The French navy was once again successful in the fight against drug smuggling in the second week of February. In the dark, the crew of the frigate Germinal spotted a suspicious boat with no national emblem in the south-west of the island of Saint-Martin. As the frigate approached the boat, it turned away and tried to escape. During the...
Expanding maritime capabilities with amphibious assault boats Early in the morning on the western edge of the Pacific: small teams of Marines in company strength storm to remote islands in their mobile assault boats. Supported by unmanned drones, the US Marines attack enemy landing ships and other warships with missiles before they can unload their invasion forces or land...
Peacekeeping missions of the Latin American armed forces Thirteen Latin American countries are involved in international peacekeeping missions, humanitarian missions or multinational missions to secure the seas. Frequent deployment locations are Africa and the Middle East. The personnel deployed vary according to the mission, from a handful of observers to company and battalion-sized units including support troops. The operational...
The reassessment of the Russian and Chinese naval threat - after three decades of neglect - has reawakened the US Navy's interest in offensive mine warfare. The Navy is now seeking new, more effective methods to dislodge sea mines. This includes the introduction of new mine technology to combat enemy surface ships and submarines. Offensive mine warfare capability...
In September 2020, extensive naval and air manoeuvres by the armed forces of Greece, Cyprus, France and Italy took place in the Eastern Mediterranean, accompanied by diplomatic warnings to Turkey to respect the International Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law. The Turkish navy had issued several Navtex, in which test drillings of the research vessel ORUÇ REIS...
The US Navy in East Asia For more than 70 years, the US Navy's 7th Fleet, established in 1943, has maintained a permanent force presence in the waters of East Asia. The 124 million square kilometre area of responsibility covers the western half of the Pacific Ocean and most of the Indian Ocean; it runs from 180....
Bremen shipbuilder celebrates anniversary - The family business Fr. Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co. KG celebrated the 140th anniversary of its foundation in June. Within four generations, the Lürssen family has transformed a small boatbuilding workshop into a world-class shipbuilding company in northern Germany, which today has over 1,000 highly qualified employees at the Bremen shipyard alone.
The contract for the 37 billion euro submarine project was awarded to DCNS "DCNS of France has been selected as our preferred international partner for the design of 12 future submarines; the commercial terms are subject to further discussions." Good news also for the structurally weak region, which Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on 26....
Presence without "power projection" The very term "Mediterranean region" indicates that maritime influences are also prevalent in North Africa and Southern Europe. Maritime trade has dominated since ancient times, and it was not only with the opening of the Suez Canal that the eastern Mediterranean became a centre for oriental trade. To this day, the region is considered a "strategic bridge"...
In eternal competition with the army and air force 3,000 years before the turn of time, one of the early advanced civilisations emerged on the Nile, but the Egyptians were initially focused on their inland: "Maritime" activities - both military and mercantile - only took place on the Nile. It was only with the expansion of regional influence that the...
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