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Maritime confrontation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Maritime confrontation in the Eastern Mediterranean

Posted by | 4 Dec 2020 | , , , | 0

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 Navtexes announcing test drillings by the research vessel ORUÇ REIS south of Cyprus. This work was extended until mid-October. At the same time, the drilling vessel YAVUZ is carrying out investigations in the region. Turkish research vessels are being protected by Turkish naval units and other nations are being asked to stay away from the area. Greece and Cyprus consider the territory in question to be part of their...

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The 7th fleet

The 7th fleet

Posted by | 26 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

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 degrees longitude (International Date Line) to the coastal boundary line between India and Pakistan and from the Kuril Islands down to Antarctica. There are 36 coastal or island states in the area in question, which together make up fifty per cent of the world's population. Among these 36 nations are five allied states (Australia, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand),...

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140 years of the Fr. Lürssen shipyard

140 years of the Fr. Lürssen shipyard

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

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, with over 1,000 highly qualified employees at the Bremen site alone, is not only one of the world's leading suppliers of yachts, but also one of the recognised system houses for the construction of naval vessels. The foundation stone for the shipyard was laid by the then 24-year-old boat builder Friedrich Lürßen on 27 June 1875. Since then, the Fr. Lürssen shipyard has built more than 13,000 boats and...

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France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

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 discussion." Good news for the structurally weak region, which Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on 26 April against the backdrop of the South Australian shipyard ASC in Adelaide, but bitter pills for the German and Japanese competitors. Shortly before the general election scheduled for 2 July, the Prime Minister was able to promise that "this 50 billion [Australian] dollar investment will directly create 1,100 Australian jobs and a further 1,700 jobs in the...

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The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , | 0

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" to the Middle East and beyond to South (Asia). Bosphorus eye of the needle Russia's Tsar Peter I, who founded the Russian navy in the Baltic Sea at the beginning of the 18th century, also endeavoured to gain maritime influence in the south of his empire. He sought access to the Mediterranean via the Black Sea, but as early as the...

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