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CHILE: Maritime awareness

CHILE: Maritime awareness

Posted by | 11 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The 350 or so Chinese fishing vessels and factory ships off the Chilean coast this summer have once again emphasised the point: Maritime Domain Awareness! As is customary in other countries, the protection of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is also part of the navy's portfolio - in co-operation with other state institutions and ministries. Chile has an EEZ of 3.2 million square kilometres, which is more than four times the size of Chile's land area and therefore the tenth largest in the world. Performing sovereign tasks here, i.e. ensuring legal behaviour and safeguarding national interests, as well as saving lives, protecting ecosystems and ensuring safe navigation, requires a resourceful and...

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CHILE: Divine service on two sailing school ships

CHILE: Divine service on two sailing school ships

Posted by | 11 Dec 2020 | , , | 0

High noon, 20th October, Magellan Strait in rocky Tierra del Fuego. At one of the narrowest points in the channel, two sail training ships meet that could be sister ships. Both topsail schooners, the Chilean Esmeralda and the Spanish Juan Sebastian De Elcano, originally come from the naval stronghold of Cadiz. The Chilean ship is a replica that was actually intended for the Spanish navy before it was realised that a training ship was also sufficient. Today, 500 years after the first circumnavigation by Magellan and his successor Elcano, both tall ships met in the Bahia de Fortescue and commemorated the brave explorers in a joint service. Where Brother Pedro...

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Egypt: Christening of the fourth submarine for the Egyptian Navy

Egypt: Christening of the fourth submarine for the Egyptian Navy

Posted by | 11 Dec 2020 | , | 0

The christening of the S 44, the fourth submarine of the 209/144mod type for the Egyptian Navy, took place at the end of September at thyssenkrupp in Kiel. Its commander-in-chief attended the ceremony on site at the shipyard, where three Meko A 200 frigates were also ordered in 2019 following approval by the German government. In addition to all the other maritime procurements, including flying and rolling stock mainly from Russia and the USA, Egypt has been one of the busiest defence importers in the world over the past five years.

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Frigate Hamburg in troubled waters

Posted by | 9 Dec 2020 | , | 0

At the beginning of August, the frigate HAMBURG left for the Mediterranean for almost five months. The crew is facing a tricky mission, which will most likely not involve any shore leave due to the coronavirus. The German Navy had previously participated in Operation Irini with a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and carried out sixteen missions in this context. As a result of the Berlin Libya Conference in January 2020, the EU found a way to carry out a mission in the central Mediterranean at the end of March. This involves monitoring and enforcing the UN-backed arms embargo against Libya. Political agreement on the approach - the operation is seen by some as a lever against Turkish efforts to gain a foothold in Libya - proved difficult. In the end, a surveillance mission with ships, aeroplanes and satellites was agreed. In order to be able to react flexibly to the arrival of migrants, the commander of Eunavfor Med Irini can decide to position the units away from the transport routes between Libya and Italy. Overall, the operational area has been shifted further eastwards - to the eastern part of the central Mediterranean. The operation is also intended to help disrupt the business model of human trafficking networks. Irini is also intended to prevent the illegal export of oil from Libya. From the legacy of the Eunavfor Med Operation Sophia, the training of the Libyan coastguard and navy became part of the catalogue of tasks for Irini. However, this...

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