On 16 April, the crew of the FS Ventôse found around 210 kilograms of cocaine on a sailing boat off Martinique. In an operation lasting several hours, the well-hidden drugs, which were sealed in 17 packages, were seized on a suspicious sailing boat and handed over to the Office for the Fight against Drugs (OFAST). Two suspects were...
The binational exercise Varuna took place in the Arabian Sea for the 19th time. During the three-day manoeuvres, the French and Indian navies practised joint cooperation and coordination of their activities. Over the years, the exercise has become more and more extensive and the individual actions more and more complex. In this...
Another incident has occurred in the Persian Gulf. On Monday, speedboats belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached two American ships to within around 60 metres. According to the US, the crews of the USS Firebolt and the USCG Baranoff had previously repeatedly urged the Iranians to turn away via radio and megaphone.
Following the German government's investment in defence company Hensoldt last year, Italian company Leonardo has now acquired another large block of shares from financial investor Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts (KKR). The stake held by both anchor shareholders is 25.1 per cent each, giving each a blocking minority. According to its own information, Leonardo is paying around 606...
After 80 days, the French amphibious group centred around the helicopter carrier Dixmude has left the Gulf of Guinea. On board the carrier are the French Groupe tactique embarqué (GTE) Dragon and Portuguese Fuzileiros. They were deployed off the African coast as part of the 156th Operation Corymbe mandate....
On 19 April, four Russian ships crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on a westerly course. The units, which belong to the Baltic Fleet, are on their way back to their home port of Baltiysk (Pillau), where they are expected at the end of April. In addition to the corvette Stojkij, the tanker Kola and the ocean-going tug Yakov Grebesky...
The Franco-German company Airbus has been awarded a major defence contract by the French government. Its main components are eight H 225M helicopters for the French Air Force, two H 145s for the Sécurité Civile and ten H 160s for the gendarmerie. The navy can expect another prototype of the VSR 700....
The renowned British naval historian Eric Grove passed away on 15 April 2021. Alongside Colin Gray († 2020) and Geoffrey Till, who now works at the US Naval War College, Grove (*1948) was regarded as one of the most important British naval scientists of the 20th century. Grove's career took him from King's College London to the Royal...
According to reports by pro-Iranian media and an Israeli television station on Tuesday, 13 April, a merchant ship was attacked off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The vessel in question is said to be the Hyperion Ray, a vehicle transporter built in 2015, 200 metres long and 36 metres wide, and operated by the shipping company Ray Car...
After a two-week voyage, the USS Arleigh Burke arrived in her new home port of Rota on 11 April. At the end of March, she left her previous home in Norfolk for the last time for the next few years. On the way to Europe, the destroyer took part in a number of sub-hunting manoeuvres with its sister ship USS...
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