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...
From a press release of the Rostock Naval Command: At sea - During the night of 21 to 22 June German time, the ship's doctors on board the task force provider "Frankfurt am Main" took a sick person on board between the US mainland and the Hawaiian archipelago, around 1,400 kilometres off the Californian coast.
The German Armed Forces Procurement Office has purchased another used ocean-going tug for the German Navy. The tug is to operate under the name "Borkum" and was selected because it is only two years old. According to information from Koblenz, the purchase price is in the low double-digit million euro range. The procurement was completed within five...
Approximately 29 nations, 40 ships, 3 submarines, 14 national land forces, over 150 aircraft and helicopters and more than 25,000 servicemen and women will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, which will take place in and around the Hawaiian Islands from 26 June to 2 August.
In early March, immediately after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, the U.S. Department of Defence declared an emergency mission to establish a temporary pier facility on the Gaza coast to deliver 2 million meals a day in humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. Under the direction of the U.S. Central...
Finland has joined the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) after joining NATO, becoming the 43rd member of the world's largest maritime security partnership. The Commander of the CMF, Vice Admiral George Wikoff, officially welcomed Finland and praised the country's long history of maritime professionalism. Finland will continue to build on our already impressive...
The German frigate "Hessen" is on its way home to Wilhelmshaven. She has completed her deployment in the EU-led Operation ASPIDES to protect civilian shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, a sea area threatened by drone and missile attacks, without suffering any serious damage. Until the redeeming "Air Warning...
An update of the information from the "Military Times" of 17 April 2024 is attached below. As part of the massive Iranian attack by Israel on the night of 13 to 14 April 2024 with around 170 drones, 120 ballistic missiles and 30 cruise missiles - of which only a few ballistic missiles...
The Russian state news agency Tass reported that warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet entered the Red Sea from Bab-el-Mandeb at the end of March. These are the missile cruiser "Varyag" (Hull No. 011, 186 metres, Slava class) and the destroyer "Marshal Shaposhnikov" (Hull No. 543, 163 metres, Udaloy class). What tasks are assigned to both ships...
.... and throws its hat into the ring On 5 April, the government presented a long-term plan for the development and structure of the Norwegian armed forces. Ten days later, a Norwegian shipbuilder ventured out of cover to respond to the outlined needs. With the "Vard Resilience Series", the...
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