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SPAIN: Sailing training ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO leaves port

SPAIN: Sailing training ship JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO leaves port

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

Auch die Auslandsreisen der Schulschiffe sehen zu Coronazeiten ganz anders aus. In Südwestspanien lief am 24. August aus einer Quarantänezone im Hafen von Cadiz das Segelschulschiff JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO zu seiner 93. Ausbildungsreise aus. Das Besondere daran war, dass es nicht nur die fünfte Weltumsegelung des fast hundert Jahre alten Viermast-Topsegel-Schoners ist. Diese Rundreise erfolgt anlässlich des 500. Jahrestages der Entdeckungsfahrt seines Namensgebers, der die von Magellan mit fünf Schiffen und 270 Mann begonnene Reise nach drei Jahren zu Ende geführt hatte – mit nur 18 Mann und einem Schiff. Die Zeiten haben sich geändert. Vor dem Auslaufdatum...

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SPAIN: first operational use of the ScanEagle drone

SPAIN: first operational use of the ScanEagle drone

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

During its Eunavfor deployment as part of Operation Atalanta off the coast of Somalia, the Spanish Navy was able to deploy its RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) ScanEagle from Boeing Insitu from on board the frigate REINA SOFIA (SANTA MARIA class) for the first time. The Spanish Navy's drone squadron based in Cadiz has three systems, each with four drones and a remote control station. It is a fairly inexpensive system with good endurance (18 hours), a simple launch pad and even simpler landing procedure, which can be viewed on Twitter #rpas or @Armada_esp. The US Marines and US Navy have been using these systems since 2005. In the meantime...

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RUSSLAND: Test des Hyperschall-Marschflugkörpers Tsirkon

RUSSLAND: Test des Hyperschall-Marschflugkörpers Tsirkon

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

Am 6. Oktober hat die russische Marine zum ersten Mal den Hyperschall-Marschflugkörper Tsirkon von Bord der Fregatte ADMIRAL GORSCHKOW (Projekt 22350) gelöst und mit achtfacher Schallgeschwindigkeit über die maximale Distanz von 450 Kilometern auf eine Zielscheibe in der Barents-See abgefeuert. Die ganze Sequenz dauerte weniger als fünf Minuten. Damit war es noch nicht einmal nötig, den Zeitpuffer von 24 Stunden zu nutzen, falls doch mal etwas schiefgegangen wäre. Rechtzeitig zum 68. Geburtstag am Tag darauf konnte Armeegeneral Waleri Gerassimow, Chef des Generalstabes und Stellvertretender Verteidigungsminister, formgerecht und in aller Ruhe seinem Staatspräsidenten die Meldung über den erfolgreichen Schuss präsentieren....

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PHILIPPINES: two new Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters

PHILIPPINES: two new Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

To mark its 120th birthday last year, the island nation's navy treated itself to two Leonardo AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters, which have now been ceremonially put into service at the Danielo Atienza airbase near Manila. From there, they will be used as on-board helicopters for the two South Korean-built JOSE-RIZAL frigates. Two further helicopters are to complete the quartet, but are still on the wish list. This makes the Philippines the second export customer for the Italian manufacturer after South Korea. Bangladesh will be the third in the group with two helicopters on order...

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PAKISTAN: Embraer Lineage 1000 as new MPA

PAKISTAN: Embraer Lineage 1000 as new MPA

Posted by | 14 Dec 2020 | , | 0

Of the eight Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft that were previously handed over to the Pakistani Navy free of charge by the USA 15 years ago and subsequently modernised, six at best should still be airworthy today after two aircraft were lost in a terrorist attack on the Mehran airfield in Karachi in 2011. According to Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Commander of the Navy, these MPAs are to be replaced in future by ten Embraer Lineage 1000s, i.e. commercial aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer that have yet to be converted. A first type has been ordered and is to bear the type designation "Sultan of the Sea" with military equipment. Incidentally, Embraer is yet to confirm the location and...

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