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North Sea countries want to become the "Green Power Plant of Europe".

North Sea countries want to become the "Green Power Plant of Europe".

Gepostet von | 1 Jun 2022 | , , | 0

Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium sign offshore wind pact Government representatives from the North Sea countries met in the Danish town of Esbjerg on 18 May to sign a cooperation agreement on the development of offshore wind energy and green hydrogen. Their target is at least 65 GW by 2030 and 150 GW by 2050. The reliable winds, shallow waters and proximity to industrial centres that consume a lot of electricity make the North Sea an ideal location for the construction of offshore wind farms. "Today's agreement between the energy ministers is an important milestone in cross-border cooperation. It is the basis for the first real European power plants,...

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The Neptune anti-ship missile: The weapon that can sink cruisers

The Neptune anti-ship missile: The weapon that can sink cruisers

Gepostet von | 1 Jun 2022 | , , , , | 1

And: a small island with strategic significance It was a home-made Ukrainian weapon - two R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles, to be precise - that brought the defenders what was probably the most memorable victory of the war so far: the sinking of the Russian Black Sea flagship Moskva. Why was the Moskva so symbolically important for both sides? On the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine, the guided missile cruiser "Moskva", the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, arrived off the tiny Snake Island accompanied by the patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" and demanded the surrender of the 13 soldiers stationed there. The answer...

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King Sekhukhune I: Commissioning at the Cape of Good Hope

King Sekhukhune I: Commissioning at the Cape of Good Hope

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The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) can significantly rejuvenate the coastal defence forces of the South African Navy (SAN) with the commissioning of its first MMIPV (Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel) named "King Sekhukhune I". Only three of the new "Warrior" class vessels with the distinctive sea-axe bow, built according to the STAN-Patrol 6211 Damen design at the Dutch branch in Cape Town, are to be built in the end, after six boats were initially calculated as the capability requirement. Day-to-day operations will now show how well the bow design is adapted to the wind and sea conditions at the Cape and around the southern tip of the African continent - and whether three boats will be able to cope with...

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MS Burgenland: Murder on board

MS Burgenland: Murder on board

Gepostet von | 31 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

During the Second World War, atrocities that are barely comprehensible today also took place on a ship off the South American coast. The story of the MS Burgenland shows the brutality of the Nazi era. "Being attacked by several heavy units. My location is about 7° south 26° west. Must sink ship, classified information has been destroyed." - This was the last message from the blockade runner MS Burgenland, which was received by the naval command of the Kriegsmarine on the evening of 5 January 1944. What was meant by classified information was to be the subject of a court case against the former naval attaché in Tokyo and head of the Naval Special Service East Asia, retired Admiral Paul Wenneker, in the mid-1960s....

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Attack on yacht off Yemen

Attack on yacht off Yemen

Gepostet von | 31 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

ATALANTA: Continued need for maritime security Armed men attacked the sailing yacht Lakota off the Yemeni coast on 19 May and attempted to board it. The ship remains unmolested and safe. However, the incident makes it clear that pirates and militant forces in the region continue to pose a potential threat. According to Operation Atalanta of the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor), the sailing trimaran "Lakota" was south-east of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah in the southern Red Sea near the strategically important Bab-el-Mandeb Strait when three boats with five people on board, flying the flag of...

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