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Hartmut Spieker: Poland on course west. Personal encounters

Hartmut Spieker: Poland on course west. Personal encounters

Gepostet von | 9 Oct 2021 | , | 0

With this book, the author would like to take us on a historical and security policy journey into the 1990s. He describes small and large events from his time as defence attaché in Poland from 1994 to 1998. At that time, the Federal Republic of Germany was already in its fourth year of reunification, the Soviet Union had imploded and many former Warsaw Pact states were on their way to a hopefully better future in a free Europe. At the time, no politician had a blueprint for this changing Europe. The defence alliance NATO had lost its great enemy and was looking for new,...

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"USS Connecticut": Underwater collision in the South China Sea

"USS Connecticut": Underwater collision in the South China Sea

Gepostet von | 9 Oct 2021 | , , , | 0

Submerged on patrol in the South China Sea, the nuclear-powered Seawolf-class submarine runs into an unknown underwater object. The incident occurred on 2 October. According to the US 7th Fleet, the "USS Connecticut" was in international waters. Eleven crew members suffered injuries such as bruises and lacerations. Two of the cases were categorised as 'moderate', the others as 'minor'. After the collision, the submarine was able to continue its journey. According to the US Navy, the submarine was stable and fully operational. Weapons and sensor systems as well as the propulsion system remained unaffected. The unit is now travelling to Guam to assess the damage. On its own keel, that is...

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Change of management at the Centre for Operational Testing in Eckernförde

Change of management at the Centre for Operational Testing in Eckernförde

Gepostet von | 6 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

On Thursday, 7 October at 10.30 a.m., the Commander of the Naval Support Command, Flotilla Admiral Lars Holm (60), will hand over command of the Operational Test Centre from Captain Jörg Dieter Lorentzen (54) to Captain Thomas Jaensch (54). Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre for Operational Testing (ZEP) has been able to fulfil all its orders. The ZEP carries out the operational testing of newly introduced or significantly modified ships, boats, equipment and weapons. Three areas were further expanded in order to better fulfil the ZEP's core mission of testing and firing under operational conditions: Target presentation, simulation and technical analysis. Captain at sea...

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Gorch Fock back in Kiel - The odyssey's final act....

Gorch Fock back in Kiel - The odyssey's final act....

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2021 | , , | 0

It's done. After more than 2,200 days in the shipyard, the German Navy's training sailing ship, the Gorch Fock, has returned to its traditional berth in its home harbour - and the pier now also bears the name of the poet Rudolf Kinau, alias "Gorch Fock". The ship, repeatedly derided in many media as a "ship of fools, a three-masted circus, a million-dollar grave", has officially ended its shipyard phase and is once again available to the German Navy as a training and representation platform. Following the handover in Wilhelmshaven on World Maritime Day, which took place in a small, high-ranking ceremony, the Gorch Fock met with Vice Admiral Karsten Stawitzky, Head of the Armaments Department of the BMVg and...

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Blue Planet Economy

Blue Planet Economy

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2021 | | 1

The Blue Planet Economy (BPE) Maritime Forum will take place online on 7 and 8 October 2021. The forum represents the Italian contribution to the European Maritime Day 2021, an annual event consisting of 240 initiatives in 25 EU countries and organised by the European Commission. The focus of the BPE Maritime Forum is on the protection and sustainable development of our planet's maritime resources, especially in the Mediterranean region. The event aims to promote scientific exchange on topics related to the maritime economy. The participants are institutional stakeholders, industry players, trade associations, innovative SMEs, investors and research institutes....

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