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Photo: Mjølner 2026 - StKptLt Baloo was the main planner of the exercise. Rodewald
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MJØLNER 2026: Deterrence without doubt

MJØLNER 2026: Wenn sich Schiffe verschiedener Nationen auf See formieren, Sensoren synchron arbeiten und Besatzungen unter Hochdruck gemeinsam Entscheidungen treffen, entsteht mehr als nur ein militärisches Lagebild. Es entsteht ein klares Signal: Einheit und Entschlossenheit...
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Photo: current traffic routing and sea blockades, Bundeswehr

Strait of Hormuz and Iran conflict - Update

Straße von Hormus: Die Lage im Persischen Golf und in der Straße von Hormus bleibt hochdynamisch. Die Seeblockade iranischer Häfen und Küstengewässer der USA ist weiter aktiv. Am 06.05.2026 wurde ein weiteres iranisches Schiff von den Amerikanern im Rahmen der Seeblockade manövrierunfähig geschossen. Die Region bleibt somit hoch volatil....
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Newbuilding project, frigate F126. Graphic: Damen Shipyards
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Frigate F126: Between industrial power poker and the 15 billion hurdle

Frigate F126 - Between billion-dollar risk, time pressure and power struggle in German naval shipbuilding...
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Photo: Russian submarine destroyer "Severomorsk" of the Udaloy class. Michael Nitz
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Russian destroyer off Fehmarn - is this new?

Russian destroyer off Fehmarn: The Russian destroyer „Severomorsk“ has been moored in the Baltic Sea south-east of the island of Fehmarn since the weekend. Previously, the Buyan-class missile corvette „Stavropol“ was already there ....
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Photo: The AWWLF Mjølner 2026 AM exercise takes place in northern Norway around Andøya, Andenes, with the international participation of Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians and Danes. This is where the so-called "grey firing" is trained, i.e. a scenario that is as real as possible in which "enemy forces" shoot at drones in the water and in the air. The CIR (Cyber and Information Space) command provides a container for Link 16 and several antennas for the exercise. In the background you can see the ASD (Andøya Space Defence) antenna on the mountain. AWWLF Mjølner 2026 AM

MJØLNER 2026: The invisible backbone

MJØLNER 2026: Anyone serving on a German Navy frigate today no longer works solely with radar and radio - but in highly complex digital networks....
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F127 receives AEGIS combat system as FüWES. Design study: TKMS
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Frigate 127 - US technology for the navy of tomorrow

With the procurement for the frigate 127, Germany becomes the first international customer of the new phased array radar SPY-6 from Raytheon and will be part of NATO's AEGIS fleet for the first time....
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Photo: Emden Town Hall on 29 and 30 April. hum
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Maritime security? Politicians have understood - now they have to deliver

Maritime security: The National Maritime Conference 2026 in Emden demonstrated the new security policy consensus - and the deficits in implementation, prioritisation and leadership....
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Photo: The former MFG 5 site in Kiel-Holtenau is to be partially reused by the Bundeswehr. Archive image/Kiel-Holtenau, adobestock
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MFG 5 Kiel Holtenau - Navy claims former site

MFG 5 Kiel Holtenau: The navy wants to use the former MFG 5 site in Kiel-Holtenau again. The plan is to station the naval battalion on the site....
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VSM - German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association

VSM Annual Report 2025/2026

VSM Annual Report 2025/2026: Current developments in shipbuilding and marine technology, including current figures and topics at a glance....
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Photo: LNG tanker AVENIR ASCENSION. Avenir LNG
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digital+ contribution Bio-LNG bunkering as an integrated supply chain - a European first

Bio-LNG bunkering - For the first time, certified bio-LNG was brought directly from the terminal into an operational ferry fleet via an integrated supply chain....
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Photo: @ Hamburg Messe und Congress/ Rene Zieger

MS&D Conference 2026 Hamburg

The MS&D Conference & Expo 2026 will take place from 1 to 4 September 2026 in Hamburg as part of SMM.

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