At the beginning of June, the first F-35B Lightning Joint Strike Fighter landed on the Prince Of Wales, the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier. Even though the pilot had a deck the size of three football pitches on 65,000 tonnes of steel at his disposal, this moment was still a special one for the...
On 25 June, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer took over as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from British Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. This means that a naval officer is once again at the head of the military part of the alliance and the Secretary General as the highest representative and spokesman of the Military Committee...
In the first days of June, Iran's largest unit to date, the Kharg, sank not far from the Iranian port of Jask at the exit of the Strait of Hormuz after a fire in the engine room spread on board and sent a signal that could be seen for miles. The ship had to be abandoned after twenty hours of unsuccessful firefighting. It was...
The Super Hornet has been flying for the US Navy since 1999. Now a state-of-the-art version with the designation Block III is being launched. The US Navy plans to introduce the latest version of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet into operational service in the middle of this year. Since May 2020, the...
Mane obviligo If the passage of Russian nuclear submarines caused a furore, the entry of the Iranian navy's largest ship into the Baltic Sea accompanied by an Iranian frigate is no less so. For weeks, ship spotters have been following the course of two Iranian naval units with different interpretations of their destination. In the morning...
Even in turbulent times, Spain relies on a strong military alliance to meet maritime challenges. An interview with the inspector of the Spanish Navy, Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave. Mr Admiral, first of all, congratulations on your new position! It is a great honour for us to interview you. Also the...
The Spanish navy has a wide range of capabilities. Many classes are national in-house developments with export potential. The Armada Española is one of the oldest navies in the world. It has existed since the end of the 15th century and is now the fifth largest navy in NATO after the navies of the USA, Great Britain, France and Italy....
In recent years, a whole series of warship wrecks from the Second World War have been found in the Pacific, which were lost in the battle between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Billionaire, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, who died in 2018, had financially supported the search for such ships.
As Finland turns to the West, it is also modernising its maritime armed forces. The small country is spending a lot of money on this. Finland is a country of extremes in terms of military strategy. With only 5.5 million inhabitants on 338,465 square kilometres, the country is relatively sparsely populated, and the population...
The Bonhomme Richard was not the first US Navy ship to fall victim to the flames. Has the navy learnt anything from the incident? The amphibious warship USS Bonhomme Richard was formally decommissioned in April. During a four-day fire in July 2020, the 22-year-old ship was so badly damaged that...
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