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Paris: OP frigates for the DOM/TOMs

Paris: OP frigates for the DOM/TOMs

Gepostet von | 23 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

Faced with the question of how to replace the six small Floréal-class frigates, France recently decided in favour of building the Gowind corvettes - and against waiting any longer until the European Patrol Corvette is ready for series production, which is not making sufficient progress as a joint project, especially in light of the findings of the last six months. Better to build something of our own, that has always been the case in Paris! The Floréal class was designed in the 1990s for low-intensity coastal defence tasks in the French overseas territories, but has been used more and more intensively and now requires more assertiveness as a military platform above and below...

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Update: London-Wilhelmshaven: First German-British electricity project

Update: London-Wilhelmshaven: First German-British electricity project

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

Work has begun on the 2.8 billion euro project to build and lay the first electricity cable between the UK and Germany. This will connect two of Europe's largest energy markets for the first time, also a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Cooperation partner NeuConnect Deutschland GmbH, based in Wilhelmshaven, is responsible for all aspects of the NeuConnect interconnector project, including the approval process, construction phase and operation on the German side. NeuConnect Ltd., based in London, is responsible for access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You still have...

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German Navy in Tokyo

German Navy in Tokyo

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2024 | , , , | 0

The Indo -Pacific - Association has reached another highlight of its journey. The frigate "Baden-Württemberg" and the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" have been travelling as part of Operation Indo-Pacific Deployment since May. After harbour visits in Halifax and New York, the Panama Canal was crossed with destination San Diego. Following the stay in Pearl Harbor, Japan has now been reached. The participation in the RIMPAC manoeuvre together with the German Air Force has been completed, now the actual core of the operation begins. Apparently, the typhoon of the last few days was survived unscathed and avoided. The ships are now in the cruise terminal of the metropolis. As a...

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France: Marine Nationale fires SCALP in double pack

France: Marine Nationale fires SCALP in double pack

Gepostet von | 22 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

At the end of April, the French defence administration DGA, the Direction Générale de l'Armement in Paris, published a video of the first simultaneous land target firing of the new naval cruise missile MdCN (missile de croisière naval, also known as SCALP-Naval), manufactured by the European consortium MBDA. On 18 April 2024, the first FK was launched from the submerged, nuclear-powered attack submarine "Suffren" and - to arrive at the target at the same time - the second shot was launched from the FREMM frigate "Aquitaine". The rest of the press release consists of patting each other on the back. Video...

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Royal Australian Navy: Deconstruction "down under"

Royal Australian Navy: Deconstruction "down under"

Gepostet von | 21 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

After just 15 years in active service, the Royal Australian Navy decommissioned its largest ship, the 47,000-tonne displacement tanker "Sirius", at the end of 2021. The ship had been purchased on the civilian market as a replacement for an obsolete single-hull tanker and subsequently navalised with a "flange-mounted" helicopter landing deck and RAS harness on both sides. When the two new operational supply vessels "Stalwart" and "Supply" (Cantabria class, 174 metres, 20,000 tonnes) built by Navantia in Spain arrived in 2021, it was too costly for the not overly large navy to maintain several different and less flexible support units. Since resale was probably not profitable either, the...

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