News from 10.06.2021: The German Navy's new multi-purpose combat ship class 180 (MKS 180) officially becomes the frigate class 126 (F 126). This rightly spreads a feeling of "Now it's really starting" everywhere. Read now --- --- --- --- Modular maritime capability carrier - The Bundeswehr's mission and tasks require...
The end of an era has begun - on 28 March 2014, the frigate BREMEN said "Lower flag and pennant!" At around 11.00 a.m., the decommissioning of the Class 122 frigate was completed. Since then, she has been moored in the construction harbour of the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal and serves as a spare parts carrier for her sister ships,...
Gaining capabilities or expanding existing capabilities in the execution of submarine operations The U212A 1st batch submarines have now been in service for over ten years and are still the most modern conventional submarines in the world. Air Independent Propulsion (AIP), an impressive sensor system, a high degree of automation and a high level of...
Current status and succession planning The current decisions on the reorganisation of the Bundeswehr and thus also the Navy are aimed at a strict operational orientation of the armed forces. Based on the concept of the Bundeswehr, the German Navy has continued to orientate itself towards its new tasks. The German naval forces contribute to military operations by...
Important decisions made in the alliance - In the fourth quarter of last year, two important decisions were made - largely unnoticed by the public - that will shape the future of sea-based air defence in NATO Europe. The following article deals with the selection decision of the German Armed Forces Inspector General regarding the successor to the long-range radar on...
We have carefully read the article on the 59th Naval Historical-Tactical Conference in the current issue of MarineForum. We were particularly interested in the reference to the presentation "Cross-shots - lateral thinking - change of course: Jimmy Mann's Sylt fleet": "Vice Admiral Hans-Joachim Mann took on a new role in 1991 at the beginning of his assignment as eighth...
It was 25 years ago these days that the German Navy evacuated the German Somalia Support Unit from Mogadishu. This army unit had previously supported the United Nations Operation UNOSOM II in Somalia. It was the first major foreign deployment for the army, which came to an abrupt end when the...
Excerpts from the "Preliminary conceptual guidelines for the future capability profile of the Bundeswehr", which is to be adopted vis-à-vis NATO by 2032 (F.A.Z. PLUS article "Up to the stars" from 18 April), are rushing through the press. This is a non-binding declaration of intent; nonetheless, it leads to a - justifiable -...
A guest article by Raimund Wallner On 3 February 2017, the Norwegian government announced that Germany, and not France, had been selected as the strategic partner for the submarine project to ensure the succession of the ULA class. The aim of the decision is the joint procurement and lifetime management of identical submarines based on the German Class 212A...
by Patrick Mundstock, the winner of our essay competition: More than 95 per cent of global international trade passes through the world's seas and oceans. Every year, around 47,000 merchant ships from all over the world travel on them, transporting around seven billion tonnes of economic goods, and the trend is rising. Ever bigger, ever faster and ever...
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