The German Federal Public Prosecutor General has opened an investigation into alleged "anti-constitutional sabotage" following reports of leaks from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are widely attributed to Russia. The spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office announced on Monday that an investigation had been launched against persons unknown. The Attorney General only intervenes in special...
Landsberg am Lech, 11 October 2022 - The government of Sierra Leone has officially invited Mercy Ships to carry out a mission in the African country with the Global Mercy from late summer 2023. The mission is a deepening of the long-standing cooperation between Sierra Leone and Mercy Ships. While...
The Neue Züricher Zeitung of Tuesday, 11.10.2022, has analysed the missile attack on Ukraine by Russian troops in an interesting article, with which the Kremlin is obviously retaliating for the sabotage attack on the Crimean bridge near Kerch, which has not yet been attributed to Ukraine, and comes to very revealing assessments, which are published here in...
Die Deutsche Post wird in Berlin Pakete mit einem solarstrombetriebenen Boot transportieren. Es soll auf der Spree eingesetzt werden. Es ist ein Test der Deutschen Post, so teilte das Unternehmen auf seiner Seite mit. Täglich soll das Schiff Hunderte Sendungen vom Südhafen Spandau zum Westhafen transportieren – emissionsfrei und geräuschlos....
It has been a week and it is still unclear what the extent of the leak is and who is behind it. The Federal Police and the German Navy are now being deployed to investigate the cause. Their task is to help "gain a picture of the situation". As far as we know, the investigative mission consists of three...
On Friday, 7 October 2022 at 9 a.m., the commander of the 2nd Frigate Squadron, Captain Torben Jürgensen (46), handed over command of the frigate "Schleswig-Holstein" from Frigate Captain Andreas Mückusch (45) to his successor Frigate Captain Andreas Schmidt (41). Frigate Captain Mückusch had been in command of the "Schleswig-Holstein", also known as the "Sophie-X",...
[et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="4.16" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" custom_padding="|||" global_colors_info="{}" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="4.16" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat" global_colors_info="{}"]Today, Friday, the commander of Training Group C, Frigate Captain Rainer Fankhänel, handed over command to Corvette Captain Victoria Kietzmann as the last commander in a series of command handovers within the Naval Technology School. After two years of training...
In May 2022, it became known that the Ministry of Defence was working on a draft law to accelerate procurement measures of the German Armed Forces - "in short" the Bundeswehr Procurement Acceleration Act (BwBBG) - as the smooth name suggests, the law is intended to "apply facilitations under public procurement law to accelerate the award of public contracts", according to a formulation aid from the Federal Government. Observers of the...
A non-binding explanation to the frequently asked question as to why it is not possible to determine at the touch of a button which ship has been where and when in a limited sea area such as the Baltic Sea - i.e. to carry out area-wide monitoring? First of all, something fundamental The Baltic Sea is not China! And under normal...
Available on the website of the Dutch Ministry of Defence since 30 September 2022: the request for quotation will be sent to the three competing shipyards in mid-November 2022. The Hague expects Damen, Naval Group and tkMS to submit a proposal by summer 2023. For four submarines - considerations to reduce the number of...
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