General Eberhard Zorn prepares troops for far-reaching changes He sees a new reality in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ruthless war of aggression against Ukraine. Zorn is reprioritising: less coronavirus-related administrative assistance, more reinforcement of NATO's eastern flank and a focus on so-called "basic operations" such as ammunition depots, medical, logistics and command and control facilities....
Vice Admiral Kaack becomes the new Inspector General of the Navy On Friday, 11 March 2022 at 10 a.m., the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, General Eberhard Zorn (62), will hand over command of the German Navy to Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack (59). The ceremony will be held at the Mürwik Naval Academy. "I would like to thank him for the...
Navy wants to procure "Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles" The US Navy wants to develop and procure three types of large unmanned vehicles (UVs): Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs), Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs) and Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (XLUUVs). The Navy's FY 2022 budget provides $434.1 million for...
German Navy deploys soldiers from Kiel to the Baltic Sea today Minesweepers "Sulzbach-Rosenberg" and "Homburg", the minesweeper "Siegburg" and the tender "Elbe" are travelling to the Baltic Sea to reinforce NATO's northern flank. In addition, the minesweepers "Datteln" and "Fulda" set off this morning. "Our signal is clear:...
"We welcome the announcement by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz that a German LNG terminal is to be located in Wilhelmshaven," commented Siemtje Möller and Olaf Lies on Scholz's announcement in his government statement during today's special session of the German Bundestag. "Germany must be independent in terms of energy supply. The current aggression by Putin and the...
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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