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Danish Navy: First SM-2 shot

Danish Navy: First SM-2 shot

Posted by | 5 May 2022 | , , , | 0

On 4 May 2022, the Royal Danish Navy made history. The "Nils Juel" fired the test shot in a first-of-class shootout at the Andoya Space Defence Test Centre in Norway. An important step towards the optimal deployment of the three "Iver Huitfeldt" class frigates, it was the first SM-2 ship-to-air missile to be fired from this frigate class. The SM-2 Block IIIA missile, also known as RIM 66, is a medium-range missile with a radar seeker. It is designed to combat anti-ship missiles and aircraft. The launch modules The three frigates in this class have mission modules for ship-to-ship and ship-to-air missiles. Four Mk41 VLS (Vertical Launch Systems) are installed between the masts.

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Dear users, readers and friends of marineforum

Dear users, readers and friends of marineforum

Posted by | 30 Mar 2022 | , , | 2

marineforum has now been online for 15 months. What began with a few modest small contributions has become a full programme. After only 15 months, we are now at contribution no. 1000. We will soon be making the latest presentations from the Historical Tactical Conferences available and we are planning to publish a collection of technical documentation soon. What many people do not yet know is that a large number of technical articles from the trade journal marineforum can also be read here as digital+ articles. And yet there are still things in the magazine that you won't find here. And conversely, there is a lot here that the magazine does not...

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The breadbasket of Europe: Ukraine

The breadbasket of Europe: Ukraine

Posted by | 24 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

Blocked sea routes could trigger famine The war is not regional, it has an impact on the whole of Europe, indeed the whole world. In particular, the fact that Ukraine was the world's second-largest grain exporter before the war needs to be examined more closely. According to the figures for the 2019-2020 marketing year, Ukraine has become the second largest exporter in the world after the USA. It is also about global food security. Ukraine ranks second in barley exports, fourth in corn exports and fifth in wheat exports. In 2019, 65.4 million tonnes of grain and pulses were harvested from an area of 15.3 million hectares....

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Donald Cook in Warnemünde

Donald Cook in Warnemünde

Posted by | 17 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

Walkers in Warnemünde watch in amazement as something threads its way into the sea channel: an unusual silhouette moves towards the Warnow in slightly hazy weather. It is a United States Navy destroyer, the "Donald Cook" (DDG - 75) of the Arleigh Burke class. The US Navy destroyer is on an informal visit to Rostock and has moored in the industrial harbour. According to the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state command, the ship has requested host nation support, meaning that it is being replenished, refuelled and disposed of whatever a ship needs. The "Donald Cook" will leave the Warnow again on Monday. About the background of the stay...

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Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet - an impossible divorce

Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet - an impossible divorce

Posted by | 17 Mar 2022 | , , , | 0

The naval base of Sevastopol on the south-western tip of Crimea has been the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet since the 18th century. This fleet is part of the former Imperial Russian Navy, or the Soviet naval fleet until 1991, and since then the naval forces of the Russian Federation. Although it is the smallest of the four fleets in the Russian sphere of influence and has no nuclear significance (it has been disarmed since the early 1990s), it is Russia's strategic arm towards the Mediterranean. It is stationed with the vast majority of its units in Sevastopol, while other harbours in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are used as bases for larger or more powerful...

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