Wiederholt waren maritime Datenkabel und Pipelines das Ziel von Anschlägen. Durch interdisziplinäre Kooperation könnte die Sicherheit Kritischer Unterwasserinfrastruktur deutlich verbessert werden. Die zunehmende geopolitische Unsicherheit und wiederholte Zwischenfälle wie die kürzlich berichtete Spionage russischer Forschungsschiffe in europäischen Gewässern, haben die Verwundbarkeit kritischer Unterwasserinfrastrukturen verdeutlicht. Die Bedrohung für Pipelines, Offshore-Windparks und...
It is called "Project Sea 1180" and comprises six (optionally twelve) OPVs of 80 metres in length and 1,700 tonnes displacement - ordered from Naval Vessels Lürssen (NVL). The Arafura class was developed from the Darussalam OPV built for Brunei. Two boats were to be built at Osborne in Adelaide on the south-east coast and the...
Latest news: the competition is open. Submarines for Argentina from France - or Germany? The new president of the South American country doesn't hesitate for long, not even when it comes to the Armada Argentina, whose long-standing equipment gap in the submarine sector he had promised to fill. In October, the...
Als Reaktion auf den Israel-Gaza-Krieg bedrohen die jemenitischen Huthi-Milizen die internationale Schifffahrt im Roten Meer. Im Kampf gegen deren neue Low-Cost-Waffen müssen die Alliierten sehr teuere Flugkörper einsetzen – simple versus sophisticated. Hier ein Rückblick auf die letzten zwölf Monate (Stand Ende November 2024) mit einer beigefügten Chronologie der Ereignisse....
The US Navy requires helicopters for a wide range of different missions. The Sea Hawk family is a multifunctional type. During the 1970s, the US Navy was looking for a successor to the ageing Kaman SH-2 Sea Sprite sub-hunter helicopters. The main focus was on the...
Straits connect oceans with each other. These maritime choke points are interfaces between international trade and security policy - and therefore have geostrategic significance. Maritime choke points - or straits and strategic waterways - form central hubs in the global maritime transport network. They act as essential transit routes for international trade and as strategic points of...
Interview by Alexander Gottschalk After seven and a half months at sea and circumnavigating the globe, the German Navy's Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024 is over. Time for an interview with the two commanders of Task Group 500.01, Flotilla Admirals Axel Schulz and Helge Risch. Mr Flotilla Admiral Schulz, what expectations do you have as...
Whether in Ukraine or the Red Sea, drones pose a real threat today. In the medium term, laser weapon systems could play an important role in defence against these autonomous small aircraft. When analysing the war in Ukraine and future scenarios, the question currently arises as to how an effective lethal defence against...
At the end of October, the US Navy announced that it would be extending the service life of twelve of the oldest Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. They belong to the first generation of this ship class, the Flight I, and were commissioned between 1992 and 1997. The ships were originally designed for a service life of 35 years....
Once again, naval shipbuilding has been declared a key national technology. However, this decision also creates obligations. With the National Security and Defence Industry Strategy (SVI Strategy) adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 4 December 2024, the concept of national key technologies, which has been known since the first such government paper in 2015, has once again been confirmed. This is...
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