The head of the South African Navy, Vice Admiral Mosiwa Samuel Hlongwane, at the recent Maritime Security Conference held in Simon's Town, described Africa as the final frontier of maritime security and discussed future threats and opportunities, strategies and business opportunities to improve the security of Africa's seas. Illicit arms and drug trafficking,...
In mid-April, the Marine Nationale published a video about France's future aircraft carrier, the "Porte-avions de nouvelle génération" (PA-NG), which is set to replace the current "Charles de Gaulle" in 2038. Larger (305 metres, 75,000 tonnes), more powerful (30 next-generation fighters, electromagnetic launch catapult), nuclear-powered with two reactors - the dream of every navy. Public relations...
As spectacular as it may look in the news broadcasts, the "ships" hit by the Ukrainian missile strike are merely the 25-tonne displacement P-boats of the Raptor class (project 03160) launched in 2015. Ten of these 17 boats are assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Although they are manned by only two marines and are less than 14 metres...
The "Reina Ysabel" has now arrived undamaged in Gdynia, Poland, to unload the 200 tonnes of Spanish material for the Ukrainian armed forces. The former civilian ro-ro transport ship, which was only recently commissioned by the Spanish army but is operated by Armada, is packed full of material and ammunition and has, among other things,...
On Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defence published a video sequence on the Telegram messaging service showing the underwater launch of a Kalibr cruise missile from a conventional Kilo III-class submarine in the Black Sea, aimed at Ukraine. Whatever the optics have captured - it has not become a documentary masterpiece! The shots in the...
As far as the loss of life is concerned, the Kremlin continues to remain silent, at best hesitantly admitting to figures that are in any case completely understated. In this context, a tweet from a Moscow source close to the government dated Friday, 22 April 2022, which was only given a minimal lifespan before it was deleted, is interesting.
As announced, Egypt has now become the 34th member of the multinational Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) coalition, which aims to enforce law and order at sea. It was founded only recently, marineforum.online reported on 22/04/22. The CMF combats illegal non-state actors on the high seas...
A decommissioned World War II destroyer moored near downtown Buffalo, New York, took on water Thursday and was listing dangerously. The crew was working to right the former "USS The Sullivans" at its berth in the Buffalo and Erie County Naval...
The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have established a new international naval task force to enhance maritime security in the Red Sea region. During a ceremony at the US Naval Regional Headquarters in Bahrain on 17 April, Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander, US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and US Marine Forces...
Es ist nur eine blau-gelbe Briefmarke, aber sie geht viral – im Netz und auf den Auktionsplattformen. Die ersten Tage sind verstrichen seit dem Beginn des Verkaufs in den ukrainischen Poststellen und die Nachfrage ist verständlicherweise groß. Dabei ist der nominelle Wert der Marke völlig unerheblich: Auf einschlägigen Plattformen erreichen...
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