India feels like an up-and-coming nation and is becoming increasingly self-confident. This is also reflected in the country's maritime ambitions. India, a nuclear power, is single-mindedly expanding its navy. In addition to destroyers, frigates, corvettes and submarines, the armament and modernisation programme also includes aircraft carriers and strategic submarines. India's navy is thus growing,...
The Historical-Tactical Conference of the Navy (HiTaTa) includes all kinds of well-practised procedures. These include the fact that the debate after the presentations is opened and determined by the former flag officers seated at the very front of the room. Meanwhile, the majority of the participants who are younger in life and rank seem to follow Bernard Wicki's lesson, according to...
Venezuela - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's close relations with the Iranian rulers are bearing fruit: the two PEYKAAP III missile speedboats may be small, but they are not entirely without bite. One visit by the Iranian naval group, which is travelling around the western world, at the beginning of the year and Venezuela already has...
USA - The future JACK H. LUCAS, America's newest ARLEIGH-BURKE class destroyer, completed its acceptance trials before the Board of Inspection and Survey at the end of May. The LUCAS is the first unit of the third batch of this ship class, which has been built for 35 years. She has been repeatedly equipped with the latest systems and is...
Uruguay - 30 years ago, Germany helped the Uruguayan navy with numerous ships and boats from the German surplus stock, thus ensuring that it had reasonably operational material. For some years now, the second life of these units has clearly been used up. The country needs new ships! Now, in the middle of July...
From a press release by ARGE Hochenergielaser Marinedemonstrator: Following the integration of the laser weapon demonstrator (LWD) on the frigate 124 "SACHSEN" in June 2022, the sea trials of the LWD have been successfully completed. Responsible for the development and construction of the LWD as well as the support of the BAAINBw (Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and...
Russia must expand its production capacities for icebreakers if it wants to achieve its goals for expanding trade via the Arctic North-East Passage, as Russia lacks ice-class vessels. Alternative route Russia has been planning for some time to expand the North-East Passage as an alternative to the Suez Canal and to open up trade via this northern route as early as next...
From a press release by the PIZ at Rostock Naval Command: On Friday, 29 September 2023, the Commander of Operational Forces and Head of the Operations Department from the Naval Command, Flotilla Admiral Stephan Haisch (56), will hand over command of the Naval Damage Control Training Centre (EAZS M) from Captain Eckardt Menzel (62) at the Naval Barracks in Neustadt i.H....
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Russia - The 18-boat construction programme of Project 22800, the KARAKURT class (60 m, 800 t), currently stands at 16 units laid down, four of which are in service, two are undergoing trials, five have been launched and five are under construction. After one each at the end of 2018, 2019 and 2020, the...
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