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Between wealth and poverty

Between wealth and poverty

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

Far from the public eye, violence is escalating in the East African country of Mozambique. The jihadist insurgency also has a maritime dimension. At the end of March 2021, jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State attacked the coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique. According to media reports, several dozen people were killed during several days of fighting around the city of 75,000 inhabitants. The media response that followed the events in Palma brought global public attention to a conflict that has been characterised by violence since 2017 for the first time on a large scale. Since then, the clashes in the country have increasingly escalated. So far...

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US Navy - Carlos del Toro new Secretary of the Navy

US Navy - Carlos del Toro new Secretary of the Navy

Gepostet von | 25 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

President Joe Biden still had to fill a high-ranking gap in the Navy that his predecessor had left him. The post of Secretary of the Navy was only temporarily filled following the unfortunate performances of various personalities during the coronavirus pandemic. After being nominated by the President in June, acknowledged by Congress and heard by the Senate Armed Services Committee in July, Cuban-born Carlos del Toro was confirmed in office at the beginning of August and sworn in at the Pentagon by Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III at the end of August. Del Toro had left the US Navy after 22 years as a commander to serve in the...

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BLYTH and RAMSEY reinforce Ukrainian navy

BLYTH and RAMSEY reinforce Ukrainian navy

Gepostet von | 24 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

The two SANDOWN-class minehunters BLYTH and RAMSEY, which were decommissioned in Rosyth, Scotland, in mid-July, will move to the Black Sea after a short refit phase and reinforce the Ukrainian Navy. Both boats were in service with the Royal Navy for twenty years and were also the first boats to move to Bahrain to establish a permanent British mine defence component there. To the subscriptions...

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US Navy - Blast tests on the type ship of the Gerald R. Ford class

US Navy - Blast tests on the type ship of the Gerald R. Ford class

Gepostet von | 24 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

Advanced computer modelling methods are state of the art today, even in ship design - especially when it comes to the largest carrier ever built. At the end of the 18-month verification voyages, three blast tests on the Gerald-R. Ford class type ship were to show whether the art would pass the endurance test. Only when no marine mammals could be detected within a 3.5-mile radius by the spotter teams and aerial observers was the first attempt detonated on 18 June off the coast of Florida with an approximately 18-kiloton explosive charge as a full ship shock trial, which was recognised as an earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale.

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Minehunting boat "Homburg" returns home after three months of deployment

Minehunting boat "Homburg" returns home after three months of deployment

Gepostet von | 22 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

On Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Homburg" will return to its home port of Kiel. Over the past three months, the 43-strong crew from the 3rd Minehunting Squadron took part in the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1). Together with ships and boats from seven NATO nations, the crew trained in the North and Baltic Seas under the leadership of the US Navy - a first in the history of SNMCMG 1. Leadership of the NATO group was then handed over to Poland at the beginning of October. Part of the crew of the minehunting boat "Homburg" is a mine diving team consisting of four soldiers from the...

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