From a report on the Bundeswehr portal The German Navy's naval battalion is also involved in the large-scale multinational manoeuvre "Talisman Sabre" from 22 July to 4 August. Australia has hosted this largest joint training activity of its defence forces with the US military every two years since 2005. Talisman Sabre 2023 is now the tenth and...

New weapons, autonomous systems and global availability - navies that want to be successful in the international arena are facing major challenges. The second part of "Turning Point at Sea" identifies the most important areas of action. Looking at different types of ships, the focus is on aircraft and helicopter carriers, large amphibious landing ships, drone carriers and submarines....

Only a few countries have hospital ships, despite the great advantages. A possibility for Germany? The Helgoland's deployment in Vietnam ended 50 years ago. As a hospital ship in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1972, it was the German response to the American request for military assistance. The German government had the seaside resort ship...

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards officially put their new "helicopter carrier" into service in Bandar Abbas at the beginning of the week and named it after their Guard leader Major General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in an American drone attack in January 2020 and was also given the honourable title of "martyr". Powerhouse The completely nationally designed...

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