The German naval shipbuilding industry is comprised of numerous yards; however, only Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and Thyssen-Nordseewerke (TNSW) have experience in the construction of submarines. Before its merger with ThyssenKrupp, HDW had already created partnerships with international shipbuilding companies. In 1999, HDW acquired Kockums, the leading Swedish naval shipyard, which pioneered the development of stealth…
Andromeda-D : the automatic control system Ignatov also spoke at length about a new VDV automated C2 system called Andromeda-D, developed by the Scientific-Research Institute of Communications and Command and Control Systems (NIISSU or НИИССУ). He describes Andromeda-D as a division-to-soldier system, with stationary points for commanders down to battalion, and vehicle-mounted systems for tactical…
Azali Nord Sud Hotel accomodationg the European Union Training Mission in Mali was shot Monday night by an attack, whose perpetrators were pushed back, killing one among the attackers. The hotel is located in the ACI 2000 quarter, close to the luxury Radisson Blu hotel which was hit on November 20 by a jihadist attack…
Introduction La question qui se trouve dans le titre de cet analyse „Sécurité ou insécurité” est liée au débat initié dans un cadre plus large parmi les scientifiques et experts de sécurité après l’annexion de la Crimée par la Fédération de Russie en 2014. Cet événement crucial réveille des pays européens de leur „rêve pacifique”.(1)…
K-141 Kursk was an Oscar-II class nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine of the Russian Navy which was lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000. It was the penultimate Oscar II class submarine designed and approved in the Soviet era. KURSK, A SUBMARINE IN TROUBLED WATERSCARRE Jean-Michel(2005) In August 2000,…
