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Israel: tkMS corvette "Oz" has launched sea target FK "Gabriel V"

Israel: tkMS corvette "Oz" has launched sea target FK "Gabriel V"

Gepostet von | 26 Sep 2022 | , | 0

According to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, in mid-September the Sa'ar 6 corvette "Oz" (translated: courage), the second of the four Magen-class units (90 metres long, 1,900 tonnes) built by tkMS in Kiel, successfully fired a "Gabriel V" naval target missile as part of the weapons technology equipment and verification process. This missile is one of the latest variants of the naval missiles developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in the 1960s and in service for over 50 years. This newer version, which has been available since 2020, was also selected for the Finnish Navy's Pohjanmaa-class corvettes in an eight-ship package, which are currently being built - these units are to be...

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US Marine Corps with new heavy-lift helicopter in the Navy

US Marine Corps with new heavy-lift helicopter in the Navy

Gepostet von | 20 Sep 2022 | , | 0

In spring 2018, the US Marines received the first newly built Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift transport helicopter to replace the now obsolete CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. It has now taken another four years, filled with performance tests under extreme climatic conditions and up to technically feasible flight altitudes, for the Marine Corps to declare full Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the worldwide deployment of its new load carrier at the end of April. Another six months have passed since then, but now an entire squadron, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461, has been able to conduct an initial fleet exercise together with the US Navy....

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NATO in the Mediterranean: Joint naval manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" and "Mavi Balina"

NATO in the Mediterranean: Joint naval manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" and "Mavi Balina"

Gepostet von | 14 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

In view of the war in Ukraine, NATO's Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM, Northwood, UK) has this year combined the NATO manoeuvre "Dynamic Mariner" with the Turkish Navy's manoeuvre "Mavi Balina 22" to form a major multinational manoeuvre that will take place in the eastern Mediterranean from 11 to 18 September. Manoeuvre participation The aim of the manoeuvre is to prevent possible aggression by demonstrating a credible defence within the alliance. The NATO nations of the USA, Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, France, Canada, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey took part with over fifty ships, five submarines and five maritime reconnaissance vessels, 1,500 marines and the two permanent NATO task forces SNMG2 and...

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Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

Royal Navy: Nuclear submarines underway in the Mediterranean

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , | 0

For six months - the entire period of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine - HMS Audacious, the UK's newest operational Hunter-Killer nuclear submarine, has been on patrol in the Mediterranean. While the NATO surface units were monitoring shipping traffic as part of Operation Sea Guardian - and primarily keeping an eye on the Russian naval units that had gathered there at the start of the war and were still there - HMS Audacious was looking after the corresponding vehicles under water. After all, there were still a few conventional Kilo-class submarines left there when the Bosporus was closed. HMS Audacious, after HMS Astute, HMS Ambush...

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Historic meeting after 60 years

Historic meeting after 60 years

Gepostet von | 13 Sep 2022 | , , , , | 0

Tall ship meets aircraft carrier: US Navy compliments the Signora It was on 12 July 1962: the US aircraft carrier "USS Independence" encountered the "Amerigo Vespucci", which was sailing under full sail, in the Mediterranean and asked her to identify herself by light signal. The Italian three-masted ship, which was launched in February 1931, identified itself by name and described itself as a "high-ranking national ship on active service", whereupon the US Navy described it as "the most beautiful ship in the world". Now the repetition after 60 years: The aircraft carrier USS "George H.W. Bush" recently passed the "Amerigo Vespucci" in the Adriatic and repeated the compliment:...

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