B. On 20....
An annual joint mission between the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Science Foundation, the lead agency for the U.S. Antarctic programme, provides essential supplies to research stations in the perpetual ice. While the Coast Guard prepares to modernise and renew its icebreaker fleet, the "Polar Icebreaker" will remain in service until new icebreakers arrive.
After an evacuation operation in the 1990s, the idea of building multifunctional support ships was raised. An idea that is finding supporters again today. A gloss. And once again a report on a famous Bavarian who wanted to improve the navy. Retired General Dr hc Klaus Dieter Naumann (*25 May 1939) served as...
In warfare, the importance of drones is growing in parallel with their capabilities. The 3rd Minehunter Wing is following the trend by setting up an Unmanned Systems Task Force. In March, the annual "Sperrbörse" event in Kiel welcomed its guests. Ever since its beginnings, this event has stood for discussion, progress and further training in the...
No naval vessel today is likely to be travelling without a gyrocompass. The navigation aid was developed by Herrmann Anschütz-Kaempfe, who gave his name to the Kiel-based company. The red logo of the Anschütz company is familiar to all seafarers and those with professional or private ties to the sea. It immediately brings to mind the gyrocompass, of course. This company invented it, but...
Even 80 years after the end of the war, German waters still harbour masses of old munitions. But there is still no master plan for disposal. Over 1.6 million tonnes of conventional and chemical munitions are rusting at the bottom of the North and Baltic Seas - a legacy of two world wars and a time bomb in terms of both ecology and security policy. While Europe is...
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