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IRAN - New combat catamaran for the Revolutionary Guards

Amid tense anticipation of a retaliatory response to the assassination of the leader of the Islamist Hamas movement in Tehran by Israel, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Division General Hosein Salami, announced on the nearby portal Tasnim that he had just handed over more than 2,600 new missiles, drones and other equipment to his elite maritime units of the IRGC-N (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, responsible for maritime operations in the Persian Gulf). These weapons are even more capable, longer-range, more explosive and less susceptible to jamming and interception than all previous systems. Allegedly, only 210 weapons were on display at the show, and there is also unusually little visual material available for such a...

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What's going on with China's new submarines?

Not only does the virus come from Wuhan, deep in the interior of the country, but a considerable number of ship designs are also being built in the shipyards on the Yangtze River. Following a launch in May, which took place without publicity, satellite images of a submarine construction previously unknown in the navy of the Chinese PLA were discovered there in July. China is extremely secretive when it comes to submarines. It is known that the conventional Yuan class (type 039A/C, 77 metres, 3,600 tonnes) has been and will be increasingly put into service in three variants and a total of 20 units from 2010. In addition, this type is also being built in Wuhan as the Hangor class in an export version for Pakistan.

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Disaster on Christmas Eve

A good 200 years ago, two ships sank in a storm off Denmark. Today, a remarkable museum in Thorsminde commemorates the many dead - and the dangers of the Danish west coast. In mid-December 1811, Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, commander-in-chief of the British fleet in the Baltic Sea, made a fatal decision that he later came to regret. Persuaded by his deputy Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, his flag captain David Oliver Guion and the captain of the ship of the line HMS Defence, he sent the damaged ship of the line HMS St. George with a crew of 765 men and civilian men and women accompanied by HMS Defence with 550 men and women, contrary to his convictions....

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Tokyo - Japanese minesweeper sunk after fire

The US and Japanese navies planned to conduct joint mine-clearing exercises last week until a fire broke out on the JS "Ukushima" (Sugashima-class, MSC-686) on 10 November 2024. The ship was on its way to the joint exercise, according to a spokesperson for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force on Tuesday. The fire broke out on Sunday morning in the waters around 1 ½ miles north of the island of Oshima (Fukuoka Prefecture), which belongs to Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember me Weiterlesen

Oceans in danger

Millions of people are directly dependent on a well-functioning marine ecosystem - and many more indirectly. The global fight against illegal fishing is an important element in preserving this basis of life. Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUUF) is a significant problem for both regional and global maritime security. IUU fishing has significant negative economic and environmental impacts and even affects inter-state relations. Fish stocks, the maritime environment and entire economic sectors are affected. IUUU includes fishing without proper licences, misreporting of catches and the...

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