Kieler Woche : "Sail Out"
The commander of Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Sascha Rackwitz, had invited guests to observe the departure of the sailors from aboard the tender "Rhein".
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Sea trials of China's "Fujian"
China proudly claims that its new aircraft carrier is the largest conventionally powered warship in the world On 23 June, a noteworthy report from the "China Morning Post" arrived in the mailbox: China claimed the title of having the largest conventional aircraft carrier design in the world and immediately published a few references to the "Fujian". The state broadcaster focussed in particular on the electromagnetic catapult. Something had been achieved on a conventionally powered ship that was thought to be impossible. The Chinese emphasised that this was unique. Well, the US Navy can do this with the Ford-class, but this is known to be nuclear-powered and can therefore be sufficiently...
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Flagship "Grömitz" back from the Aegean
Low number and availability of units necessitates the use of minehunting boats as command and control platforms From a press release by Rostock Naval Command: On Thursday, 4 July 2024 at 10 a.m., the minehunting boat "Grömitz", which belongs to the 3rd Minehunting Squadron, will return to its home port of Kiel from a six-month deployment to the NATO Aegean Support Mission. Over the past six months, the Kiel-based boat has been the command platform and the German contribution to NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 and the NATO Aegean Support Mission. The task of the "Grömitz" was to provide the situational awareness required to control the Aegean in order to prevent illegal refugee flows...
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Kieler Woche: Follow-up Russian activities
At the end of last week, unusual movements by the Russian navy and Russian state vessels were once again observed right on the doorstep of Kiel Bay in the Fehmarnbelt. On 22 June 2024, the Russian oil tanker (RFS) "Yaz" and the Steregushiy-class corvette RFS "Stoikiy" passed through the Fehmarnbelt in the direction of St. Petersburg. The corvette had previously passed the Danish Straits heading north from the Baltiysk naval base on 19 June 2024. It was assumed that the RFS "Stoikiy" was deployed to protect the oil tanker RFS "Yaz", which was approaching the Skagerrak at the time. The tanker "Yaz" left Tartus (Syria) at the end of May...
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Heavy Metal
The threat posed by a growing number of submarines is increasing worldwide. This has prompted European and American manufacturers to develop a new generation of heavyweight torpedoes. The Black Shark Advanced (BSA) is the latest generation of heavyweight torpedoes from the Italian manufacturer Leonardo. It is in service with the Chilean, Portuguese, Malaysian and an unnamed Southeast Asian navy, which, according to media reports, is the Republic of Singapore. It has also recently been deployed by the Indonesian navy. Their three boats of the modified Jang Bogo class of type 209 were supplied by the South Korean company DSME. The BSA is also being used for the procurement programme of the...
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