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Contaminated sites in the Bay of Kiel

Contaminated sites in the Bay of Kiel

Gepostet von | 19 Apr 2022 | , , | 0

More than 75 years after the end of the Second World War, there are still thousands of tonnes of various munitions in the Baltic Sea. The danger to people and the environment remains dramatic. The Kiel Munition Clearance Week, a combined face-to-face and online conference, was attended by numerous representatives from politics, science and technical experts. Experts from Germany and abroad met to listen to highly interesting presentations and, most importantly, to hold technical discussions. The question of how close the conference was to the real problem of munitions in the sea can be answered briefly and simply: Very close, in some cases just a few hundred metres away! Access marineforum digital+ You are already a registered...

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Bundeswehr to learn to fight again

Bundeswehr to learn to fight again

Gepostet von | 19 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

In her 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces once again puts her finger in the open wounds. In the 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, once again describes the problems of the armed forces that have been known for years and continue to be current: material and personnel shortages, bureaucracy, excessively long planning and award procedures for procurement and insufficient operational readiness. The material operational readiness of the main weapon systems is 77 per cent (2020: 74 %). In the operational areas of Lithuania, Mali and Niger, the operational readiness of major equipment was just under 50 per cent in some cases. The current operational load is leading to extremely high wear and tear in the navy, which is why it is dependent on...

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Shipbuilding in heavy seas

Shipbuilding in heavy seas

Gepostet von | 18 Apr 2022 | , , , , | 0

Despite many difficulties, there are still a number of highly qualified repair yards in Germany. Together, they ensure the operational readiness of the navy. The insolvency of MV Werften with sites in Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund and Bremerhaven as well as the Pella Sietas shipyard in Hamburg and the Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg have once again highlighted the difficult situation in which shipbuilding in Germany has found itself for years. The construction of large merchant ships such as container freighters and tankers has completely migrated to Asia. German shipyards have therefore focussed on technically sophisticated niche products. These include cruise ships, yachts and specialised vessels. In many of these segments, there are now...

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Ukrainian Admiral at the Potsdam Yacht Club

Ukrainian Admiral at the Potsdam Yacht Club

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2022 | , | 0

Former Vice Admiral Boris Kozhyn reports from the associations' trade fairs are usually found in the non-public, so-called "Yellow Pages" of the printed marineforum. As part of the association life of the Marine-Offizier-Vereinigung, the Marine-Offizier-Hilfe and the Deutsches Maritimes Institut, we have also created separate sections on our website for this purpose. The editorial team has decided to publish the following report from the MOM Berlin online. The Marineoffiziermesse Berlin regularly organises events on current political topics, this time the war in Ukraine was the occasion. The first commander of the Ukrainian navy, retired Vice Admiral Borys Kozhyn, was warmly welcomed as...

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Black Sea Fleet up to date

Black Sea Fleet up to date

Gepostet von | 15 Apr 2022 | , , | 2

As if the question of the remaining threat potential and the whereabouts of the assembled Russian naval forces had arisen simultaneously here and there after the fire/sinking of the "Moskva", the Ukrainian news portal "Ukrainskaya Pravda" published the answer from Kiev's perspective at midday on Thursday, 14 April 2022. It is short and sweet: 56 launch silos for cruise missiles remain south of Ukraine! The potential This is still an unchanged overpowering potential for destruction, as the "Moskva" is known to have had no land target capabilities on board. It is also not known how many Kalibr reloads of the emptied Black Sea launch silos are available in the Russian Federation, or how many have already been transferred to reserve and reserve storage for reloading.

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