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China's Renhai class: Presentation of the Xianyang super destroyer

China's Renhai class: Presentation of the Xianyang super destroyer

Posted by | 12 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

With the hull number 108, the Xianyang, the eighth destroyer of the Renhai class (type 055), was officially presented to the public two months ago at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) in the northern Chinese harbour complex of Dalian. A video praising the beauty and strength of this super destroyer - or FK cruiser - also serves this purpose. Not without good reason, as the 180-metre-long ships, which displace more than 12,000 tonnes and have two vertical launch silos for a total of 112 missiles of all Chinese designs, are among the most powerful and largest combat ships in the world. This makes them even more powerful than the FK cruisers of the American Ticonderoga class, especially as they will soon be...

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The warehouse is all about strategies and security

The warehouse is all about strategies and security

Posted by | 11 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

International experts meet at the invitation of GIDS and iFMS Naval officers and scientists from five continents recently exchanged views on maritime strategies and security in Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district. They accepted an invitation from the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS) and the interdisciplinary research focus Maritime Security (iFMS) at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg. The conference venue was the Hanseatic International Maritime Museum. The participants from Argentina, Australia, India, Canada, the Philippines and Germany exchanged views on conflict scenarios in the Indo-Pacific, among other things with a view to the security interests of the Indo-Pacific countries, which have so far received too little attention from...

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US Navy puts CANBERRA into service in Australian waters

US Navy puts CANBERRA into service in Australian waters

Posted by | 7 Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

Even before its official commissioning, the US Navy sent its newest INDEPENDENCE-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the CANBERRA (LCS-30), to the Australian port city of Sidney for the ceremony on 22 July. This was the first time that a Navy ship was not commissioned in American waters. The move was chosen because of the name, named after the Australian capital, because of the closer proximity of the two countries within the Aukus Alliance and, of course, in honour of the Australian parent company Austal, from whose design company Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia the design for the trimaran, which is particularly stable in "shallow" coastal waters, originated. The...

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Feuer auf der Fremantle Highway

Feuer auf der Fremantle Highway

Posted by | 6. Sep 2023 | , , , | 0

Der in der Nacht vom 25. auf den 26. Juli vor der niederländischen Küste in Brand geratene Autofrachter Fremantle Highway konnte nach über einer Woche, in der sich das Schiff in kritischem Zustand befand, in den nächstgelegenen niederländischen Hafen Eemshaven eingebracht und dort vertäut werden. Dieser Vorfall hat tagelang besonders die Küstenbewohner alarmiert, weil wegen der Nähe zum Unesco-Weltnaturerbe Wattenmeer eine Umweltkatastrophe befürchtet wurde. Auf dem unter Panama-Flagge fahrenden, fast 60 000 GT großen und 200 Meter langen Autotransporter Fremantle Highway war von Bremerhaven kommend 27 Kilometer nördlich der Insel Ameland auf einem der Fahrzeugdecks ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Das...

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Change of leadership in the US Navy

Change of leadership in the US Navy

Posted by | 5 Sep 2023 | , , , , | 0

The current Deputy Chief of Staff is to become Chief of Naval Operations. This is the first time a woman has headed the US Navy. On 21 July, US President Joe Biden nominated Admiral Lisa Franchetti to succeed Admiral Michael Gilday as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). In principle, this decision was expected. At the time of her appointment as Vice CNO in September 2022, Franchetti, born in 1964, was already considered the favourite for the highest post in the US Navy. However, at the beginning of June, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin recommended the appointment of the current commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Samuel Paparo, for the CNO post. Speaking in favour of Paparo...

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