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Royal Navy - Type 23 frigates secure the aircraft carriers

Royal Navy - Type 23 frigates secure the aircraft carriers

Gepostet von | 15 May 2025 | , , | 0

TAPS - these are the Royal Navy's Towed Array Patrol Ships, which usually traverse the waters of the North Atlantic for two months at a time. Their task: to protect the strategic submarines of the Vanguard class from potential underwater threats - recognised with the help of their highly sensitive towed array sonars. The six remaining Duke-class submarine frigates "Somerset", "Richmond", "Portland", "St Albans", "Sutherland" and "Kent" (Type 23, 133 metres, 4,300 tonnes) are deployed. They take it in turns to depart from their home port of Devonport/Plymouth and take over the permanent watch for the SSBNs. These patrols form the basis of the British deterrent policy - CASD (Continuous At Sea Deterrent) - but remain in...

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"Dragon Fury" - just do what drones can do!

"Dragon Fury" - just do what drones can do!

Gepostet von | 12 May 2025 | , , | 0

As part of a joint amphibious exercise in the south of the country near Toulon, France's Marine Nationale and Armee de Terre tested what a dozen or so companies offer in the way of commercially available drones, and how these devices are suitable for solving military problems or could be modified for such purposes. In the landing and landing defence scenarios, flying, walking and floating robots were used in reconnaissance, defensive and combat modes, as well as in the aftercare of troops. After "Wildfire" in September 2024, "Dragon Fury" was the second of these exercises, which is now set to become a permanent fixture. The background to this is that...

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Norway - no material for the US Navy?

Norway - no material for the US Navy?

Gepostet von | 9 May 2025 | , , | 0

The Norwegian oil trader Haltbakk Bunkers announced on 2 March that it would stop supplying fuel to the American armed forces in Norway and to American ships docked in Norwegian ports. Gunnar Gran, the owner of the company, justified this step with the behaviour of the American president towards the president of Ukraine. Although the company is suffering losses as a result, and is neither the largest nor the only supplier in Norway, it is a question of morality. Nor do they fulfil orders from Russia. After all, Haltbakk Bunkers had refuelled the aircraft carrier "USS Gerald R. Ford" during his first visit to Norway and had...

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Royal Navy - the frigate dilemma

Royal Navy - the frigate dilemma

Gepostet von | 7 May 2025 | , , | 3

The Type 23 frigate "HMS Iron Duke" was the last remaining unit of the Type 23 flotilla (133 metres, 4,300 tonnes) that once comprised 16 ships in the port of Portsmouth. It has now been redeployed to its new home port of Devonport/Plymouth, where the other six remaining Type 23 frigates are already based. The ships, which are now 40 years old and very costly to maintain, are now concentrated at one location for better coordination of maintenance measures. The original plan from 2017 was to relocate all sub-hunting frigates with towed arrays to Plymouth, while those without towed sonar were to remain in Portsmouth. However, some frigates were decommissioned more quickly than...

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Hegseth and the US Navy - more oomph instead of perpetual rubbish

Hegseth and the US Navy - more oomph instead of perpetual rubbish

Gepostet von | 5 May 2025 | , , | 0

Pete Hegseth, the Minister of Defence, announced in mid-February that around 8 % of the investment programmes in the US defence budget are to be cut - this corresponds to around 50 billion dollars. The main projects affected are those relating to diversity, equality and inclusion, followed by climate protection programmes. The freed-up funds are to be used instead for presidential priorities - above all for securing the US border and for the purchase and introduction of the "Iron Dome for America" missile defence system based on the Israeli model. What is now required is a credible deterrent potential - and the ability to win wars. The construction programme is not affected by the cuts...

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