What happened when a party conference of the Left Party is mentioned in marineforum, and in the month of a federal election? Well, they took up a maritime topic and showed humour in connection with a military-historical event. The fact that the facts suffered a little proves once again that the party of military opponents has a lot to do with the same...
Small boats are booming again - the flourishing market for coastguard and combat boats known as offshore patrol vessels is the best proof. But it is precisely with OPVs, which are usually stationed and operated individually, that coastal and shallow-water operations must be practised if these boats are to function together on an ad hoc basis when required and a...
While a ship sinks on our doorstep, the latest units of the Iranian navy pass the Cape of Good Hope westwards and move into the Atlantic, where no Iranian unit has ever travelled before. The cargo ship Makran, with military deck cargo (seven small FK combat boats) and presumably an ample arsenal of weapons below deck, is...
HMS DIAMOND is actually an integral part of the British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21), which, under the leadership of the aircraft carrier HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, is on a post-Brexit demonstration tour halfway around the globe with HMS DEFENDER, a second Type 45 destroyer, two Type 23 frigates, two supply vessels and initially also an ASTUTE nuclear submarine...
After visiting the new aircraft carrier and flagship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in Yokosuka, Japan, the British Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) of the Royal Navy has passed the zenith of its strategically assessed 26,000-mile journey halfway around the globe. Because Japan will be replacing its two helicopter carriers with the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B (JSF, STOVL...
At the beginning of June, the first F-35B Lightning Joint Strike Fighter landed on the Prince Of Wales, the second Queen Elizabeth-class carrier. Even though the pilot had a deck the size of three football pitches on 65,000 tonnes of steel at his disposal, this moment was still a special one for the...
On 25 June, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer took over as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from British Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. This means that a naval officer is once again at the head of the military part of the alliance and the Secretary General as the highest representative and spokesman of the Military Committee...
In the first days of June, Iran's largest unit to date, the Kharg, sank not far from the Iranian port of Jask at the exit of the Strait of Hormuz after a fire in the engine room spread on board and sent a signal that could be seen for miles. The ship had to be abandoned after twenty hours of unsuccessful firefighting. It was...
The Super Hornet has been flying for the US Navy since 1999. Now a state-of-the-art version with the designation Block III is being launched. The US Navy plans to introduce the latest version of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet into operational service in the middle of this year. Since May 2020, the...
Mane obviligo If the passage of Russian nuclear submarines caused a furore, the entry of the Iranian navy's largest ship into the Baltic Sea accompanied by an Iranian frigate is no less so. For weeks, ship spotters have been following the course of two Iranian naval units with different interpretations of their destination. In the morning...
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