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Germany's modest contribution

Germany's modest contribution

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , | 0

BMD test firing in the USA, stagnation in Germany Andreas Uhl On 16 November 2020, the US Missile Defense Agency reported a spectacular success in a test firing in the sea area off Hawaii: "We have demonstrated that an Aegis BMD system - equipped with SM-3 Block IIA missiles - can defeat an ICBM [Intercontinental Ballistic Missile] target. This is one step in the process of investigating feasibility as part of an architecture for a layered defence of the homeland," said Vice Admiral Jon Hill, director of the agency. "This was an incredible achievement and a critical milestone for the Aegis BMD SM-3 Block IIA programme." Access marineforum...

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Gewinnt Putin?

Gewinnt Putin?

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , | 0

Die anstehende Fertigstellung von Nord Stream 2 wird Russland stärken Hans Jürgen Witthöft   Die Diskussionen um die Erdgas-Pipeline Nord Stream 2 haben inzwischen Dimensionen angenommen, die mit ihrer offiziell kommunizierten Zielsetzung absolut nichts mehr zu tun haben. Nord Stream 2 ist eine Pipeline, die parallel zu der 2011 in Betrieb genommenen Pipeline Nord Stream vom russischen Wyborg unter der Ostsee bis Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern verläuft. Beide Leitungen sind für Durchsätze von jeweils 55 Milliarden Kubikmeter ausgelegt. Bereits Nord Stream 1 war von Anfang an politisch heftig umstritten. Ursache war, dass sie als „Deal“ zwischen dem russischen Präsidenten Wladimir...

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Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Tight schedule for the Sea Falcon

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , , | 0

Unmanned systems will become increasingly important in the German Navy in the future. The MovMUAS project is currently taking centre stage for the corvettes. Fabian Henning The idea of unmanned aviation is as old as aviation itself. The military has always been the driving force behind the development of such unmanned systems due to the wide range of possible applications. With the rapidly advancing technologies of our dawning information age, there are new outstanding opportunities for unmanned aerial vehicles, which are revitalising applications in the military sector. In the German Navy, this development is taking place against the backdrop of a fundamental, future-orientated change in naval aviation. We are currently experiencing...

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Charting a new course together

Charting a new course together

Posted by | 27 Apr 2021 | , , , | 0

European cooperation has proven its worth in many areas of the defence industry. Can German-Dutch cooperation become the nucleus for European naval shipbuilding? Christian Freiherr von Oldershausen and Marcel Hendriks Last summer, the Federal Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Damen Schelde Naval Shipyards and Thales for the construction of four frigates 126, the former multi-purpose combat ship 180 (MKS 180). The fact that the new naval combat ship, which was put out to tender across Europe, is to be built by Blohm+Voss in Hamburg under Dutch leadership, caused a great deal of controversy in politics and industry. Understandably so, because in addition to a possible wound to national pride, there were concerns that...

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Mangelwirtschaft, Personalmangel und Corona belasten

Mangelwirtschaft, Personalmangel und Corona belasten

Posted by | 26. Apr 2021 | , | 0

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