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New maritime strategy of the USA

New maritime strategy of the USA

Posted by | 18 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

An anticipated Christmas present or the last attempt by a voted-out government to hammer in stakes? Either way, the publication of "Advantage at Sea. Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power" a few days before the turn of the year and just four weeks before the handover of office from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Be that as it may, the new US maritime strategy is now the third, after 2007 and 2015, to be drawn up and co-signed by all three maritime branches of the armed forces. The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard emphasise the self-image of "Warfighting First" - that is nothing less than the perfect...

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USA: UFOs über Amerika?

USA: UFOs über Amerika?

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

Sie sind auch nach Jahrzehnten noch ein Thema, besonders bei beunruhigenden Nachrichten mit Corona-Hintergrund: die fliegenden Untertassen in Amerika. Schon seit Anfang des Jahres erschienen mal mehr spekulativ, mal weniger seriös diverse Informationen über Sichtungen unerklärlicher Phänomene (UFOs) durch die Jetpiloten der US Navy und der Marines, vornehmlich im Bereich der US-Ostküste. Ende April gab das Pentagon dem Mediendruck nach und veröffentlichte drei Videosequenzen solcher Erscheinungen, aufgenommen aus Flugkanzeln. Aber erwarten Sie nicht zu viel, wenn Sie sich jetzt auf YouTube oder beim Pentagon umschauen, denn die freigegebenen Video-Sequenzen sind nicht unbedingt taufrisch (2007, 2015). Jedenfalls ließen die bekannte...

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USA: Golden pilot award for Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer

USA: Golden pilot award for Tom Cruise and Jerry Bruckheimer

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

It's worth the wait! Almost 35 years after the hit film Top Gun, actor Tom Cruise (58) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer (77) were awarded the US Navy's Golden Pilot's Medal in mid-October at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. The cult film from 1986 "touched the hearts of millions and had a great influence on the recruitment of Navy pilots". The film is always a pleasure to watch - even as a simple sailor. Next year, the sequel will be released in...

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SOUTH KOREA: Finally a real training ship again!

SOUTH KOREA: Finally a real training ship again!

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The HANSANDO, which displaces 4500 tonnes, can take up to 300 student officers on board with a crew of 120. In the South Korean navy, the cadets are in their third year of sea training, which they had previously undergone in shifts on board the regular units. The bridge, operations centre, armament and engine rooms have a double layout. However, the vertically installed missile silo is not equipped. In addition to conference rooms, training laboratories and a simulation computer, there is a helicopter deck and hangar, as well as an infirmary, medical operating theatre and a negative pressure isolation chamber for combating viruses and epidemics....

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SPAIN: Sailing training ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO leaves port

SPAIN: Sailing training ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO leaves port

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

The training ships' trips abroad also look very different in times of coronavirus. On 24 August, the training sailing ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO set sail from a quarantine zone in the port of Cadiz in south-west Spain on its 93rd training voyage. The special thing about it was that it was not just the fifth circumnavigation of the almost hundred-year-old four-masted topsail schooner. This round-the-world voyage is being organised to mark the 500th anniversary of the voyage of discovery of its namesake, who completed the voyage started by Magellan with five ships and 270 men after three years - with just 18 men and one ship. Times have changed. Before the expiry date...

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