Regionally Rooted - Globally Committed: The German Navy's Response to Current Challenges

摘要

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led the German Navy to increase its operational presence along NATO's northern flank and in the Baltic Sea. Just two days after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, on Saturday, 26 February, the fleet service boat ALSTER left its home port in Eckern-forde. Her mission: to perform electronic reconnaissance of the sea and coastal areas bounded by the Baltic Sea. Obtaining a consolidated picture of the situation, to which German reconnaissance units contribute, is especially important for the German Navy, the Bundeswehr and the wider NATO alliance in the kind of situation that had developed.