Category: Security policy

Werra is coming back!

Werra is coming back!

Gepostet von | 29 May 2021 | , , , | 0

It was a cold Friday with temperatures around zero degrees when the Werra left Kiel at the beginning of January. Under her commander, Corvette Captain Robert Lehmann, 61 male and 10 female soldiers took their leave on board the tender and set course for the Mediterranean. As part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2), they took on a variety of tasks in the Aegean over the following four months. The focus was on gathering information to build up a picture of the situation and cooperating with the Greek and Turkish coastguards and the European border protection agency Frontex. In order to establish a direct link to the partners on land...

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Holland in the Caribbean

Holland in the Caribbean

Gepostet von | 27 May 2021 | , , , , | 0

Another of the country's warships is now travelling in the sea area around the Netherlands Antilles. HNLMS Holland was welcomed with 21 gun salutes from Fort Krommelijn on Curacao. The Holland is being deployed as a so-called station ship and will remain on site for several months. This position was last filled by the Groningen, a sister ship of the Holland, which returned to its home port of Den Helder in mid-January. She had to abandon her mission in the Caribbean prematurely because urgent repairs were needed to the starboard shaft. As another ship was not available for this task at short notice, the function of the station ship had to be taken over by...

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Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Russian ships practise in the Barents Sea

Gepostet von | 25 May 2021 | , , , | 0

Together with the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Peter the Great (Project 1144), more than ten Russian units have been exercising in the Barents Sea. The minesweepers, submarines, submarine hunters and missile ships of the Northern Fleet trained a range of different scenarios under the command of the Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Oleg Golubev. After leaving the Severomorsk base, they first had to cross a fairway through simulated minefields and fend off attacks from attackers in speedboats. The exercises on the high seas then centred on submarine hunting exercises, in which Ka-27 helicopters with their APM-73V-MAD submersible sonar system were also deployed. In support of this, an Ilyushin Il-38 submarine fighter...

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More Queen is not possible

More Queen is not possible

Gepostet von | 22 May 2021 | , , , | 0

After Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth yesterday, the Queen herself came on board just a few hours before departure. She was received by the commander of UK Carrier Strike Group 21, Commodore Steve Moorhouse, and the commanding officer of the Queen Elizabeth, Captain Angus Essenhigh. She spoke to servicemen and women from both the British and the embarked American forces and bid farewell to the ship and crew. The United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group will then depart on a 28-week deployment. In addition to the aircraft carrier, the group will include eight other ships. There will also be 32 helicopters and fighter jets. The 3700 soldiers will...

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Boris says goodbye to the Queen!

Boris says goodbye to the Queen!

Gepostet von | 21 May 2021 | , , , | 0

One day before the British Carrier Strike Group leaves the UK for East Asia, Boris Johnson visited the Queen Elizabeth once again. Together with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, First Sea Lord Tony Radakin and Chief of Air Staff Mike Wigston, he was given a tour of the largest ship in the British fleet (together with the Prince of Wales) and spoke to crew members during the final preparations for the multi-month voyage. In a short speech, the Prime Minister also addressed China: "One of the things we are going to do is to show our friends in China that we are committed to the international community....

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