He only retired from his post as Fleet Commander of the Portuguese Navy (2017 to 2020, a good part of which he also served as Commander European Maritime Force (EUROARFOR)) at the beginning of 2020, but he doesn't have much time left as a pensioner for the time being. When, at the beginning of 2021, after the second wave of coronavirus...
Two years ago, Indonesia announced at the DSEI (Defence & Security Equipment International) arms fair in London that the British shipbuilding group Babcock, with its ARROWHEAD-140 design for the Royal Navy's new Type 31 frigate, was the preferred supplier for a corresponding newbuilding programme to be built at the domestic state shipyard PT PAL in Surabaya....
Security alliances declared out of nowhere are currently booming - this is not only due to the end of contact and exit restrictions during the pandemic, but perhaps more to the global power shifts that can no longer be denied. Following the failure of the submarine deal with Australia, it is now France's turn. In Paris...
The geostrategic tine in the Indian Ocean is a commitment: with a coastline of 2,000 kilometres on both sides and a wide view over the entire ocean from East Africa and Indonesia/Western Australia to Antarctica, it is a fundamental concern of the Indian Navy under Chinese pressure to control movements on this immense body of water....
Comment: AUKUS caused a stir due to France's escalation of the Australian-British-American security agreement into an arms deal. There are lessons to be learnt for Brussels and Berlin from this process. The surprising announcement of a new security agreement between the USA, the UK and Australia last week triggered strong reactions in France....
What happened when a party conference of the Left Party is mentioned in marineforum, and in the month of a federal election? Well, they took up a maritime topic and showed humour in connection with a military-historical event. The fact that the facts suffered a little proves once again that the party of military opponents has a lot to do with the same...
Small boats are booming again - the flourishing market for coastguard and combat boats known as offshore patrol vessels is the best proof. But it is precisely with OPVs, which are usually stationed and operated individually, that coastal and shallow-water operations must be practised if these boats are to function together on an ad hoc basis when required and a...
While a ship sinks on our doorstep, the latest units of the Iranian navy pass the Cape of Good Hope westwards and move into the Atlantic, where no Iranian unit has ever travelled before. The cargo ship Makran, with military deck cargo (seven small FK combat boats) and presumably an ample arsenal of weapons below deck, is...
HMS DIAMOND is actually an integral part of the British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21), which, under the leadership of the aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, is on a post-Brexit demonstration tour halfway around the globe with HMS DEFENDER, a second Type 45 destroyer, two Type 23 frigates, two supply vessels and initially also an ASTUTE nuclear submarine...
After visiting the new aircraft carrier and flagship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in Yokosuka, Japan, the British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) of the Royal Navy has passed the zenith of its strategically assessed 26,000-mile journey halfway around the globe. Because Japan will be replacing its two helicopter carriers with the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B (JSF, STOVL...
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