Category: Security policy

Netherlands: Innovative and pragmatic

Netherlands: Innovative and pragmatic

Posted by | 23 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

The Dutch Ministry of Defence wants to strengthen and protect its own defence industry and is working together with the Ministry of Economic Affairs on a corresponding law consisting of three parts: + A sectoral investment test to prevent mergers, takeovers and investments in suppliers from becoming a risk for the deployment of the armed forces. + A declaration of suitability for Dutch companies bidding for contracts abroad: among other things, companies are scrutinised for undesirable interference by other countries in their management structure. Access marineforum digital+ Already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your...

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60 years of mine divers

60 years of mine divers

Posted by | 22 Jul 2024 | , , | 2

The family of mine divers celebrated a whole weekend - in the truest sense of the word... People don't like to hear that the mine divers are an elite little squad. That they are one big family is more likely. And the fact that mine divers have a strong bond with each other across generations and ranks was really lived out on the occasion of their 60th birthday. On 19 July, the company, which has been the home of all mine divers for many years, was the venue for a rendezvous between the active members and the numerous former members. Many had travelled there with their camper vans and relatives. On Saturday, 20 July, it was family day in Eckernförde....

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US floating pier off Gaza to be dismantled

US floating pier off Gaza to be dismantled

Posted by | 20 Jul 2024 | , , , | 0

The USA speaks of a great success - but aid organisations describe "Port Gaza" as a "230 million dollar failure"! So why is this pier now being dismantled and withdrawn? Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command (Tampa/Florida), speaks very highly of the American pier off Gaza and praises its efficiency: a volume of 9,000 tonnes of relief supplies was handled via this pier, corresponding to around 425 fully loaded articulated lorries. Of course, the floating pier occasionally had to be closed or repaired due to damage caused by bad weather conditions and was therefore temporarily out of action. But now this maritime mission...

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St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

St Petersburg: Significantly reduced parade for Navy Day

Posted by | 18 Jul 2024 | , , , | 4

Western observers' questions about the surprising departure from Baltic waters of three Northern Fleet warships before St Petersburg Navy Day and the speculation surrounding a finding by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) about the threat posed by Ukrainian drones have now been answered: As the Russian daily newspaper Novye Izvestia announced on its online portal on the morning of 18 July 2024, citing information from the city administration of Saint Petersburg, the main naval parade, which takes place annually on "Naval Fleet Day" in honour of the Navy of the Russian Federation in Saint Petersburg, will this year...

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Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Baltic Sea 'Hop and Go' of a Russian Navy task force

Posted by | 17 Jul 2024 | , , , | 1

Die für westliche Beobachter überraschende Abreise von drei Kriegsschiffen der Nordflotte der russischen Marine aus der Ostsee vor dem St. Petersburger Tag der Marine sorgt für Spekulationen. Das nuklear angetriebene U-Jagd-U-Boot „Tambov“ (Victor III-Klasse), der Zerstörer „Admiral Levchenko“ der Udaloy-Klasse und das Landungsschiff „Ivan Green“ verließen am 14. Juli die Ostsee, obwohl ihre Teilnahme an der Parade zum Tag der russischen Marine in St. Petersburg angekündigt war. Zuvor konnten das U-Boot und der Zerstörer am 6. Juli, damals in Begleitung des eisfähigen Hochseeschleppers „Nikolay Chiker“ im Großen Belt südwärts gehend beobachtet werden. Mit Einlaufen des Trios in die Westliche...

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