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USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

USA: Selfie with balloon goes viral

Gepostet von | 28 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

The US Department of Defence has now published a photo that is said to have made a big splash in the Pentagon. It is a - obviously officially welcome - selfie from the cockpit of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Chinese balloon. Reconnaissance It was taken at the beginning of the crossing of the North American continent, when the object was reconnoitred at 18,200 metres (60,000 feet) using aircraft with the appropriate altitude capability. The single-seat reconnaissance and surveillance jets of the joint US-Canadian NORAD (North American Aerospace Defence Command) usually operate in this altitude band and above. The pilot wears a full-body pressure suit, similar to those worn by astronauts. He identified the aircraft, but undertook...

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Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Netherlands: Seabed Warfare on your doorstep!

Gepostet von | 22 Feb 2023 | , , , | 1

Netherlands warns of Russian actions against maritime infrastructure In the Netherlands, state security agencies have foiled a possible sabotage operation against maritime installations in the country's economic zone. These activities are said to have taken place "last autumn", according to Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD),In a briefing for the media on 20 February 2023, Major General Jan Swillens, Director of the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), reported in a press release dated 20 February. In cooperation between the Foreign and Military Intelligence Service and the Dutch Coast Guard and Navy, the intelligence deployment of a Russian vessel to map energy infrastructures was...

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South Africa: Lots of smoke around trilateral naval exercise MOSI II

South Africa: Lots of smoke around trilateral naval exercise MOSI II

Gepostet von | 20 Feb 2023 | , , , | 2

According to official information, the trilateral naval manoeuvre Mosi II began on Friday, 17 February 2023. Until 27 February, Chinese, Russian and South African naval units will be holding a rendezvous on the east coast of South Africa in the sea area between Durban and the border with Mozambique. During the first exercise in November 2019, the three navies practised in the sea area around the Cape of Good Hope. The exercise name MOSI stands for smoke, vapour or fog. Mosi-oa-tunya - thundering smoke - is the common name for Victoria Falls in the local language area. The Chinese and Russian navies as partners The veil over the details of the exercise was...

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Argentina: Football greetings from the ice

Argentina: Football greetings from the ice

Gepostet von | 17 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

During our winter in the northern hemisphere, the world looks very different in the southern hemisphere: All available ice-capable naval vessels visit and supply the many national and international research stations in the distant Antarctic. Personnel and equipment are exchanged, or food is stored for the coming winter months. Major repairs or construction work can also only be carried out during this time, after which it will once again be an icy night south of the Arctic Circle. Antarctic supplies The "Almirante Irízar", the 15,000-tonne and now 45-year-old ice supply ship of the Argentine navy, is now at the southern tip of the Weddell Sea, its southernmost point of this year's Antarctic campaign....

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Philippines: China dazzles Manila's Coast Guard with lasers

Philippines: China dazzles Manila's Coast Guard with lasers

Gepostet von | 16 Feb 2023 | , , | 0

On Monday, 6 February 2023, the Chinese Coast Guard vessel 5205 not only obstructed the Philippine coast guard boat "Malapascua" by manoeuvring dangerously, but also illuminated it with powerful laser beams. Some of the bridge crew were severely blinded in the process, requiring medical treatment. This was the first time that laser illumination had been used and is a first in the repertoire of Chinese units in the South China Sea. The "Malapascua" was on a voyage to Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater reef occupied by Philippine forces in the sector of the sea area illegally claimed by China. In 2022 alone, the Philippines had...

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