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It went wrong

It went wrong

Gepostet von | 19 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Someone has chosen the wrong enemy, a French ATLANTIQUE maritime patrol aircraft. The Marine Nationale announced that one of its Atlantique 2 MPAs had been shot at with a laser in Brittany. The aircraft used its own sensors to identify and locate the person, who was then apprehended fairly quickly. The incident took place on the evening of 4 January 2022, when the ATL2 was on final approach to the Lann-Bihoué airbase when a madman began targeting the aircraft with a laser. The pilot then aborted the landing. The crew were then able to use their technical resources to...

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India's new aircraft carrier VIKRANT

India's new aircraft carrier VIKRANT

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Before the year 2022 comes to an end, the first aircraft carrier VIKRANT to be built exclusively in India is due to enter service. However, a series of functional tests and sea trials lie ahead of this. Initial tests The ship has already passed some of these tests in two test voyages: At the beginning of August 2021, the first part ran with port-side loading of the propulsion and power generation systems at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) construction yard in the far south-west of the Indian subcontinent. The ship The 260 metre long and over 60 metre wide carrier is the largest ship ever built in India and is also known as the "Dream of...

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Arctic Blue - Successful documentary about power poker in the Arctic

Arctic Blue - Successful documentary about power poker in the Arctic

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

marineforum has been following developments in the Arctic and the North Atlantic for some time now. Because the ice is melting - faster than some would like - too slowly for others. The landscape is changing faster than in the rest of the world, and with it the conditions. There is new, easier access to natural resources, new transport and shipping routes are emerging - and new claims to power. Documentary on the situation in the Arctic In the two-part film Arctic Blue - Power Poker in the Melting Ice, ZDF reporter Johannes Hano and his team travel through the north of the USA, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia....

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