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By hook or by crook: Sinking of the cargo ship Melanie Schulte

By hook or by crook: Sinking of the cargo ship Melanie Schulte

Gepostet von | 18 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

Shortly before Christmas 1952, the cargo ship Melanie Schulte disappeared almost without a trace in the North Atlantic. The accident has now been reconstructed at the Helmholtz Centre Hereon. The sinking of the multi-purpose freighter Melanie Schulte west of the Scottish coast on the night of 21 to 22 December 1952 is considered one of the worst disasters in German merchant shipping after the Second World War. All 35 crew members lost their lives and it was not until weeks later that wreckage and a lifebuoy washed up on the Scottish coast. The parts indicated that the ship, which had a displacement of 10,000 tonnes, had broken apart. The Melanie Schulte, which only entered service on 9 November 1952...

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India's great power ambitions

India's great power ambitions

Gepostet von | 14 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

With 1.4 billion people, India is the most populous country in the world and is home to the fifth largest economy in the world. Now New Delhi wants to join the global leadership club at a political and military level. As a nuclear power and with extensive investments in modern conventional weapons, India is emphasising its global ambitions and its claim to a stronger role on the international stage. The government is pursuing a dual strategy aimed at consolidating its global role through increased international recognition while protecting and expanding its geopolitical and economic interests. A targeted expansion and diversification of bilateral and multilateral partnerships...

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First Virginia-class submarine stationed on Guam

First Virginia-class submarine stationed on Guam

Gepostet von | 13 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

The transfer of the Minnesota to the Pacific island places high demands on the logistics of the US Navy. The US armed forces are describing the arrival of the USS Minnesota on Guam on 26 November 2024 as a significant milestone for their navy and their strategic planning in the Indo-Pacific region. As the first Virginia-class submarine to be permanently stationed on Guam, the Minnesota symbolises the increased presence and readiness of US forces in this geopolitically tense region, the Indo-Pacific Command said in a press release. The stationing of the Minnesota on Guam is part of a broader Pentagon plan to strengthen the force structure in the Indo-Pacific and to increase...

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Editorial: Things are not going well

Editorial: Things are not going well

Gepostet von | 12 Mar 2025 | , , | 0

Recent maritime headlines are causing concern. Is the public aware of what is happening? Where do we actually stand in terms of maritime blindness? More than half a century ago, the German Maritime Institute and its marineforum set out to spread the "maritime idea" south of the Moin equator, something like this: "Understand that industry and trade, jobs and prosperity depend on the open sea and its access points. If that is too complicated for you, you can be satisfied with the "no shipping - no shopping" sticker for the time being. The trend turned gradually: attentive TV viewers noticed that the background of business news was redecorated from industrial chimneys to sea containers, and from 2000 onwards there was...

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US Navy goes its own way to 6th generation fighter jet

US Navy goes its own way to 6th generation fighter jet

Gepostet von | 27 Feb 2025 | , , | 1

It's all about the 6th generation fighter jet: while the US Air Force's NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) model has been put on hold due to skyrocketing costs and the focus is now shifting to cheaper drones, the US Navy is still sticking with its planned F/A-XX fighter jet. The Navy assumes that the contract for the new model will be awarded soon and expects it to enter service in the 2030s. This development comes as a surprise, as the US Senate wanted to cut 90 per cent of the development funds requested by the Navy for the F/A-XX in the middle of the year. It would now be possible for the Air Force...

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