Category: Security policy

Russia: Admiral Gorshkov departed with Zircon

Russia: Admiral Gorshkov departed with Zircon

Gepostet von | 7 Jan 2023 | , , , | 3

Shortly before the end of the year, the guided missile frigate "Admiral Gorshkov" (type ship, project 22350, 135 metres, 4,500 tonnes) allegedly left Severomorsk, the Arctic home port of the Russian Northern Fleet off Murmansk on Kola Bay, with a load of the nuclear-capable hypersonic missile "Zircon". According to information from Moscow, it is to act as a command platform and lead a convoy towards the Mediterranean from January - no doubt also as a show of force against the West. However, no details were given about planned port calls or supply stops. Successor to the Krivak-class The "Gorshkov" had already carried out various test firings of the "Zircon", which flies at nine times the speed of sound (11,265 kmh), in the Barents Sea at the beginning of 2022, including one firing...

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Joint naval exercises between China, Russia and South Africa in February 2023

Joint naval exercises between China, Russia and South Africa in February 2023

Gepostet von | 6 Jan 2023 | , , , , | 1

Under the exercise name MOSI, two units of the navy of the Russian Federation and three ships of China's naval forces are to meet a unit of the South African navy off the east coast of South Africa. This was reported unanimously by the Russian news agency TASS and the South African online news portal Defence Web about joint activities between the naval forces of the three countries. The exercise is scheduled to kick off on 17 February in Richards Bay (KwaZulu Natal). Until 24 February, a series of the usual naval activities associated with such port calls are planned in addition to the provisioning of the visiting ships and the conferences in preparation for the exercise. This will be followed by a two-day sea phase from 25 February. To the...

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Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Study: Impact of China's port development projects on the maritime environment

Gepostet von | 27 Dec 2022 | , , , | 0

As reported by "The Maritime Executive" at the beginning of December, a study by various US universities shows the dangerous effects for socio-ecological marine systems of the port development projects being aggressively pursued by China, particularly in the Caribbean and around Africa. It is well known that China lures many developing countries into long-term debt through port, power plant and road investments in order to be able to exert intensive influence by acquiring ownership and utilisation rights. A good 20 per cent of all Chinese financing initiatives for development projects abroad - a volume of almost USD 65 billion - come from the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank...

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BwTV-Nachgefragt: Wir nehmen Russlands Seestreitkräfte sehr ernst

BwTV-Nachgefragt: Wir nehmen Russlands Seestreitkräfte sehr ernst

Gepostet von | 23 Dec 2022 | , , | 0

Die Ostsee ist ein Randmeer, in dem sowohl NATO-Verbände als auch die baltische Flotte Russlands operieren. Flottillenadmiral Henning Faltin ist als Kommandeur der Einsatzflottille 1 der Marine für die Sicherheit in der Ostsee zuständig. In „Nachgefragt“ erklärt Faltin, wie die Ostsee während des Ukrainekriegs geschützt wird. Video ansehen Der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine habe für die Marine „im Prinzip alles geändert“, so Flottillenadmiral Henning Faltin in der letzten „Nachgefragt“-Folge vor der Weihnachtspause. Das fange schon mit der persönlichen Einstellung der Marineangehörigen an: Vor Ausbruch des Krieges habe man quasi Übungsbetrieb gehabt, nun sehe man sich „in der Operationsführung,...

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