According to reports from the American television channel CNN, the Russian navy is preparing to launch the "doomsday torpedo" Poseidon, as the Pentagon refers to the Russian nuclear torpedo. At the beginning of November, US sources identified the departure of the carrier submarine "Belgorod" and its subsequent return to the home base. Since no test trials...
On 29 October 2022, the Russian Navy training ship RFS Smolniy (300) returned to the Baltic Sea from a training voyage lasting several months in the Far East via the Northern Sea Route. The 7,270-tonne, 138-metre-long ship had left Kronstadt on 1 August 2022 and arrived in...
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The recent visit of a Russian mega-yacht to Hong Kong has sparked speculation that the city could become a haven for oligarchs hiding from Western sanctions. The "Nord" - a $500 million vessel owned by Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov - spent just over three weeks in Chinese territory before...
Israel and Lebanon: An interjection We could accept it as a historic agreement, as Lebanon and Israel have officially been at war for decades. Now, after years of negotiations, the two states have contractually agreed on a common maritime border. With the mediation of the USA, they have also agreed...
BAE Systems used EuroNaval to present the concept of an "adaptable" frigate for the first time. Its key features are modularity and the integration of autonomous systems, which are intended to be deployed in all three dimensions (above, below and on the water). This should enable the frigate to bring combat power and presence to the theatre of operations. In addition...
That would be a good way to promote greater maritime understanding among the German population (and beyond): a coin with maritime coinage! Perhaps for the 175th anniversary of the German Navy next year? Mexico is leading the way. To mark the bicentenary of the founding of its navy, the...
DSIT Solutions Ltd (DSIT), a subsidiary of RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd and the Israeli supplier of underwater defence technology for 30 years, presented its torpedo defence system for surface vessels at EuroNaval 2022. Its components, a hull sensor in two variants, a control suite, and the RAFAEL torpedo defence system as a combination...
A team from Bild-TV was on board the aircraft carrier "George H. W. Bush" - the video report is a bit striking, but also worth seeing! Not just for Bild readers! To the video
...After the keel was laid shortly before the end of last year at Kership in Concarneau/South Brittany (part of Naval Group) for the first construction of the twelve-unit Belgian-Dutch minehunter programme, the French Navy has now also joined the programme at Euronaval. Cost-reducing commonalities and interoperability of mine defence systems along the Western European coast...