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France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

France gives the Germans déjà vu in Australia

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

The contract for the 37 billion euro submarine project was awarded to DCNS "DCNS of France has been selected as our preferred international partner for the design of 12 future submarines; the commercial terms are subject to further discussion." Good news for the structurally weak region, which Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on 26 April against the backdrop of the South Australian shipyard ASC in Adelaide, but bitter pills for the German and Japanese competitors. Shortly before the general election scheduled for 2 July, the Prime Minister was able to promise that "this 50 billion [Australian] dollar investment will directly create 1,100 Australian jobs and a further 1,700 jobs in the...

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The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

The Russian Navy in the Mediterranean

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , | 0

Presence without "power projection" The very term "Mediterranean region" indicates that maritime influences are also prevalent in North Africa and Southern Europe. Maritime trade has dominated since ancient times, and it was not only with the opening of the Suez Canal that the Eastern Mediterranean became a centre for oriental trade. To this day, the region is considered a "strategic bridge" to the Middle East and beyond to South (Asia). Bosphorus eye of the needle Russia's Tsar Peter I, who founded the Russian navy in the Baltic Sea at the beginning of the 18th century, also endeavoured to gain maritime influence in the south of his empire. He sought access to the Mediterranean via the Black Sea, but as early as the...

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The Egyptian Navy

The Egyptian Navy

Posted by | 25 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

In eternal competition with the army and air force 3,000 years before the turn of time, one of the early advanced civilisations emerged on the Nile, but the Egyptians were initially focused on their inland: "Maritime" activities - both military and mercantile - only took place on the Nile. It was only with the expansion of regional influence that the open sea also gained in importance. Pharaoh Thutmose III (1486-1425 BC) finally founded the first navy and had numerous ships built at a shipyard in Memphis, which was huge by the standards of the time, to support his campaigns into Babylonia. However, these were mostly only used to transport troops, horses and material across the eastern...

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The missile systems of the German Navy

The missile systems of the German Navy

Posted by | 24 Nov 2020 | , , | 0

Current status and succession planning The current decisions on the reorganisation of the Bundeswehr and thus also the Navy are aimed at a strict operational orientation of the armed forces. Based on the concept of the Bundeswehr, the German Navy has continued to orientate itself towards its new tasks. The German naval forces contribute to military operations by protecting deployment and redeployment and enabling or securing access to the respective theatre of operations. They support their own forces operating on or over land from the sea and ensure the use of the sea as a base for joint operations (base at sea). Combating enemy naval forces in the land and sea areas.

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The Gulf of Guinea

Posted by | 24 Nov 2020 | , | 0

Current and future engagement of the European Union The Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union adopted a "Gulf of Guinea Strategy" in 2014 and an action plan (time horizon: 2015-2020) to implement this strategy in March 2015. Various EU Council working groups were involved in the development of the strategy and action plan under the leadership of the European External Action Service (EEAS), which comprises 67 individual actions. There was close coordination with international partners, in particular with the United Nations, three regional African organisations and a total of 19 African coastal states. Although the EU does not (yet) play a central role in the Gulf of Guinea, it wants and needs to become more active there with its strategy and action plan, using its rich array of civilian and military instruments. There was a clear need for action to develop a strategy and action plan for the Gulf of Guinea: piracy, armed robbery, human trafficking and smuggling (people, drugs, weapons), illegal fishing, illegal diversion (oil bunkering) and theft of oil, a highly "toxic mix" of criminal activities. Some facts: Piracy activity in the Gulf of Guinea accounts for between 15-19 % of attacks worldwide. In 2014, 24 incidents were reported, compared to three in the Indian Ocean and eight cases of brutal violence against crews, nine cases of use of firearms and 66 crew members taken hostage. This compares to none in the Indian Ocean, 28 in the Strait of Malacca and 43 in the South China Sea (source: International Maritime Organisation, IMO)....

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