At 14:00, the patron, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, stepped up to the microphone in Berlin and sent her greetings to the coast. She emphasised the importance of the maritime industry, which has been caught in rough seas due to the pandemic.
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The 12th National Maritime Conference starts today in Rostock-Warnemünde This year's 12th National Maritime Conference (NMK) will be broadcast digitally from the port of Rostock-Warnemünde for the first time today and tomorrow. Federal Minister Altmaier explains: "The maritime industry is one of the main pillars of Germany as a business location and is of enormous importance for an export nation. The industry is currently being hit hard by coronavirus, but we also see the crisis as an opportunity. Climate protection and digitalisation are challenges, but they are also an incentive and the key to competitiveness in the future. We have already achieved a lot in the past two years: with the promotion of hydrogen, the introduction...
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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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Die Crew der USS Monterey hat am 6. und 7. Mai Tausende illegale Waffen beschlagnahmt. Bei der Durchsuchung einer verdächtigen, staatenlosen Dau im nördlichen Teil des Arabischen Meeres fand das Boarding-Team der US Coast Guard ein breites Arsenal kriegsfähigen Materials. Darunter befanden sich moderne Panzerabwehrraketen, Kalaschnikow-Maschinengewehre und Scharfschützengewehre sowie optische Zielgeräte. Alle Waffen stammen aus russischer und chinesischer Produktion. Die USS Monterey ist ein Kreuzer der Ticonderoga-Klasse und wurde im Juni 1990 in Dienst gestellt. Bei 173 Meter Länge verdrängt sie 9750 Tonnen. An Bord befinden sich 390 Mann Besatzung. Text: mb; Fotos: US...
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Spain's newest submarine was handed over to its element for the first time on 7 May at Navantia in Cartagena, Spain. The boat with the hull number S-81 has been named Isaac Peral since its christening a few days ago. It is the first submarine to be built entirely in the country. Although the design is based in part on the French-Spanish Scorpene class, there are significant differences. At 80.8 metres, it is almost twenty metres longer and the diameter of the hull is around one metre larger at 7.3 metres. When submerged, the boat displaces around 3000 tonnes. The Spanish S-80 class is also known as the...
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