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Operation Irini
The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation IRINI (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI) was launched on 31 March 2020 with the primary mission to enforce the United Nations arms embargo to Libya due to the Second Libyan Civil War. Operation IRINI is a European Union military operation under the umbrella of the Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). The operation is expected to use aerial, maritime and satellite assets. In September 2020, the Irini operation stated that within six months, the operation sent 14 special reports to UN Panel of Experts concerning from both sides of the conflict in Libya, performed 12 visits on collaborative merchant vessels and monitored 10 ports and landing points, 25 airports and landing strips. In addition, it made 250 requests for satellite images to the EU Satellite Centre. Headquarters of the operation are in Rome, Italy. Italy and Greece alternate the Force Commander every six months (together with the rotation of the flagship). Mission The pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Sophia
Operation Sophia, formally European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EU NAVFOR Med), was a military operation of the European Union that was established as a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The operational headquarters was located in Rome. The EU mandate for the operation ended on March 31, 2020. Operation Irini is the successor operation. Establishment A European Maritime Force operation to combat people smuggling and prevent loss of life in the Mediterranean stemmed from discussions in the European Council on 20 and 23 April 2015, culminating in the issuing of a Council decision on 18 May 2015 to establish a "European Union military operation in the Southern Central Mediterranean". Rear Admiral Enrico Credendino of the Italian Navy was appointed as operation commander. The Political and Security Committee appointed Italian Rear-Admiral Andrea Gueglio as force commande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcon 50
The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French super-midsize, long-range business jet, featuring a trijet layout with an S-duct air intake for the central engine. It has the same fuselage cross-section and similar capacity as the earlier twin-engined Falcon 20, but was a new design that is area ruled and includes a more advanced wing design.Taylor 1988, p.75. Design and development The first prototype flew on 7 November 1976, with French airworthiness certification on 27 February 1979, followed by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification on 7 March 1979. Dassault developed a maritime surveillance and environmental protection version as the Gardian 50. The Falcon 50 was later updated as the Falcon 50EX, the first of which flew in 1996, and the last of which was delivered in 2008. The Falcon 50EX features improved engines and other enhancements to give further range improvements to an already long-range jet. The Falcon 50EX designation applies to serial numbers 253–352, which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydra-class Frigate
The ''Hydra'' class are a group of four frigates in service with the Hellenic Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. The programme was authorised in 1988 and partially paid for with FMS aid and provisioned for the commission of six vessels. The first ship was built in Germany and commissioned in 1992 but suffered a serious fire while working up near Portland, England. Repairs were completed in 1993. The Greek built warships were delayed due to financial problems on the part of the Hellenic Shipyards completing in the late 1990s which also led to limiting the total number of vessels to four mainly after the acquisition of eight frigates from the Netherlands in the late 1990s. Upgrade programs In 2007, an upgrade of the STIR fire control system to allow the firing of the RIM-162 ESSM surface-to-air missile was launched. was the first to be upgraded and, in August 2008, successfully completed a liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Submarine U-35 (S185)
''U-35'' (S185) is a Type 212A submarine of the German Navy. She is the fifth ship of the class to enter service. She was laid down in August 2007 by Howaldtswerke, Kiel, launched in November 2011 and commissioned on 23 March 2015. She is under the patronage of the city of Zweibrücken, in Rhineland-Palatinate. Her sponsor is Sigrid Hubert-Reichling, wife of the Lord Mayor of Zweibrücken, Helmut Reichling. Service ''U-35'' is currently part of the '' 1st Ubootgeschwader'', based in Eckernförde. In January 2015 '' Der Spiegel'' reported that significant problems had been found with ''U-35'' and her sister submarine ''U-36''. The drive shaft system, battery, radar and the radio buoy were all found to be malfunctioning. In October 2017 ''U-35'' entered dock at the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems yard at, Kiel for inspection after damaging her rudder during deep water testing in the Kattegat off Kristiansand. She had been operating in Norwegian waters prior to 15 October car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 212 Submarine
The German Type 212 class (German: U-Boot-Klasse 212 A), also Italian ''Todaro'' class, is a diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German and Italian navies. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP) system using Siemens proton exchange membrane (PEM) compressed hydrogen fuel cells. The submarines can operate at high speed on diesel power or switch to the AIP system for silent slow cruising, staying submerged for up to three weeks with little exhaust heat. The system is also said to be vibration-free, extremely quiet and virtually undetectable. Type 212 is the first fuel cell propulsion system equipped submarine series. Development At the beginning of the 1990s the German Navy was seeking a replacement for the Type 206 submarines. Initial study started on a Type 209 improved design, with AIP capability, called Type 212. The final programme started in 1994 as the two navies of Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Frigate Hamburg
''Hamburg'' is a Sachsen-class frigate, ''Sachsen''-class frigate of the German Navy. Construction and commissioning Built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, ''Hamburg'' was the second of the ''Sachsen'' class to be launched and then commissioned into the German Navy. She is based at Wilhelmshaven, initially as part of ''1. Fregattengeschwader'' with the other ships of the ''Sachsen'' class, and from 9 January 2005 as part of the ''2. Fregattengeschwader'', which itself became part of the new ''Einsatzflottille 2'' on 27 June 2005. Service ''Hamburg'' joined Operation Atalanta, the EU-led anti-piracy mission, in November 2010. She was on deployment with EUNAVFOR until March 2011. Between 24 March and 3 June 2013 ''Hamburg'' deployed with the carrier combat group, and was tasked with co-ordinating all flight movements within a radius of 180 km, including all take-offs and landings on the carrier. ''Hamburg'' was the first German ship to fully integrate into an American Strik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachsen-class Frigate
