Category: Security policy

If you ever ask me about it!

If you ever ask me about it!

Gepostet von | 5 Oct 2022 | , , , , | 3

A non-binding explanation to the frequently asked question as to why it is not possible to determine at the touch of a button which ship has been where and when in a limited sea area such as the Baltic Sea - i.e. to carry out area-wide monitoring? Let's start with something fundamental: the Baltic Sea is not China! And under normal circumstances, there is no need to monitor everything, permanently and seamlessly! The sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas supply pipelines has also broken an unwritten "customary law", namely that supply lines may be threatened or influenced in an unspoken manner, but not actually attacked and destroyed. So who is responsible for what? For...

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Navy establishes new "Centre for Naval Tactics"

Navy establishes new "Centre for Naval Tactics"

Gepostet von | 4 Oct 2022 | , , , | 0

As of today, the "Naval Tactical Centre" is part of the Naval Operations School in Bremerhaven Today, on 4 October 2022, the "Naval Tactical Centre" was newly established in Bremerhaven in the presence of Rear Admiral Christoph Müller-Meinhard, Commander Support and Head of the Operational Support Department at Naval Command, and the Commander of the Naval Operations School, Captain Jens Grimm. This took place as part of a ceremonial roll call on the premises of the naval tactics centre. Its head, Captain Thomas Hacken, emphasised that the establishment of the "Naval Tactical Centre" will bundle the capabilities for operational training and tactical development for the future. This means that the German Navy is now on a par with...

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Update on the gas leakage situation at Nord Stream 1/2 - Possible end to the gas leak on Sunday, 2 October

Update on the gas leakage situation at Nord Stream 1/2 - Possible end to the gas leak on Sunday, 2 October

Gepostet von | 2 Oct 2022 | , , | 0

Update 02.10.2022 - 17:00 According to a Twitter post by the Danish energy agency Energistyrelsen on Sunday at 12.42 pm, gas is no longer leaking from either Nord Stream pipeline. The agency is referring to the operating company. Whether and how reconnaissance missions confirm this is not known here. It is possible that this information relates to the twin pipe of Nord Stream 2. In contrast, the Swedish Coast Guard reported no change to yesterday's situation in a communiqué issued at 4.04 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. During overflights on Sunday morning at 8 a.m. and again at 1 p.m., the diameters of the gas bubble fields were still around 100 metres at the larger exit point and 15 metres...

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Sea battalion under new leadership

Sea battalion under new leadership

Gepostet von | 29 Sep 2022 | , , , | 1

On Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at 2 p.m., the commander of Operational Flotilla 1, Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin (56), handed over command of the naval battalion from Frigate Captain Norman Bronsch (41) to Frigate Captain Patrick Steinbach (41). Over the past two years, Frigate Captain Bronsch has led the soldiers of the sea battalion through a wide range of activities and projects, to which he has actively added his personal touch. However, his time in command was also very much characterised by the Covid-19 pandemic - and thus always associated with the question of how the operational capability and morale of the sea battalion could be kept as high as possible during the pandemic. During his time as...

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Leaks in Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines

Leaks in Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines

Gepostet von | 28 Sep 2022 | , , | 4

Bereits am Montagabend vermerkte das Nord Stream 1-Kontrollzentrum einen Druckabfall an beiden Strängen der Gaspipeline. Ebenfalls am Montag, 26. September, veröffentlichte die dänische Energieagentur in einem Communiqué, sie habe ein Leck in der Nord Stream 2-Pipeline im dänischen Teil der Ostsee entdeckt. In der täglichen Pressekonferenz der EU-Kommission in Brüssel wurde von insgesamt drei Lecks berichtet. Beide Pipelines sind doppelsträngig ausgeführt. Übereinstimmenden dänischen und schwedischen Informationen zufolge befinden sich zwei Leckagen in der Versorgungsleitung Nord Stream 1 nordöstlich der Insel Bornholm im Grenzbereich der beiden nationalen Wirtschaftszonen. Das Leck an Nord Stream 2 befindet sich südöstlich von Dueodde auf...

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