Archiv: Nordsee / North Sea


14.10.2024 - 06:20 [ Newsweek ]

New NATO Member Joins First Nuclear Weapons Drill

(October 7,2024)

Finland became a member of NATO, an alliance led by the United States, in April last year. The Nordic country, which borders Russia to the east, changed its policy of military non-alignment following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022.

After the completion of accession to NATO, Finland‘s Defense Ministry said it would take part in the nuclear planning and support operations of the alliance. However, the country has also decided it would not permit the deployment of nuclear weapons on its territory.

14.10.2024 - 06:12 [ defence-industry.eu/ ]

NATO launches annual nuclear exercise “Steadfast Noon” across western Europe

This year’s exercise involves 2,000 military personnel from eight airbases and various aircraft, including nuclear-capable jets, bombers, and support aircraft.

Flights will mainly occur over Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the North Sea.

15.06.2020 - 19:48 [ Air Force Times ]

Pilot dead after F-15 crashed in sea near United Kingdom

The F-15, from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom, crashed into the North Sea at about 9:40 a.m. local time Monday, the Air Force said. The wing said the aircraft was on a routine training mission with one pilot on board, but that the cause of the crash remained unknown.

17.12.2019 - 01:44 [ NDR ]

Rostock soll Deutschlands Marine-Hauptstadt werden

Drei multinationale Kommandozentralen sollen in dem 120 Meter langen Gebäude konsequent abgeschirmt Flottenoperationen in Nord- und Ostsee aber auch im Nordatlantik planen und führen. Mit Blick nach Osten ist da bereits beim Bau die Datensicherheit das beherrschende Thema.

20.11.2019 - 22:12 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Die Militarisierung der Nordsee

Bei einem Treffen in Hamburg unterzeichneten die fünf Anrainerstaaten kürzlich im Rahmen des alljährlichen Treffens des NATO-Channel Committee (CHANCOM) eine gemeinsame Erklärung über eine engere militärische Zusammenarbeit. Nach Angaben der deutschen Marine, die an der Zusammenkunft beteiligt war, war auch der Aufbau eines regionalen NATO-Kommandos für die Nordseeregion analog zum Ostsee-Marinekommando des Kriegsbündnisses in Rostock im Gespräch.