Addendum from 30.01.2022: Russia has withdrawn the notification of the firing project in the Irish EEZ - the exercises are now to take place outside the Irish area of interest. For more details, see further "News" on Russian naval movements on this page. Article from 27.01.2022: These days, it is probably necessary to bring together all the available information and make a...
DDG(X) Future Large Surface Combatant Programme: Background and Issues for Congress. The Congressional Research Service report was submitted to Congress on 13 January 2021. It concerns the procurement programme for the next generation of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the TICONDEROGA (CG-47)-class Aegis cruisers and the older ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG-51)-class Aegis destroyers...
Amphibious group Three amphibious landing ships of the Baltic Fleet (Ropucha class, project 775) have been moving towards the Mediterranean for a week and have passed the English Channel. Two more Ropuchas and a large landing ship of the Ivan Gren class (Project 11711) of the Northern Fleet have left their bases and were delayed in reaching the North Sea due to weather conditions...
USA again contradicts China's claim On 20 January, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Benfold passed the Paracel Islands. With this routine, the Americans are questioning Beijing's far-reaching maritime claims. China again claimed to have sovereignty over most of the South China Sea. It has the right to use the waters...
What happens if an undersea cable is interrupted? Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal and state governments will once again adopt new quarantine rules. This also has an impact on personnel in critical infrastructure. If you look at the list published today by RND, you will find all the buildings, facilities and services that are important to our...
Since the end of December 2021, CONDOR International and Maritime Services (CONDOR IMS GmbH) has once again been approved by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) for the guarding of seagoing vessels. This makes the Essen-based company one of the few German pioneers to use the procedure for defence against external threats on seagoing vessels.
The traumatic experience of the hasty withdrawal of all international forces from Afghanistan in summer 2021 has had consequences, in this case for NATO. It is well known that what is generally referred to as an "exit strategy", including the plan for a controlled withdrawal of some or all of the forces from Afghanistan, is...
It almost looks as if the USA had "forgotten" its NATO partner Spain during the last entry of the HARRY S. TRUMAN carrier group into the Mediterranean. The Spanish Armada routinely provides an escort frigate not only for such carrier groups, but also for other warships sailing around the south of Spain. The point is to...
The DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR WEHRTECHNIK e.V. is holding the symposium "Prospects for the defence industry 2022" on 7 March 2022. Offline. For more than 10 years, the Defence Industry Perspectives Symposium has been the kick-off event of DWT and SGW for the respective event year. In this function, it has proven to be extremely successful. Statements by the...
Claudia Müller succeeds Norbert Brackmann The coordinator is based at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, where her predecessor had been in office since 2018. Claudia Müller also comes from the coast. Born in Rostock, she worked as a freelancer in the culture and tourism sector from 2004. She studied international business administration in Stralsund...
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