Category: Security policy

Defence and Budget Committee vote in favour of naval procurement project

Defence and Budget Committee vote in favour of naval procurement project

Posted by | 23 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

Earlier this afternoon, marineforum.online reported the Defence Committee's decision to procure a number of new ships and aircraft. Now the Defence Committee has also approved the project in its last meeting before the summer break. Eckhard Rehberg, budget policy spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, was delighted: "Today, the Budget Committee discussed 27 proposals totalling 19 billion euros for important Bundeswehr procurement and development projects and released the funds." The share for the navy is disproportionately high: 6.8 billion euros have been released for some long-discussed projects that will be procured over a period of ten years...

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32 Nationen beteiligen sich am Manöver Sea Breeze 21 - Deutschland ist nicht vertreten

32 Nationen beteiligen sich am Manöver Sea Breeze 21 - Deutschland ist nicht vertreten

Posted by | 23 Jun 2021 | , , , | 2

Als nächste maritime Großübung in diesem Jahr wird vom 28. Juni bis zum 10. Juli Sea Breeze 2021 stattfinden. Wie in den Vorjahren steht das Manöver unter der gemeinsamen Leitung von ukrainischer und amerikanischer Marine. Nachdem coronabedingt im vergangenen Jahr viele Nationen ihre Teilnahme abgesagt hatten, werden diesmal Einheiten aus einer Rekordzahl von Ländern erwartet. Neben den klassischen Teilnehmern der großen NATO-Staaten sind auch Exoten aus der ganzen Welt dabei, darunter Brasilien, Japan und Südkorea. Insgesamt 5000 Soldaten aus 32 Nationen üben mit 32 Schiffen, 40 Flugzeugen sowie 18 Spezialeinheiten und Tauchteams gemeinsam verschiedene Einsatzszenarien. Deutschland war zuletzt 2015...

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Change at the CMSS in Kiel

Change at the CMSS in Kiel

Posted by | 22 Jun 2021 | , , | 1

The Center for Maritime Strategy & Security (CMSS) has been under new management since yesterday (21 June). From now on, Johannes Peters will be in charge of the academic institution. Peters will also be responsible for the organisation of the Kiel Seapower Series with immediate effect. The CMSS is an institution of the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK) and, under the leadership of Dr Sebastian Bruns, has repeatedly attracted attention with high-calibre events. Johannes Peters has been working as a research assistant in the Maritime Strategy and Security department at the ISPK since 2017. After completing his bachelor's degree in political science...

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Russian navy practises attacking an aircraft carrier

Russian navy practises attacking an aircraft carrier

Posted by | 21 Jun 2021 | , , , | 1

According to the Ministry of Defence in Moscow, a large-scale exercise has shown that the Russian armed forces can also operate successfully in the vastness of the Pacific, far away from home. The operational area was around 2500 nautical miles south-east of the Kuril Islands. Up to twenty warships, support ships and submarines were involved on and beneath the waves. The ships were divided into two groups 300 nautical miles apart. While some of the units formed a formation around an aircraft carrier, the task of the other ships was to track it down and launch a simulated attack. The imaginary button was pressed by the crews of the cruiser Warjag,...

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The four-star woman

The four-star woman

Posted by | 19 Jun 2021 | , , , | 0

After four decades, Admiral Charlie Ray has vacated his position as Deputy Commandant of the US Coast Guard and retired. He has been succeeded by Linda Lee Fagan, the first woman to hold this post. With her promotion to four-star admiral, she is also the first woman to hold this high rank in the USCG. Fagan joined the Coast Guard in 1985 and served on every continent before becoming the 32nd Deputy Commandant. Aileen E. Fagan, one of her two daughters, also serves in the Coast Guard with the rank of Lieutenant. Previously, Linda Fagan was Commander...

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