The F124 ''Sachsen'' class is the German Navy's latest class of highly advanced air-defense frigates. The design of the ''Sachsen''-class frigate is based on that of the F123 but with enhanced stealth features designed to deceive an opponent's radar and acoustic sensors. The class incorporates an advanced multifunction radar APAR and a SMART-L long-range radar which is purported to be capable of detecting stealth aircraft and stealth missiles. Although designated as frigates, they are comparable to destroyers in capability and were intended to replace the Navy's . They are similar to the Dutch , in that both are based on the use of a common primary anti-air warfare system built around the APAR and SMART-L radars as well as the area-defence SM-2 Block IIIA and point-defence Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) surface-to-air missiles. The German government contracted for three ships in June 1996 with an option on a fourth that was provisionally to have been named ''Thürin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Latouche-Tréville
''Latouche-Tréville'' was a F70 type anti-submarine destroyer of the French Navy '' (Marine Nationale)''. The French Navy does not use the term " destroyer" for its ships. Thus, some large ships, referred to as "frégates" in French, are registered as destroyers. And additionally, some minor ships, referred to as "avisos" in French, are registered as frigates. She was the third French vessel named after the 18-19th century politician and admiral Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville. Service history In November 2006 and again in June 2010, ''Latouche-Tréville'' visited London on diplomatic duties, and was moored alongside the Second World War cruiser, . In mid 2009, she was filmed in stormy seas as part of the documentary ''Oceans''. In late 2009, while attached to an international force of NATO vessels, ''Latouche-Tréville'' visited Portsmouth Naval Base in the United Kingdom with vessels of the Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish and Turkish navies. On 15 October 2012, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Leygues-class Frigate
The ''Georges Leygues'' class (Type C70 AS or Type F70 AS) was a class of anti-submarine destroyers of the French Navy. They were multi-role ships due to their Exocet and Crotale missile armament, making them especially suitable for the defence of strategic positions, show of force operations, or as high seas escorts. The design was initially officially known as a "corvette" with the designation C70, but were internationally labelled an "anti-submarine destroyer" (hence the "D" in the hull numbers). Subsequently, the French referred to the ships as "frigates" with the designation F70. Design The superstructures were built to optimise resistance to the blast from nuclear explosions. The last three ships of the class had their bridges raised one deck to overcome problems experienced by the first four in bad weather, as well as being equipped with DSBV 61 passive linear towed array sonar Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Frigate Jean Bart
''Jean Bart'' was a anti-air frigate of the French ''Marine Nationale''. She was the eighth vessel of the French Navy named after the privateer Jean Bart. She was commissioned on 3 March 1991. ''Jean Bart'' was fitted with a number of types of prototype equipment which were later incorporated in the frigates. The vessel was withdrawn from service in August 2021. Service history On 12 April 2008, ''Jean Bart'' aided the capture of the pirates who had taken over the luxury yacht . She took part in Operation Unified Protector until she returned to her home port Toulon in April 2011. In October 2014, ''Jean Bart'' entered the US Fifth Fleet and joined up with CTF 50 for Opération Chammal. On 11 October 2019, ''Jean Bart'', accompanied by the Royal Navy frigate , intercepted a suspicious dhow in the Arabian Sea and seized of illegal narcotics. From 4 May to 1 June 2020, ''Jean Bart'' participated in the European Union's Operation Irini The European Union Naval Force Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassard-class Frigate
The ''Cassard'' class (Type F70 AA) was a class of two anti-air warfare destroyers of the French Navy introduced in the latter 1980s/early 1990s. The class was an air defence variant of the . The two classes have a different armament and propulsion system mounted on an identical hull. Their primary role was to provide air cover for a fleet, an aeronaval group, a convoy & a littoral point. Their secondary role was to manage air assets coordination & aircraft control for the force, especially through Link 16.They can also be used for research, identification or presence missions. Both ships were assigned to the ''Force d'Action Navale.''Gardiner and Chumbly, p. 115 The lead ship of the class, ''Cassard'', was retired in 2019 followed by the retirement of ''Jean Bart'' in 2021. The experience gained during the design and construction of the ''Cassard'' type was used for the design of the . Design The ''Cassard''-class frigate was initially designed to replace the four anti-air wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonov An-28
The Antonov An-28 ( NATO reporting name Cash) is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, developed from the Antonov An-14M. It was the winner of a competition against the Beriev Be-30, for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner. It first flew in 1969. A total of 191 were built and 16 remain in airline service as at August 2015. After a short pre-production series built by Antonov, it was licence-built in Poland by PZL-Mielec. In 1993, PZL-Mielec developed its own improved variant, the PZL M28 Skytruck. Development The An-28 is similar to the An-14 in many aspects, including its wing structure and twin rudders, but features an expanded fuselage and turboprop engines, in place of the An-14's piston engines. The An-28 first flew as a modified An-14 in 1969. The next preproduction model did not fly until 1975. In passenger carrying configuration, accommodation was provided for up to 15 people, in addition to the two-man crew.Green, W. 1976. ''The Observer's Book of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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