Update from 5 February 2023 And it happened just as you could have counted on five fingers: On 4 February 2023, the Brazilian navy found a ship about 190 nautical miles (350 kilometres) off the coast - just inside the Brazilian economic zone - in water depths of 5,000 metres, free of underwater cables and...
The Patriot, Iris-T and Arrow land-based systems are the talk of the town when it comes to air defence. However, the German Navy already has modern and effective weapons for this purpose in the form of frigates 124. Russia's unlawful war against cities and critical civilian infrastructure in the Ukraine is finally also leading to a war in Germany...
Under the name "Plectrum", the designers of the Italian Lazzarini Design Studio in Rome have presented the concept for a spectacular hydrofoil superyacht with hydrogen propulsion, which will glide across the water at around 75 knots (140 km/h) in the utmost luxury. However, they have also set a financial framework of 80 million euros for this...
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The Navy and Marine Corps are planning the joint construction of amphibious units. However, different ideas are jeopardising the success of the project. The US Navy is planning to introduce a new class of light amphibious warship (LAW) for transporting marines to the theatre of operations. A decision regarding the ship design is to be made in...
Motorbuch-Verlag presents its new book, hot off the press: Marinetechnik des zweiten Weltkriegs Entwicklung - Einsatz - Konsequenzen Hans Karr, long-time expert on naval ships, author of countless specialist articles and freelance contributor to the Marineforum, is publishing his latest work after a long break. Before and during the Second World War, naval technology underwent perhaps its most fundamental...
The parliamentary evening of the German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association took place on Wednesday, 25 January. The kick-off for the year 2023 began with a record: more than 400 visitors from business, politics and associations were welcomed by the President, Harald Fassmer, in the joint state representation of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein....
The Dutch offshore specialist Oceans of Energy has been granted approval in principle by Bureau Veritas for the system design of an offshore solar park. It is the world's first offshore solar park that has also proven itself in high waves. A first "solar farm" with an output of 50 KW has been in operation since 2019 in...
Dieter Hanel traced the development of the Bundeswehr and navy in Kiel in marineforum 7/8-2022. In the second part, the author takes a look at the maritime industry in the state capital. The rearmament of Germany and the formation of the Bundeswehr in 1955 also marked the beginning of the reconstruction of a German defence industry....
Update 25 January 2023 The Bulgarian Navy was able to disable two drifting anchor mines in the first two days of this week 23/24/01/2023. On Monday, a mine-like object was reported floating in the water about 10 miles south of the border with Romania and only 200 metres from the coastal rocks. A helicopter crew...
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