In anticipation of our "marineforum" magazine, which will be published in a few days' time, here is an article that was written three weeks ago but was reserved for the print edition. After the 85-year-old US investment journalist Seymour Hersh tried to make everyone believe in February 2023 with unprovable strands of causality that the USA was a...
In troubled times, the German Navy has all the necessary capabilities to assume a leading role in the Baltic Sea area. The Baltic Sea has never really been a "sea of peace"! Even the Hanseatic League fought here for the freedom of the seas and safe sea routes. During the world wars, the Baltic Sea was a battlefield and escape route, during the Cold...
Stovepiping is a process in which the observer sees daylight through a narrow chimney and mistakes this for the horizon. This phenomenon is widespread and is often attributed to incomplete intelligence ("need to know"). The former Inspector General has asked the military branches to each develop a "target picture" for their area...
BALTOPS, the largest multinational naval exercise in the Baltic Sea, took place for the 51st time from 5 to 17 June 2022. Around 7,000 soldiers from 16 nations, including Sweden and Finland, took part this time. They were spread across 47 ships and boats, 89 aircraft, as well as various services and troop units...
The Russian-Ukrainian war also had a major impact on the navies of the Baltic Sea states. They were already in the process of rebuilding capacities that had been radically curtailed after the Cold War. Historically neutral Sweden is one of the countries whose security architecture has been most affected by the recent Russian aggression; a...
E.ON Energie Deutschland als großer deutscher Energieversorger ist mit 15,5% Beteiligung einer der vier Gesellschafter der Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Betreibergesellschaft und denkt darüber nach, wie die beschädigten Rohre vor Seewasserkorrosion geschützt werden können. Weitere Anteilseigner sind der staatliche russische Gasproduzent Gazprom (51%), die deutsche Wintershall DEA (15,5%) sowie die...
The close military cooperation in the Baltic Sea region that has been practised for years is now paying off. NATO candidates Finland and Sweden are demonstrating their value to the alliance in securing shipping routes during numerous manoeuvres. With its - by Western standards - disrespectful and aggressive actions towards Ukraine, Russia has put itself in the spotlight...
From a report by ntv and deutschlandfunk An estimated1.6 million tonnes of old ammunition pose an increasing danger to humans and the environment because they are rotting uncontrolled on the bottom of the Baltic and North Seas. The pollutants are already detectable in fish and mussels and could thus enter the human food chain.
It is not only since the beginning of the Ukraine war that Germany has claimed leadership in the Baltic Sea. With Deu Marfor, the navy has an important element to achieve this goal. The announcement of the "turning point" on 27 February 2022 by Olaf Scholz in response to the Russian attack on Ukraine is in many respects...
The Baltic Sea is a marginal sea in which both NATO forces and Russia's Baltic Fleet operate. Flotilla Admiral Henning Faltin is responsible for security in the Baltic Sea as commander of the Navy's Operational Flotilla 1. In "Nachgefragt", Faltin explains how the Baltic Sea is being protected during the war in Ukraine. Watch the video The Russian...
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