Category: Marines from all over the world

AKK besucht USS Charleston

AKK besucht USS Charleston

Posted by | 31. May 2021 | , , , | 0

Verteidigungsministerin Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer hat am vergangenen Wochenende die US-Insel Guam besucht. Auf der Marinebasis von Apra Harbor ließ sie sich über die USS Charleston führen, ein Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) der US Navy. Sie nutzte die Gelegenheit auch, um mit Soldaten ins Gespräch zu kommen. Kramp-Karrenbauer befindet sich derzeit auf einer Asienreise, die sie bereits nach Südkorea geführt hat. Während es für die Ministerin eine der letzten großen Dienstreisen sein könnte, war es für den seit Januar zur Verfügung stehenden Airbus A 350 der Flugbereitschaft eine Premiere: Der erste Delegationsflug auf Langstreckendistanz. Guam ist ein wichtiger Außenposten für die...

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RAM für Ägypten

RAM für Ägypten

Posted by | 29 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Die ägyptische Marine erhält bis zu 168 RIM-116 in der Variante Block 2 von Raytheon. Das US-Verteidigungsministerium hat nun einem Verkauf im Rahmen des Foreign-Military-Sales-Programms zugestimmt. Der Vertrag beinhaltet die Lieferung von Guided Missile Round Packs (GMRPs) und hat einen Wert von rund 113 Millionen Dollar. Gut ein Viertel der Arbeiten werden bei der RAM-System GmbH in Ottobrunn ausgeführt. Die GMRPs dienen dem Transport, der Aufbewahrung und dem Abschuss von bis zu elf der Flugkörper. RAM bietet seegehenden Einheiten eine Möglichkeit zur Selbstverteidigung gegenüber anfliegenden Flugkörpern. Die modernen FKs haben eine Länge von 2,79 Metern und tragen einen gut...

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Holland in the Caribbean

Holland in the Caribbean

Posted by | 27 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

Another of the country's warships is now travelling in the sea area around the Netherlands Antilles. HNLMS Holland was welcomed with 21 gun salutes from Fort Krommelijn on Curacao. The Holland is being deployed as a so-called station ship and will remain on site for several months. This position was last filled by the Groningen, a sister ship of the Holland, which returned to its home port of Den Helder in mid-January. She had to abandon her mission in the Caribbean prematurely because urgent repairs were needed to the starboard shaft. As another ship was not available for this task at short notice, the function of the station ship had to be taken over by...

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Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Posted by | 25 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Together with the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Peter the Great (Project 1144), more than ten Russian units have been exercising in the Barents Sea. The minesweepers, submarines, submarine hunters and missile ships of the Northern Fleet trained a range of different scenarios under the command of the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev. After leaving the Severomorsk base, they first had to cross a fairway through simulated minefields and fend off attacks from attackers in speedboats. The exercises on the high seas then centred on submarine hunting exercises, in which Ka-27 helicopters with their APM-73V-MAD submersible sonar system were also deployed. In support of this, an Ilyushin Il-38 submarine fighter...

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Maintenance order for MAN

Maintenance order for MAN

Posted by | 24 May 2021 | , , | 0

MAN Energy Solutions and Fairbanks Morse have been jointly awarded a contract by the US Department of Defence. The contract, worth a maximum of 170 million dollars, covers the maintenance of diesel engines on board Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. During the five-year term, spare parts and services will be provided worldwide. The MSC fleet includes submarine tenders, hospital ships, ammunition transporters, tankers, expeditionary mobile bases, expeditionary transfer docks, ro-ro ships and ro-ro container ships. The Military Sealift Command is part of the US Navy and controls its supply and transport ships. Not all MSC units belong to the Navy itself. The core fleet can be identified by the grey paintwork on the hull and superstructure and the blue and gold stripes on the...

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