On 30 June 2025, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced that the German Armed Forces will undertake a presence cruise to the Arctic with the task force supply ship "Berlin" before the end of 2025.
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A BAAINBw tender, which expired on 23 June, provides for all three Sachsen-class frigates to be equipped with external gateways by 2026. The aim is to integrate the NATO data link Link 22 and the Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol C, which stands for long-range satellite-based communication, as an interim solution. This measure is part of a more comprehensive modernisation concept for the navy until the F127 enters service - and is exemplary of the "Marine 2025 course" approach. According to the tender, a Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer on Ship (SSSB) is to be installed on each of the three F124 class frigates by August 2026 so that the units can...
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As part of its deployment in the Baltic Sea and its active participation in BALTOPS 2025, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1) will call at Kiel from 20 to 24 June 2025.
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On 19 June, the ISPK (Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University) hosted its 10th "Kiel International Seapower Symposium (KISS)", a one-day conference held during Kiel Week to discuss current issues of sea power, maritime security and its global challenges and to promote civil-military dialogue.
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Russian naval activity in the run-up to BALTOPS 2025 in the Skagerrak and western Baltic On 20 May 2025, the Russian frigate "Admiral Kasatonov" (project 22350) left its home port of Severomorsk. Together with the Udaloy class destroyer "Vitse Admiral Kulakov" (Project 1155), it was sighted in the Skagerrak on 26 May. While the "Admiral Kasatonov" remained in the sea area, the "Vitse Admiral Kulakov" continued its journey through the Kattegat and the Great Belt into the western Baltic Sea. Analysts assume that the "Admiral Kasatonov" deliberately remained in the Skagerrak in order to obtain a situation picture of the deploying NATO forces in the run-up to BALTOPS....
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