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Russia's naval manoeuvres

Addendum from 30.01.2022: Russia has withdrawn the notification of the firing project in the Irish EEZ - the exercises are now to take place outside the Irish area of interest. For more details see further "News" on Russian naval movements on this page. Article from 27.01.2022: These days it is probably necessary to bring together all available information and create an overall picture. Here, too, it is important to separate appearance from reality as far as possible. The information provided here is therefore not quite as fresh as we had hoped, but it is backed up by at least two reliable sources. That takes time. Baltic Sea Already on Monday...

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Russian naval manoeuvre also in the Black Sea

Following manoeuvres by the Baltic Fleet in the Baltic Sea and the Russian Northern Fleet in the Barents Sea, units of the Black Sea Fleet have now also left their bases for exercises, according to the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation. Here, too, more than twenty ships and boats from the ports of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk on the Black Sea and from Kerch and Rostov-on-Don at both ends of the Sea of Azov are to form formations close to the Russian coast, but also for further-reaching projects (beyond the Bosporus?). From almost every one of the units stationed in this region...

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Russian naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean - and worldwide

Amphibious group Three amphibious landing ships of the Baltic Fleet (Ropucha class, project 775) have been moving towards the Mediterranean for a week and have passed the English Channel. Two further Ropuchas and a large landing ship of the Ivan Gren class (Project 11711) of the Northern Fleet have left their bases and were only able to reach the North Sea and continue southwards after a delay due to weather conditions. Russia has announced that the ships' movements are allegedly aimed at naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean that have already been announced for a long time. However, it is not clear whether these not insignificant landing capacities will ultimately march through to the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine. Varyag surface combat group In the Gulf of...

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Setback for South African navy

SAN frigates and submarines will not be refitted in the near future The German Navy was once the "Parent Navy" for South Africa. Good Hope, minesweepers, visits ... The four MEKO A-200SAN frigates and the three submarines were built in Germany and are in need of an overhaul. Now the South African Ministry of Finance has declared that there is little room for additional funding for the overhaul of the South African Navy's frigates and submarines. The mid-life upgrades of the South African Navy's frigates and submarines are currently on hold due to a lack of funds. There will be no upgrades to the frigates until at least 2033 and to the submarines until 2035....

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Fire with consequences

How the US Navy is learning lessons from the Bonhomme Richard disaster The fire on the Bonhomme Richard in July 2020 was so devastating that the amphibious ship had to be decommissioned in April 2021 (Marineforum reported) The consequences and lessons learnt from this disaster are apparently more far-reaching than initially assumed. The capabilities for assessing and repairing battle damage are being revised, because what do you need to survive in a war against sophisticated opponents? Rear Adm. Eric Ver Hage, the commander of the Navy's Regional Maintenance Centre, said the Navy is even repairing the burned-out hull of the former amphibious assault ship...

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