On 24 February, Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine - this act, which violated international law, marked a turning point in German foreign and security policy in recent years. In this context, the Federal Chancellor also spoke of a turning point. What are the military implications of this, what does it mean for the Bundeswehr...
How does a crew behave when an emergency ditching or a crash at sea is imminent? At the Naval Operations School, aircraft crews learn practical survival skills at sea. Ditching-ditching-ditching!" No aircrew would ever want to hear this over the intercom of their helicopter or aeroplane during a real flight. Because it means that...
On Sunday 8 May, a vote will be held on the composition of the 20th state parliament in Schleswig-Holstein. The maritime importance of this federal state probably needs no further explanation: With its location between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, over 1,125 kilometres of coastline, a large number of ports and shipyards and a diverse maritime economy, Schleswig-Holstein is a...
In her 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces once again puts her finger in the open wounds. In the 2021 annual report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces, Eva Högl, once again describes the problems that have been known for years and are still current in the armed forces: a shortage of equipment and personnel, bureaucracy, excessively long planning and award procedures for procurement and inadequate...
In mid-February - six days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine - we asked ourselves whether the German government was waking up from its slumber in view of the threat on Europe's eastern flank with regard to the defence force and its expenditure. We specifically wrote in an article: The media image is becoming...
Necessary digression: Federal budget On 16 March 2022, the Federal Government adopted the budget for 2022 as well as the key figures for 2023 and the financial plan up to 2026. One hundred billion euros are to flow into a special fund to equip the Bundeswehr. The necessary amendment to the Basic Law was also approved by the cabinet at the...
Dear members of the Naval Officers' Association Once again, we in Europe and the free world are at a turning point. Until Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, most people in Germany did not believe that a large-scale war of aggression against another country in Europe was possible after the experience of two world wars.
On 15 March 2022, construction number 10 of the Braunschweig class was laid down in Wolgast. The future "Lübeck" is the last (?) unit of the second batch of Class 130 for the German Navy for the time being. According to the current armament report, corvettes 6 to 8 are being fitted out in Hamburg. Construction number...
With today's keel laying, the platform production of the last of a total of five new Class 130 corvettes for the German Navy is in full swing. Due to the pandemic, the keel laying ceremony at the Peene shipyard took place in the smallest possible project circle in the presence of representatives of the client and the sponsor city. The new corvettes are being built under the leadership of the...
Marine sollte zwei U-Boote mehr erhalten Aufgrund einer Initiative des bayrischen Ministerpräsidenten vom 09. März erfolgte eine Entschließung des Bundesrates für ein Sofortprogramm für Ausrüstung und Einsatzbereitschaft der Bundeswehr. Für das Sondervermögen von 100 Milliarden Euro machen die Bayern konkrete Vorschläge für die Beschaffung der Zukunft. Der Bundesrat fordert damit...
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