Over the past three weeks, the participating naval personnel on the 18th General/Admiral Staff Service National (LGAN) course have been able to experience in theory and practice that history can not only be an interpreted past, but also a basis for the future. As part of the "Thucydides" seminar at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, they focussed intensively on understanding strategy and...
It may not be big news that Sputnik is spreading, but this twin-hulled missile corvette of the DERGACH class (Project 1239) is a real eye-catcher - and a highly interesting, technically complex type of ship! Surface effect ship The surface or ground effect ship, which was developed by Almaz in St. Petersburg in the 1980s and built by the...
Over the past few decades, America has paid little attention to the Arctic. However, the increased involvement of Russia and China is also driving the USA northwards again. The United States has been the world's strongest superpower for around a century, but is it also an Arctic power? When Paul Kennedy and his...
Russia is currently developing a monitoring system for the Arctic coastal zone of the Federation. This system is intended to ensure the safety of shipping traffic in the North-East Passage. The "Tactical Missile Weapons Group" (Takticheskoe Raketnoe Wooruschenie) is responsible for its development. According to a representative of the group, the system is currently in the concept phase. The aim of the...
The Russian Ministry of Defence reports that the Krasnoyarsk submarine will be launched on 30 July. The ceremony in Severodvinsk will be led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov. The Krasnoyarsk is a Yasen M-class boat (Project 885M) and is categorised by the Russians as an underwater missile cruiser. As the third boat...
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the shift in the geopolitical balance of power. Russia is capitalising on the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Libya. Turkey is countering this in these countries and feeding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by equipping the armed forces of Azerbaijan with masses of armed UAVs. In the midst of the pandemic, China is expanding its security policy positioning in Asia and...
Last week, a Tu-142 from Russia's Pacific Fleet practised flying over the sea. During the ten-hour flight, the two crews covered around 8000 kilometres. The focus was on the use of the aircraft far from radar-monitored airspace. According to Russian information, the Tupolev was flown over by F/A-18 fighter jets for...
On 19 April, four Russian ships crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on a westerly course. The units, which belong to the Baltic Fleet, are on their way back to their home port of Baltiysk (Pillau), where they are expected at the end of April. In addition to the corvette Stojkij, the tanker Kola and the ocean-going tug Yakov Grebesky...
According to Russian sources, the first production nuclear submarine of Project 885 M (Yasen-M), named Novosibirsk, is to be handed over to the Russian naval fleet at the end of 2021. By then, the Novosibirsk should have completed shipyard trials and undergone naval trials. In the course of these trials, launches of the Oniks and Kalibr-PL missiles are planned....
Für zwei Tage war die russische Fregatte „Admiral Kasatanow“ zu Gast in Alexandria. Der lange geplante Hafenbesuch zwischen dem 16. und 18. Februar diente der Erholung der Soldaten und der Versorgung mit Proviant und Treibstoff. Das Schiff befindet sich gegenwärtig auf einer Reise durch das Mittelmeer und hatte zuvor bereits...
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