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Spain: Harrier jump jet on the Black Sea

Spain: Harrier jump jet on the Black Sea

Gepostet von | 3 May 2025 | , , | 0

Die Armada hat mit ihrer Trägergruppe im östlichen Mittelmeer gezeigt, wozu die eigentlich schon recht alten Harrier-Senkrechtstarter in ihrer Landangriffs-Unterstützungsrolle noch in der Lage sind: Von der „Juan Carlos I“, dem Kern der Dedalo-Trägergruppe aus den Fregatten „Blas de Lezo“ und „Victoria“ sowie dem amphibischen Angriffsschiff „Castilla“ und weiteren zwei Einheiten, starteten drei der eingeschifften Hawker Siddeley Harrier, um auf dem 1.000 Kilometer entfernten Landkampf-Truppenübungsplatz Getica bei Cincu mitten in Rumänien scharfe 500Kg Bomben MK-82 in die Ziele zu bringen. Das ging natürlich nur durch Zwischentanken an einer A400-M der spanischen Luftwaffe, die bereits im spanischen Flugkontingent der NATO...

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US Navy - an art collector as Secretary of the Navy

US Navy - an art collector as Secretary of the Navy

Gepostet von | 2 May 2025 | , , | 0

Als neuen Secretary of the Navy (SecNav = Marineminister) hat sich Donald Trump schon recht frühzeitig vor der Amtsübernahme einen Unternehmer und Kunstsammler auserkoren, der noch nie etwas mit Marine oder Streitkräften zu tun hatte. Aus guten Gründen. Als Gründer und Vorsitzender der privaten Investmentagentur Rugger Management stehen John Phelan jedoch unerschöpfliche Finanzen zur Verfügung. Anlässlich eines Spendendinners in Aspen/Colorado, einem seiner Wohnorte, hatte er für die Republikaner 12 Millionen Dollar eingetrieben – (k)eine leichte Sache bei 25 bis 500 Tausend Dollar Eintrittsgeld! Knapp 2 Millionen legte er aus eigenen Mitteln noch obendrauf. Damit konnte er sich in der...

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Russia - its own limpet mines are becoming a problem

Russia - its own limpet mines are becoming a problem

Gepostet von | 1 May 2025 | , , | 0

Since the beginning of the year, there have been increasing reports of explosions on or in Russian ships in the Mediterranean, but also in the Baltic Sea. According to various sources, these incidents are mostly due to limpet mines, of which there were - and apparently still are - considerable stocks in Soviet times, particularly in countries of the Eastern Bloc. The only surprising thing is that these now appear to be used against the manufacturer. Everything is in the subjunctive, because precise information is understandably scarce. In most cases, the victims had previously stayed in Russian harbours. A prominent example is the "Ursa Major", which sank in December not far from Gibraltar...

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Russia - refloats battleship

Russia - refloats battleship

Gepostet von | 30 Apr 2025 | , , | 5

This year, the now 40-year-old heavy missile cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" (battle cruiser), the sister ship of the "Pyotr Velikiy", is to resume its test voyages after a 25-year laytime at the shipyard. This news was published shortly after the commissioning of the second propulsion reactor at Sevmash (Mechanical Engineering Company of the North) in Severodvinsk on the White Sea, behind the Kola Peninsula. Sevmash is the centre for nuclear ship propulsion in Russia. The latest missile and air defence systems, such as launch silos for Kalibr, Onyx and the Tsyklon hypersonic weapon, as well as the Pantsir-M and Fort-M systems, were also installed there. But what sense does this giant ship (Kirov class, 252 metres, 25,000 tonnes) make when newly built corvettes of the...

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Colombia - Four women's frigates with Saab technology

Colombia - Four women's frigates with Saab technology

Gepostet von | 29 Apr 2025 | , , | 0

Four frigates are on Colombia's order list. They were ordered from Damen Naval - the ships of the SIGMA 10514 design are to be built in a slightly longer version 10714CO (107 metres, 2,800 tonnes) at Cotecmar in Cartagena on the northern coast of the Caribbean. The programme is called the "Strategic Surface Platform" and plans to hand over the first units to the Colombian Navy by 2030. Damen is supplying the technical components, engineering expertise and accompanying technical support - welding and assembly will take place directly in Cartagena. The modular design of the SIGMA frigates has already been successfully used in projects in Indonesia (Martadinata class, two units) and Mexico (Reformador class, two units).

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