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UK Government adopts National Maritime Security Strategy

UK Government adopts National Maritime Security Strategy

Gepostet von | 19 Aug 2022 | , , , , | 0

The National Maritime Safety Strategy (NSMS) sets out the UK's approach to maritime safety for the next five years. It is a joint paper from the Department for Transport, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development, the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence. At the heart of the paper are 5 strategic objectives: Protecting the homeland Responding to threats Securing prosperity Championing values Supporting a secure and resilient ocean The NSMS sets out how the UK will organise and use its extensive national capabilities across government to tackle current challenges, and how the UK will use...

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Pacific Dragon 22: USS Fitzgerald deploys SM-3

Pacific Dragon 22: USS Fitzgerald deploys SM-3

Gepostet von | 19 Aug 2022 | , , | 0

After the large-scale exercise RIMPAC22 with 28 participating nations, almost 40 ships, 30 unmanned systems, 170 aircraft and 9 army contingents, there are now other naval manoeuvres in and around Hawaii that are worth mentioning: Pacific Dragon 22 (PD22) also takes place every two years, albeit with a different focus. This year, at the beginning of August, a short-range ballistic missile was intercepted by a sea-based SM-3 Block IA Standard Missile in "live fire" for the first time by a group of American, Australian, Canadian and South Korean destroyers and the US Missile Defence Agency. The interceptor missile was launched from the USS Fitzgerald, which hit the headlines almost exactly five years ago (June 2017) because...

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Obituary

Obituary

Gepostet von | 18 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Wolfgang Petersen, world-famous director and responsible for wonderful blockbusters such as "Air Force One", "Outbreak", "Line of Fire", "The Tempest" and "Troy", passed away in Los Angeles on 12 August. The son of a naval officer, he was born in Emden on 14 March 1941. We don't know whether his childhood in Transvaal near the harbour and in Hamburg Bramfeld was the reason for his affinity with ships and the sea, but as the RND reports, "our man in Hollywood" was particularly proud of "Das Boot". This world-famous film from 1981 starring Jürgen Prochnow, Jan Fedder, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Herbert Grönemeyer, among others, is the film...

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USA and China: Tug of war over the island of Taiwan

USA and China: Tug of war over the island of Taiwan

Gepostet von | 15 Aug 2022 | , , , | 0

Aircraft carriers and restricted areas: The USA and China are flexing their "muscles" in the tug-of-war over the island of Taiwan. Following the now interrupted Chinese military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and around the island state (with live ammunition - something that has been pointed out time and again), the American side is now also asserting that it does not want to do without its usual freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) there. At the beginning of August, the Pentagon confirmed that the U.S. Navy will continue to sail through disputed international waters in the coming weeks to "protect freedom of navigation". At present, however, the overall situation is also being jeopardised by the not uncontroversial visit to Taiwan by the...

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Black Sea Fleet: Naval aviators hit hard - fleet commander dismissed

Black Sea Fleet: Naval aviators hit hard - fleet commander dismissed

Gepostet von | 15 Aug 2022 | , , , | 2

Now the smoke has cleared and things are a little clearer. Until 14 August, according to Moscow, it was improper handling of ammunition that led to the massive explosions on 9 August at the Saki naval air base, located 40 kilometres north of Sevastopol, right next to Novofedorivka beach. Satellite photos are now available as comparative images that show the extent of the damage: at least 3 unprotected ammunition depots were hit and (or as a result of this) 8 fighter-bombers were destroyed and more than 20 others were severely damaged. A heavy blow to the 43rd assault aviation regiment of the Marines stationed there, which was both...

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