Category: Marines from all over the world

Australien verschenkt zehntes Patrouillenboot

Australia gives away tenth patrol boat

Posted by | 11 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

The Australian shipyard Austal has handed over what is now the tenth Guardian-class patrol boat to the country's Ministry of Defence. In a small ceremony, the boat was then immediately handed over to the Solomon Islands, an island nation in the South Pacific. The Guardian class has a length of 39.5 metres and is based on the designs of the Bay, Armidale and Cape classes. As part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Program, a total of 21 boats will be built in Australia and donated to friendly neighbours in the region. The overall programme agreed in 2016 has a contract value of 335 million Australian dollars. The programme will support twelve island nations, including Papua New Guinea, Fiji,...

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Erneuter Zwischenfall in der Straße von Hormus

Another incident in the Strait of Hormuz

Posted by | 10 May 2021 | , , , | 2

Another incident occurred in the Strait of Hormuz this Monday evening (10 May). Thirteen Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboats approached an American naval convoy passing through the Strait at high speed. The ships included the Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine USS Georgia and the Ticonderoga cruiser Monterey. Despite signals from the ship's siren and repeated requests to turn away by radio and loudspeaker, the boats came within 140 metres of the ships. It was only after a US Coast Guard cutter, which was also part of the convoy, fired two salvos totalling 30 shots that the boats turned and moved away.

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Dicker Brocken

Dicker Brocken

Posted by | 10 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Ein richtig dicker Fisch ist der US Navy ins Netz gegangen: Am 8. Mai stellte sie die USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) in Dienst. Sie ist das dritte Schiff der Louis-B.-Puller-Klasse und dient als mobile Basis zur logistischen Unterstützung von hochwertigen Kampfeinheiten. Bei einer Länge von 233 Metern und einer Breite von 50 Metern verdrängt sie rund 79 000 Tonnen. Mit seinem dieselelektrischen Antrieb erreicht das Schiff 15 Knoten, der Aktionsradius beträgt 9500 Meilen. An Bord befinden sich, abhängig von der Mission, neben 34 Zivilisten auch bis zu 250 Soldaten. Gebaut wurde die Miguel Keith bei National Steel and...

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Bestellung über Zusätzliche VLS-Container

Order via additional VLS containers

Posted by | 9 May 2021 | , , , | 0

BAE Systems is to manufacture additional FK containers for the US Navy's Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) as part of a contract extension. This will increase the existing supply contract by 76 million dollars. The containers serve several purposes. On the one hand, they are essential for the safe transport and storage of the missiles. On the other hand, once they have been introduced into the VLS, they are used to launch the FCs. A range of different missiles can be fired from them: in addition to the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), in particular the Standard Missiles 2, 3 and 6. There are also deployment options for the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) and the Anti-Submarine Rocket...

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