One thing at a time. After - as reported - Russian units conducted submarine hunting manoeuvres in the eastern Mediterranean from 15 to 25 February, NATO forces have now come together off Italy for one of NATO's two major annual submarine hunting exercises. "Dynamic Manta" (DYMA22) will run for a fortnight from 21 February...
Further reinforcement for NATO's northern flank: Fleet service boat "Alster" also departs On Saturday, 26 February 2022 at 12 noon, the fleet service boat "Alster" will depart for the Baltic Sea to be the eyes and ears not only of the navy, but of the entire Bundeswehr. The Oste-class fleet service boat is a reconnaissance vessel that...
Fleet intensifies activities on NATO's northern flank: corvette becomes part of SNMG 1 Corvette "Erfurt" has left Wilhelmshaven to join Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). The crew was bid farewell by Parliamentary State Secretary Siemtje Möller and Rear Admiral Jürgen zur Mühlen, Head of Operations at the Naval Command. The corvette...
On 21 February, the Russian media announced that a submarine hunting manoeuvre would take place in the eastern Mediterranean from 15 to 25 February 2022. One Slava-class cruiser (Marshal Ustinov, Varyag) and one Udaloy-class submarine frigate (Vitseadmiral Kulakov, Admiral Tributs) from the Northern and Pacific fleets have been mobilised for this...
Not only Iran's threatening activities in the Middle East, but also Moscow's internationally disturbing pressure on NATO and its military harassment of Ukraine finally brought together what had long seemed impossible: in mid-February, Israel's navy took part for the first time in a joint naval manoeuvre with the US Navy and the navies of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan....
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With its increased naval presence in the Black Sea, Russia now almost completely surrounds Ukraine, including the previously existing gap in the south. What do these increased naval movements mean? Are they related to the Ukraine crisis? To get a picture of the situation, it is worth taking a look at communications from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, which...
Areas closed for firing exercises The Russian Navy has announced exercise areas for a large part of the Black Sea and most of the Sea of Azov, effectively restricting shipping to Ukrainian commercial ports. Commercial shipping and air traffic are advised to avoid the designated areas from 13 to 19 February.
Transparency to reduce tensions in Ukraine. To ease tensions over Russia's military build-up in Ukraine, NATO and US negotiators have offered Moscow to inspect two ballistic missile defence sites to prove that the alliance has not deployed offensive missiles. (marineforum reported several times)....
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