Category: Security policy

Air defence system for Ukraine

Air defence system for Ukraine

Gepostet von | 20 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

Diehl Defence, HENSOLDT and Airbus deliver deficits to NATO Diehl Defence has delivered a combat unit of the IRIS-T SLM air defence system to Ukraine with HENSOLDT and Airbus. The contract was signed in June 2022 and, as Diehl announced in a press release, further IRIS-T SLM combat systems will follow as quickly as the industrial process allows. Diehl is the general contractor and system integrator for all components and supplies the launcher and missiles. HENSOLDT is contributing the TRML-4D multifunction radar. Airbus is supplying the command post software IBMS-FC (Integrated Battle Management Software Fire Control). The company supplies the only system to date that is ready for series production. It is designed for ranges of...

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Journalists film damage from the Nord Stream explosion

Journalists film damage from the Nord Stream explosion

Gepostet von | 20 Oct 2022 | , , , , | 0

A section of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea at least 50 metres long is missing, the Swedish daily Expressen reported on Tuesday after taking what it said were the first publicly published pictures of the damage. Swedish police and prosecutors suspect that the leaks that occurred on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 on 26 September were caused by deliberate underwater explosions and are investigating the case as an act of gross sabotage. The Expressen video, made with an unmanned underwater vehicle, shows bent metal and a wide-open pipeline at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Parts of the...

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EuroNaval: Consortium agreement signed for European multi-purpose corvette

EuroNaval: Consortium agreement signed for European multi-purpose corvette

Gepostet von | 19 Oct 2022 | , , , , | 0

The managing directors of the four companies involved in the development of the European Patrol Corvette signed a preliminary consortium agreement on the opening day of EuroNaval, 18 October 2022. According to Naviris, the agreement is intended to regulate the implementation of the tender. The agreement will allow the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia, led by Naviris, to continue work on the development of the first design of a 'European' ship. The European Patrol Corvette involves: - 4 countries as part of the PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) project (Italy, France, Spain and Greece) - 6 countries are participating in the...

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Pipeline mission completed

Pipeline mission completed

Gepostet von | 14 Oct 2022 | , , | 2

Sweden does not share findings The German Navy's minehunting boat "Dillingen", the multi-purpose boat "Mittelgrund" and the German Federal Police patrol vessel "Potsdam" have completed their mission in the Baltic Sea and are back in their home harbours. The joint operation following the request for assistance from the Federal Police focussed on the leaks north-east of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm. According to information from SPIEGEL, a "Sea Cat" underwater drone was deployed. Divers from the German Federal Police and the German Navy were not deployed due to the water depth of 70 metres. Sweden had already inspected the crime scene south-east of the Baltic Sea island beforehand and also recovered evidence from the seabed. However, there were analysable images...

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Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

Bulgarian special services investigate lorry explosion on Crimean bridge

Gepostet von | 14 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

The Bulgarian counterintelligence service DANS (State Agency for National Security) in Sofia is investigating Russian allegations that the lorry blown up on the Crimean bridge came from that country. The previous Sunday, the head of the Russian investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, announced at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the route of the lorry had started in Bulgaria and then passed through Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia and the Krasnodar region. The Bulgarian investigation began immediately after the Kremlin published this information on the instructions of acting Prime Minister Galab Donev. The Bulgarian public prosecutor's office has also been informed. The spokesman...

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