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Navy protects global sea routes

Navy protects global sea routes

Gepostet von | 16 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 0

For the 45th time, the Naval Command's annual report details Germany's maritime dependency. In his foreword to the 2022 annual report "Facts and Figures on Germany's Maritime Dependence", Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Inspector of the Navy, writes with regard to the Ukraine war: "To ensure the freedom and security of global sea routes, our navy is deployed day and night around the world. At the same time, we are also ready to defend our country and our allies against all aggressors." For the first time, this 45th annual report is also being compiled by naval experts, scientists and economists. They expertly illustrate the global maritime connections and dependencies...

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Supermarkets and petrol stations

Supermarkets and petrol stations

Gepostet von | 4 Jan 2023 | , , , , , | 0

A navy that not only operates in its own coastal waters needs modern supply ships. Many older classes around the world are currently being replaced by modern units. The provision of effective logistical support remains a fundamental prerequisite for the effective conduct of naval operations at sea. After a period of sluggish procurement in the post-Cold War era, the North American and European navies are currently undertaking extensive programmes to increase their supply ship inventories. The expansion of fleets in the Asia-Pacific region is another important driver for new investments in this segment. North America The United States Navy is currently operating...

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The glorious eighteen

The glorious eighteen

Gepostet von | 19 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

Ferdinand Magellan never wanted to circumnavigate the globe and never did. The voyage he began was completed 500 years ago by the Spaniard Juan Sebastián Elcano. Thanks to Providence, we reached the bay of San Lucar, and of the sixty men who made up the crew when we left the Moluccas, we were only eighteen, and most of them were ill." This is how Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler of the first circumnavigation 500 years ago, described the arrival of the VICTORIA in the port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 6 September 1522, right where the Guadalquivir flows into the Atlantic Ocean....

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Sea sick

Sea sick

Gepostet von | 12 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Only a few countries have hospital ships, despite the great advantages. A possibility for Germany? The Helgoland's deployment in Vietnam ended 50 years ago. From 1966 to 1972, as a hospital ship in the Vietnam War, it was the German response to the American request for military assistance. The German government had the seaside resort ship converted into a hospital ship with 150 hospital beds. The German Red Cross took over the sponsorship. The Helgoland's first mission took it to Saigon, after which it was transferred to Da Nang in the north. At that time, the important US Army base with its 350,000 inhabitants had just 500 hospital beds...

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Moscow's gateway to the Pacific

Moscow's gateway to the Pacific

Gepostet von | 8 Dec 2022 | , , , , | 0

Russia and Japan have been at odds over the Kuril Islands for decades. After the latest developments, is the archipelago a strategic challenge for Moscow? Located between the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka and the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, the Kuril island chain forms a gateway out into the Pacific and into the Sea of Okhotsk, the backyard of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Shortly before the end of the Second World War in the Pacific, the Soviet Union completely occupied the island chain in September 1945. While Russia's claim to sovereignty over the northern islands of the Kuril Islands is undisputed, Japan claims the four southernmost islands for itself and justifies this with historical...

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