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Sailing training ship chases drug speedboat - and wins

Sailing training ship chases drug speedboat - and wins

Gepostet von | 15 Nov 2021 | , , | 2

The opponents could not have been more dissimilar: a smart sail training ship similar to the GORCH FOCK and a highly motorised, semi-submersible drug smuggler! And yet the Ecuadorian three-masted barque GUAYAS managed the feat of intercepting and apprehending the drug-laden speedboat on its journey north. Sheer luck and bad luck helped the commander - on the one hand favourable winds and constant information about the change of situation from the American air surveillance of the anti-drug task force, on the other hand the failure of two of the three outboard engines and perhaps also the impressive silhouette of a three-master from a frog's-eye view. Even if the sailor could only run at 10 knots at best, the boat would have a clear advantage at 40 knots...

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Celebration to mark 66 years of the Bundeswehr

Celebration to mark 66 years of the Bundeswehr

Gepostet von | 12 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

From office to ministry... On 12 November 1955, the Bundeswehr was born with the handover of 101 certificates of appointment to the volunteers of the army, air force and navy. The then Minister of Defence, Theodor Blank, began preparations for the rearmament of the young Federal Republic of Germany in 1950 in the Blank Office with other members of the Himmerode Group of Experts. The Himmerode Memorandum is regarded as the basis from which ideas and the "Innere Führung" leadership concept for the formation of the Bundeswehr were taken and implemented. The Bundeswehr celebrated the 66th anniversary of its founding with several events throughout Germany. In Rostock city harbour, the air force presented itself alongside the "Patriot" air defence missile system...

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Helicopter drones for the navy's corvettes

Helicopter drones for the navy's corvettes

Gepostet von | 11 Nov 2021 | , , , | 0

From a press release issued by the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Koblenz The BAAINBw has concluded a contract with Elektroniksystem und Logistik GmbH (ESG) for the delivery of three "Sea Falcon" unmanned rotary-wing aircraft systems. The systems, whose main components each consist of two Skeldar V-200 aircraft and a ground control station, will be fully integrated into the K130 class corvettes. Modern reconnaissance tool for the navy The system enables the corvettes to reconnoitre and identify sea targets beyond the range of the on-board optical sensors. Due to its low optical and acoustic signature - especially when flying at night -...

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Charity run: Sea battalion collects donations for a children's home in Lebanon 

Charity run: Sea battalion collects donations for a children's home in Lebanon 

Gepostet von | 10 Nov 2021 | , , | 0

From a press release by Rostock Naval Command. On Friday, 12 November 2021, the naval battalion will be holding a 12 km charity run at its Eckernförde and Alt Duvenstedt locations between 8 and 10 am. The aim of the fundraising is to support the 48th German contingent in Lebanon in its charitable work on site for the "Mosan Centre for Special Needs". Commander Frigate Captain Norman Bronsch (40) describes it as follows: "After the long cuts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, my aim is to bring the men and women of the sea battalion closer together again by overcoming challenges together. And to do something good in the process...

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