Category: Marines from all over the world

Fassmer builds OPV for Singapore

Fassmer builds OPV for Singapore

Posted by | 22 Nov 2023 | , , , , | 0

According to a press release issued by Singapore's Ministry of Defence on 20 November 2023, the city state is procuring four new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), which will be manufactured by German shipyard Fassmer. According to the announcement, the units are based on the design of the OPVs used by the German Federal Police. This suggests that they will be vehicles similar to the Potsdam class. The OPVs are to be delivered in stages from 2028. Until then, the existing Sentinel-class Maritime Security and Response Vessels (MSRV - as classified by Singapore) will remain in service. The Fassmer shipyard in Berne on the Weser opposite Bremen-Blumenthal has not yet delivered...

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Update: Change of leadership at the US Navy now official

Update: Change of leadership at the US Navy now official

Posted by | 9 Nov 2023 | , , , , | 0

President Joe Biden had already nominated Franchetti for this position in July. In the USA, however, such appointments still have to be confirmed by the Senate. One of the senators, Republican Tommy Tuberville, has been blocking hundreds of military nominations for some time in protest against a Department of Defence regulation that allows female soldiers to be reimbursed for travel expenses in the event of an abortion. Unanimity is required for many formal procedures in the US Senate. Therefore, even a single member of the Senate can become a "show-stopper".
The confirmation now took place as a single vote on 2 November 2023, after the Republicans last week publicly broke with Senator Tommy Tuberville (Alabama), who has been blocking the 'en bloc appointments' of generals and admirals in the Senate for nine months.

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Series shipbuilding for the US Navy

Series shipbuilding for the US Navy

Posted by | 8 Nov 2023 | , , , , | 0

At the end of October, United States Navy Ship (USNS) ROBERT F. KENNEDY (T-AO 208) was christened and launched at General Dynamics - National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) in San Diego, California. Honouring USNS "Robert F. Kennedy" is the first naval auxiliary to bear his name in honour of the late US veteran. Robert Francis ("Bobby") Kennedy served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1944 to 1946, was Attorney General of the United States from 1961 to 1964, and served as Senator for New York in the House from 1965 until his violent death in 1968. The patronage of the ship was assumed by...

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Balticconnector gas leak: sabotage - or bad luck?

Balticconnector gas leak: sabotage - or bad luck?

Posted by | 5 Nov 2023 | , , , , | 7

A concerted act of Russian-Chinese sabotage? Or simply a maritime mishap? Finally an official sign from Finland! We took some time in the editorial office to gather information from open sources and waited until the overall picture became clearer. It's about the damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline and two communication cables on the Baltic seabed at various points between Estonia and Finland, which was discovered on 8 October 2023. What The Balticconnector gas pipeline runs from Paldiski, 30 kilometres west of Tallinn, northwards to the Finnish LNG terminal in Inkoo, 40 kilometres west of Helsinki, and forms a bridge between the gas pipelines from Russia and...

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Middle East: US destroyer intercepts Huthi militia cruise missile from Yemen

Middle East: US destroyer intercepts Huthi militia cruise missile from Yemen

Posted by | 21 Oct 2023 | , , , | 0

A little-noticed report from the US Department of Defence makes it alarmingly clear just how close to the powder keg the entire Middle East currently is: on 19 October 2023, the Pentagon reported the launch of three cruise missiles and eight drones launched from the north-west of Yemen and flying towards Israel by the Arleigh Burke destroyer USS "Carney" (DDG-64). The "Carney" had used its Standard Missile 2 (SM2) in defence against the cruise missiles and drones. There were no casualties or injuries, neither on US units nor on the ground. Security architecture It is an example of the integrated security architecture established in the Middle East...

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