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All of Germany’s submarines are broken

2017-10-22 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago I passed the German submarine U 35 in Kattegat, and as always the encounter with a submarine caused a bit of attention on the bridge. She was heading North, and we suspected that she was going to Skagerrak for some test dives. Turns out we were right. Unfortunately she also hit […]

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Germany

Europe should prepare to defend itself without America

2017-10-04 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Europe desires a fundamentally disinterested protector, but the European countries better realize that America’s unwillingness to provide that security will continue to grow, writes Jeremy Shapiro in this insightful piece in [War On The Rocks] [WTHR link]: But presidential incompetence and the public’s lack of interest is a weak foundation on which to build a […]

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Denmark, EU, Germany, NATO, USA

Election fraud story, German edition

2017-09-25 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Maks Czuperski has a fascinating look at the role of Russian botnets in the propagation of fake stories about election fraud in Germany: Comments from the fringe on the eve of the German election took various forms, including official posts, posts from probable fake accounts, and bot amplification. While no evidence of fraud was presented […]

Filed Under: Cyber Warfare Tagged With: Germany

Danish admiral says submarines are flagrant waste of money

2017-09-21 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

The Defense Commission of the Danish parliament yesterday conducted a hearing on the question of whether Denmark should reintroduce submarines and sea mines in the naval arsenal. Both were phased out in 2005 but especially the importance of submarines has been a question of intense debate ever since. Rear admiral Nils Wang, commandant of the […]

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, USA

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