BALTOPS 2025: Mine countermeasures units arrive in Kiel As part of their deployment in the Baltic Sea and their active participation in BALTOPS 2025, the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) will call at Kiel from 20 to 24 June 2025. Since the start of the exercise in Warnemünde, the SNMCMG1 has been fully...
BALTOPS, KISS and connectivity On 19 June, the ISPK (Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University) hosted its 10th "Kiel International Seapower Symposium (KISS)", a one-day conference held during Kiel Week to discuss current issues relating to sea power, maritime security and its global challenges, and to discuss the...
The German Motor Yacht Association (DMYV) is campaigning for the protection of harbour porpoises The aim of the project is to raise awareness of the harbour porpoise, the only whale permanently resident in German waters. As the DMYV announced in a press release, recreational skippers should actively contribute to the protection of the animals and their habitats. Now...
The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
The coast guard vessel "Jambelí" (MP 56) was handed over to the Armada del Ecuador in South Korea at the beginning of April. The former Korea Coast Guard Salvage Ship "Tae Pyung Yang I" (105 metres, 4,400 tonnes) was handed over to Ecuador in 2024 by bilateral agreement and subsequently dismantled in South Korea as an OPV. So it can - immediately...
On 20 June 2025, before the start of Kieler Woche, the minehunting boat "Datteln" returns to its home port of Kiel. For a total of six months, the boat was part of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG 1) and was involved in the Baltic MCM Ex 2025, Open Spirit and BALTOPS manoeuvres. Under...
Israel's submarine weapon is being built in Kiel On 12 June 2025, the boat was moved from its shielded outfitting area at TKMS in Kiel to a berth right next to the new submarine construction hall to be refuelled with hydrogen. Recognisable by the red flag prominently displayed in the tower of the INS Drakon...
"Coming home, letting go and experiencing" - that is the German Navy's motto for Kiel Week The German Navy is welcoming a good 30 ships and boats from twelve nations to the 131st Kiel Week from 20 to 29 June 2025. More than 1,800 naval personnel from all over the world...
"Coming home, letting go and experiencing" - that is the German Navy's motto for Kiel Week The German Navy is welcoming a good 30 ships and boats from twelve nations to the 131st Kiel Week from 20 to 29 June 2025. More than 1,800 naval personnel from all over the world...
China and the "Internet Kill Switch" - repair aid or targeted threat? Back in March, news from China caused quite a stir: The South China Morning Post reported on a new, powerful device for cutting underwater cables. The compact "Deep Sea Cable Cutting Device" was developed by Chinese military research institutes - it...
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