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The convoy commodore still exists!

The convoy commodore still exists!

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Are convoys across the Atlantic to supply Europe a thing of the past? An interview with Frigate Captain Steffen Lange, Head of the Naval Shipping Management Department. It is a good tradition that the day of the Maritime Convention is also the day on which the Naval Command's annual report is published. To be more precise: "Facts and Figures on the Maritime Dependency of the Federal Republic of Germany". And it fits in very well with the aim of the German Maritime Institute not only to conjure up Germany's maritime side, but also to prove it. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your...

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Nuclear submarines: USA and Australia strengthen co-operation

Nuclear submarines: USA and Australia strengthen co-operation

Gepostet von | 17 Jan 2024 | , , , | 0

The Australian Navy is not due to receive nuclear-powered submarines until the 2030s. However, the training of the first soldiers is already underway. As part of the Aukus (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) agreement agreed in 2021, Australia is to acquire nuclear-powered fighter submarines with the help of the USA and the UK. The first boat is to be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the end of the 2030s. To bridge this waiting period, Washington wants to sell VIRGINIA-class fighter submarines to Australia at the beginning of the next decade. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost...

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Tanks under water

Tanks under water

Gepostet von | 16 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

Working at great depths requires long decompression times - or inflexible armoured diving suits. A new system provides new mobility under water. The US Navy is currently trialling a newly designed deep diving suit, the "Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression" (Dsend) system. The atmospheric diving suit should enable the user to reach great diving depths relatively quickly, carry out longer missions and resurface without lengthy decompression. Compared to the armoured diving suits currently in use, the hardened but lightweight atmospheric diving suit, which is equipped with rotating, removable joints, should also help the diver to achieve greater mobility, dexterity and flexibility under water. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user?...

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Iran hijacks oil tanker - Tit for Tat?

Iran hijacks oil tanker - Tit for Tat?

Gepostet von | 12 Jan 2024 | , , | 0

An initially diffuse situation consolidates over the course of the day. At 04:30 (CET) on 11 January, UKTMO (United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations, Portsmouth) issued the initial report that unknown persons had boarded a ship. It was later reported that 4 to 5 masked gunmen in military-looking clothing had seized the vessel about 50 nautical miles east of Sohar, Oman. Later in the day, Iranian state media reported the seizure of an oil tanker by the Iranian navy in the Gulf of Oman. The ship in question is the crude oil tanker "St. Nikolas" (flag state Marshall Islands), which had been stranded in Basrah, Iraq, after loading...

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Turkey: Second Anadolu-class landing/drone carrier planned

Turkey: Second Anadolu-class landing/drone carrier planned

Gepostet von | 29 Dec 2023 | , , | 0

The dock landing ship ANADOLU - a copy of the Spanish helicopter landing ship JUAN CARLOS I adapted to national requirements - has barely entered service when the Turkish Navy is already negotiating the construction of a second unit with the Spanish state-owned shipyard consortium Navantia. In line with technological progress, it is also to be built according to the plans and with essential supplies from Spain, but again nationally at Turkish shipyards in south-east Istanbul. The Turkish side is always talking about an aircraft carrier. This could have been the case if Turkey had not secured the approval of the USA by flirting with Russian-designed air defence systems.

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