06.02.2024, 10:21
Und noch eine Ergänzung - und rein spekulativ lt. dem Artikel steht ggf. RIMPAC mit auf dem Plan?
Schneemann
Zitat:German Navy Chief Talks Indo-Pacific Deployment, Round The World-Sailhttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...eployment/
Newest frigate and replenishment ship to conduct one of the longest sails undertaken by the German Navy in the history of the service. [...]
The German Navy will kick off its Indo-Pacific deployment of one frigate and one auxiliary in May this year. German Navy Chief (Inspector of the Navy) Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack revealed this detail in a recent episode of Bundeswehr-produced Q&A “Nachgefragt”. As reported previously, the German Navy in 2024 is going to conduct another sail to the Indian and Pacific Ocean, following up from the 2021-deployment of F123 frigate F217 “Bayern”. [...]
“Bayern” also sailed through the South China Sea, although the frigate did not conduct a Taiwan Strait-transit nor did the ship dock in China after related diplomatic difficulties between Berlin and Beijing. The 4,500 ton ASW-frigate then returned the same way she sailed to the region via the Red Sea and the Mediterranean to her homeport in Wilhelmshaven. [...]
Selection for the new cruise fell on one of the newest ships in the German Navy, the first of class F125 frigate “Baden-Wuerttemberg”. The 7,200 ton F125-class has experienced a number of development difficulties. The ship has also faced significant criticism over the very bespoke design of a “low intensity warfare”-combatant. The idea behind their inception was to perform missions of up to two years duration in theatre. The Navy envisioned the relevant threat level as shaped by counterinsurgency-, antipiracy- and other stabilization task-environments. Nevertheless, given the political and diplomatic focus of the German Indo-Pacific-deployments and the nautical distances involved F125 is seen by some observers including the Navy as the most effective design for this mission. [...]
Ports of call named by the Navy Chief include Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. The ships will likely first head for Hawaii after transiting the Canal to participate in RIMPAC 2024 in July. Neither vessel so far appears on the list of participants for the exercise.
Schneemann