Beijing is massively arming itself, particularly in the maritime sector. The return of Asian naval power is challenging the West - once again. It is over. It's over. Taiwan can no longer be defended. At least not militarily. China is too strong. Now also for the United States. This is how one could summarise the Pentagon's conclusion....
The accident occurred on Monday in the South China Sea. The F-35 pilot was injured but is in a stable condition, the Navy announced. He was ejected from the aircraft after the failed landing on the deck of the "Carl Vinson". Six other crew members were also injured. Information about their condition was...
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...
Before the year 2022 comes to an end, the first aircraft carrier VIKRANT to be built exclusively in India is due to enter service. However, a series of functional tests and sea trials lie ahead of this. Initial tests The ship has already passed some of these tests in two test voyages: At the beginning of August 2021, the...
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 news would have been lost in the noise: A Polish single-handed sailor had overlooked the French flagship! Or vice versa - which still needs to be clarified! The course of the incident According to the Préfecture Maritime de Méditerranée (Premarmed), the aircraft carrier CHARLES DE GAULLE was on a training voyage in mid-November...
These are desert ships of the most unusual kind, which a commercial satellite from Maxar Technologies has discovered in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in north-west China and which the US Naval Institute has reported on in detail. More precisely localised - but not yet visible on maps available on the internet - the site is located on the south-eastern edge of...
The prelude to a major manoeuvre always starts with a display: Fifteen ships from the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the German Navy, the Maritime Self-Defence Forces of Japan and the United States Navy sailed in formation on 21 November on the occasion of Japan's ANNUALEX 2021 - with the two helicopter/aircraft carriers in front and the...
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As is well known, the cent is the smallest currency unit in monetary circulation in the USA (as is now also the case in Europe). There, however, it is colloquially referred to as a penny, as the English, the originators of the term on the other side of the English Channel, still do today in the unbroken tradition of their coinage system....
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