Category: Security policy

Baltic Sea manoeuvre "BALTOPS 22" ends with press conference in Kiel

Baltic Sea manoeuvre "BALTOPS 22" ends with press conference in Kiel

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On Friday, 17 June 2022 at 11 a.m., a final press conference will be held at the end of the annual Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) manoeuvre. The US Navy cordially invites German media to attend. The press conference is expected to take place on board the lead ship USS Mount Whitney. The dialogue partners will be the Commander of the US 6th Fleet, Vice Admiral Eugene Black, together with the Deputy Inspector General of the Navy and Commander of the Fleet and Support Forces of the German Navy, Vice Admiral Frank Lenski, and as a special guest the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the US Navy, Admiral Michael Gilday. After a short statement, all three admirals will...

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Frigate "Lübeck" arrives in Wilhelmshaven for the last time

Frigate "Lübeck" arrives in Wilhelmshaven for the last time

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Final chapter of the Bremen-class frigates. The "Lübeck" will be decommissioned at the end of 2022. On Thursday, 16 June 2022 at 10 a.m., the "Lübeck" will return from the Aegean Sea from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG 2). Her main focus there was on building up situational awareness and cooperating with partners in the border region between Turkey and Greece. In its function as flagship, the Commander Task Unit and its staff carried out their work on the frigate. This staff consisted of liaison officers from the neighbouring countries and, at times, the European border protection organisation FRONTEX. "This operation, so soon after the...

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Shahid Mahdavi: New supply ship for the Iranian naval forces

Shahid Mahdavi: New supply ship for the Iranian naval forces

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A satellite photo published by the Associated Press (AP) on 27 May 2022 shows the "Shahid Mahdavi" in the flooded dry dock of Shahid Darvishi Marine Industries, a shipbuilding company near Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz. The shipyard, which manufactures and services both military and civilian units, is considered one of the most modern and leading shipyards in the Persian Gulf. The military part is located in a complex for the construction and repair of surface ships and submarines around 40 kilometres west of the southern Iranian city. According to experts, the "Shahid Mahdavi" is the conversion of the Iranian "Sarvin". She left Bandar Abbas in July 2021...

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3rd charity run by the German Armed Forces and reservists

3rd charity run by the German Armed Forces and reservists

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Registration for the 3rd charity run is now open Registration for the third charity run of the Bundeswehr and reservists running team has been open since 6 June. Following the success of the last two charity runs in 2020 and 2021 - the Bundeswehr and Reservists running team raised a total of over EUR 21,000 in the second charity run last year alone - the registration phase for the running team's third charity run has now begun. The charity run, which will once again take place virtually from 10 September 2022 - 25 September 2022, will not only offer running distances of 1 km children's run, 5 km, 10 km, 15 km, half marathon and marathon this year,...

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The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part II

The maritime side of the war: Crisis in the Black Sea Part II

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Is there a tanker war 2.0? The Russians have not been silent on this issue. They blame the food shortage on the fact that Ukraine has mined its own waters and that Russia has announced the lifting of some sanctions and the opening of humanitarian passages to allow ships to leave. Currently, Russian grain and oil are flowing from the eastern half of the Black Sea via the Kerch Strait and the port of Novorossiysk. The Russians have stationed their navy centrally in Sevastopol in the Crimea. The Gulf of Odessa is a contested sea in which the Russians have rare...

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