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Battleship Commander

Battleship Commander

Gepostet von | 2 May 2022 | , , , , | 0

Paul Stillwell: Battleship Commander. The life of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr, Naval Institute Press 2021 Unsurprisingly, it took until 2021 to publish the first biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. who played a key role in the U.S. Navy's Pacific campaign during World War II. Although strongly promoted by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, only a few sentences about Admiral Lee's work can be found in the work "Seemacht, Eine Seekriegsgeschichte von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart" published by Elmar B. Potter and Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the German version of which was edited by Jürgen Rohwer. Found...

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Moscow's new narrative: cruise missiles now also from submarines

Moscow's new narrative: cruise missiles now also from submarines

Gepostet von | 1 May 2022 | , , | 3

On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defence published a video sequence on the Telegram messaging service showing the underwater launch of a Kalibr cruise missile from a conventional Kilo III-class submarine in the Black Sea, aimed at Ukraine. Whatever the optics have captured - it has not become a documentary masterpiece! The shots in the semi-darkness, taken at a great distance and correspondingly unclear, do not really confirm the Russian narrative. Nevertheless, this news is worth mentioning because it is the first time that the use of Kalibr from submarines in the Ukraine war has been publicised. And what else is being destroyed This news was underpinned by the claim that the Russian air force had...

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News from the "Moskva" - an old ship is to stand by her side

News from the "Moskva" - an old ship is to stand by her side

Gepostet von | 1 May 2022 | , , | 0

As far as the loss of life is concerned, the Kremlin continues to remain silent; at best, there is a hesitant admission of figures that are in any case completely understated. In this context, a tweet from a Moscow source close to the government dated Friday, 22 April 2022, which was only given a minimal lifespan before disappearing from the scene, is interesting. The tweet stated the number of killed and missing soldiers in the Ukraine war, which, however, came fairly close to the somewhat inflated figure of 23,000 dead Russian soldiers published by Ukrainskaya Pravda (https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/): 13,400 dead, 7,000 missing and 116 dead on the Moskva River. The official figure is still 2,000 killed...

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Egypt joins CMF

Egypt joins CMF

Gepostet von | 29 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

As announced, Egypt has now become the 34th member of the multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) coalition, which aims to enforce law and order at sea. It was only recently founded, marineforum.online reported on 22/04/22. The CMF takes action against illegal non-state actors on the high seas. Vice Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of the US Naval Forces, US 5th Fleet and the CMF, welcomed Egypt's accession during a visit to Alexandria on 12 April. The CMF's area of operations includes some of the world's most important shipping lanes with more than 3 million square miles of international waters, including the most important...

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Atlas UK supplies minehunting system for the Royal Navy

Atlas UK supplies minehunting system for the Royal Navy

Gepostet von | 28 Apr 2022 | , , , | 0

Atlas Elektronik wins contract to supply mine hunting underwater vehicles for the Royal Navy ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK (AEUK) has been awarded a contract by DE & S's Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) team to supply autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) systems for the UK Royal Navy (RN). The contract, worth £32 million, includes the delivery of three MHC AUV systems totalling nine vehicles as well as a comprehensive training and support package for a period of three years from delivery. Already in service is the ARCIMS Unmanned Surface Vessel (USVs) with mine sweeping payloads and towed mine hunting sonars, which will be supported by the Unmanned Vehicles (UxV) autonomous software and sensors.

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