Germany is not alone in wanting to play a greater role in the Indo-Pacific. The Norwegian Navy will participate in the Indo-Pacific voyage of an aircraft carrier group led by the Royal Navy scheduled for 2025. "This is a significant Norwegian contribution to ensuring security and the free use of the sea," said Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram at the...
On 20 July 2024, two units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the destroyer "Jiaozuo" (type 052D, hull number 163) and the battle group supply ship "Honghu" (type 093A, hull number 906), entered the Baltic Sea on their way to Saint Petersburg and passed through the Danish Straits. Destroyer The destroyer built at the Jiangnan shipyard...
The USA speaks of a great success - but aid organisations describe "Port Gaza" as a "230 million dollar failure"! So why is this pier now being dismantled and withdrawn? Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command (Tampa/Florida), speaks highly of the American pier off Gaza and...
From an ICC Germany press release The latest report on piracy and armed robbery at sea for the first half of 2024 shows that there have been fewer attacks compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, caution is still required. In its report for the first half of 2024, published on 11 July 2024, the...
Western observers' questions about the surprising departure of three Northern Fleet warships from Baltic waters before St Petersburg Navy Day and the speculation surrounding a finding by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones have now been answered: As the...
The departure of three warships from the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet from the Baltic Sea before the St. Petersburg Navy Day, which came as a surprise to Western observers, is causing speculation. The nuclear-powered submarine "Tambov" (Victor III class), the Udaloy-class destroyer "Admiral Levchenko" and the landing ship "Ivan Green" left the Baltic Sea on 14 July....
Marineforum conducted an interview with Flotilla Admiral Axel Schulz, Commander of Flotilla 2, also CTG 500.01 and thus Commander of the German Navy's Indo-Pacific task force. The Navy's IPD24, Pacific Waves 24, has completed its first third. With the start of RIMPAC, the project is entering another, operationally more demanding phase. How...
China proudly claims that its new aircraft carrier is the largest conventionally powered warship in the world On 23 June, a noteworthy message from the "China Morning Post" arrived in the mailbox: China claims the title of having the largest conventional aircraft carrier design in the world and immediately published a few references to the "Fujian". The...
At the end of last week, unusual movements by the Russian navy and Russian state vessels were once again observed right on the doorstep of Kiel Bay in the Fehmarnbelt. On 22 June 2024, the Russian oil tanker (RFS) "Yaz" together with the Steregushiy-class corvette RFS "Stoikiy" passed through the Fehmarnbelt in the direction of St. Petersburg. Previously, the...
A dream start! Kiel Week has begun with a fantastic turnout of visitors and good summer weather. Over 4,000 international marines populate the Kiel-Wik naval base and the city of Kiel. After the end of the "BALTOPS 24" manoeuvre, many of the 50 participating units arrived in Kiel. These traditionally include the "USS Mount Whitney". Furthermore, the 208m long...
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