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[News] European Peace Facility to support Djiboutian navy

July 26, 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Djibouti, European Peace Facility, Marine, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, pirates 2 min read

(B2) On Friday, 25 July, the Council approved an initial assistance measure for the small state in the Horn of Africa. Amounting to ten million euros. This aid has…

[Confidential] A first measure of assistance for Cape Verde (v2)

June 27, 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Green cap, European Peace Facility, Gulf of Guinea, Fight against piracy, Marine 3 min read

(B2) The European Peace Facility will provide equipment to the West African archipelago. The objective is to combat maritime piracy and strengthen the presence at sea.

[Notebook 29.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers

April 29, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Development Assistance, Germany, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cease fire, China, COPS, War crime, Cyber attack, Denmark, military spending, Space, Spain, United States, EUFOR Althea, Russian ghost fleet, Gaza, government, Greece, Guatemala, Russian war in Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Launchers, Marine, MFF 2028-2034, Ammunition, Iranian nuclear, NATO, European Parliament, EPP Party, Patriots for Europe, Netherlands, DR Congo, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sanctions 18 min read

(B2) The stormy meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in February was followed, at the end of April, by the calm image of a one-on-one between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky...

The Almirante Juan de Borbon, a Spanish frigate, on NATO patrol near a Norwegian gas and oil field, in May 2024. (©NATO MARCOM)

[Verbatim] Maritime security: navies must hybridize their responses to new threats

February 5st, 2025 Romain Mielcarek Baltic, submarine cables, cooperation, Marine, maritime operations, Russia 5 min read

(B2) The Paris 2025 Naval Conference was held on Tuesday, February 4, at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). Four European naval commanders and one naval commander…

defense and intervention frigate (FDI), of the naval group

[News] Combat frigates: Naval Group in the race launched by Norway

November 21, 2024 Lionel Changer B2 frigates, Marine, Naval Group, Norway 3 min read

(B2) Norway launched a huge tender on Tuesday, November 19, to acquire five or six new frigates to replace the Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates….

The Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is immobilized between Denmark and Sweden, under surveillance by the Danish Navy (photo: © TV2 Denmark)

[In Brief] Undersea cables cut in the Baltic. A Chinese cargo ship suspected (v3)

November 21, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Baltic, Brief, submarine cables, China, Denmark, Marine, Hybrid threats, Russia 1 min read

(B2) The Chinese cargo ship Yi Peng 3 was seized by the Danish Navy in the Kattegat, a maritime area between Denmark and Sweden. It is suspected of being involved in the…

A model of the future French aircraft carrier, with aircraft on its deck, with or without pilots. (©B2 RM)

[News] Large and small boats, drones and smart weapons, the trends of the Euronaval 2024 show

November 12, 2024 Romain Mielcarek DCNS, Drones, Exail, Fincantieri, knds, Marine, Navantia, submarines 4 min read

(B2) On the menu for this 2024 edition of the Paris naval defense exhibition, Europeans who are looking for ways to develop synergies, ambitious projects in terms of technology and...

[News] Naval Group formalizes the sale of four Barracuda submarines to the Netherlands

October 4th 2024 Lionel Changer B2 to the defense, Company, France, Marine, Naval Group, Netherlands, Sébastien Lecornu, submarines, TKMS 5 min read

(B2) The French company Naval Group formalized on Monday, September 30, the sale of four latest-generation submarines to the Netherlands, as part of the renewal of the Dutch fleet. The…

One of the Beninese navy's speedboats. Training of sailors by the Belgian military (Photo: MOD Belgium / Archives B2)

[News] The Beninese navy boosted by the Europeans

June 14, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Benin, EUSDI, European Peace Facility, Gulf of Guinea, Anti-piracy fight, Marine 3 min read

(B2) Five million euros are being taken from the European Peace Facility to strengthen the presence of Beninese forces at sea. This is necessary in the face of the presence of pirates...

[News] The Netherlands will deploy a logistics ship to the Red Sea in support of Operation Aspides

April 14, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Blog, EUNAVFOR Aspides, Marine, Logistics ship, Netherlands, Prosperity Guardian 3 min read

(B2) The amphibious ship Zr.Ms. Karel Doorman will participate in the European Operation Aspides in the Red Sea to protect merchant shipping in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea.

The Italian destroyer Caio Duilio will provide command in the area (Photo: Italian Navy)

[Decryption] Operation EUNAVFOR Aspides officially established (v3)

February 8st, 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Budget, Commandment, Common costs, Framework decision, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, EUNAVFOR Aspides, FHQ, free, Freedom of navigation, Marine, Red Sea, OHQ, Open 7 min read

(B2 – exclusive) Objective, modes of action, area of operation, commands, budget, coordination, intelligence… the main elements of the new European operation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are today…

A CMA-CGM container ship accompanied by the French frigate Languedoc (photo: Dicod / EMA)

[Memo Sheet] Operation EUNAVFOR Aspides in the Red Sea: to protect merchant ships (February 2024 – …) (v3)

29th January 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde EUNAVFOR Aspides, Marine, Red Sea, OHQ 26 min read

(B2 – exclusive) Faced with Houthi threats to merchant ships, the Europeans are launching a maritime protection and deterrence operation in mid-February 2024. With the aim of…

Cockpit of one of the deployed FREMM frigates (Photo: Italian Navy)

[Confidential] Houthi target in Red Sea widens. The air threat, a game changer

25th January 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde agenor, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, EUNAVFOR Aspides, Houthis, Marine, threat, Red Sea, Missiles 5 min read

(B2) According to the latest forecasts from European and French military forces, the Houthi offensive does not appear likely to end anytime soon. It could even spread. The means used, mainly airborne, are...

(Photo: Spanish Navy)

[News] Red Sea. Operation Aspis crosses the COPS strait

18th January 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde free, Marine, Red Sea, Open, military operation 3 min read

(B2) On Tuesday (January 16), the PSC ambassadors gave their consent to the establishment of a European maritime operation in the Red Sea. The 27 are determined to go…

Illustration: the difficult European naval industrial cooperation, seen by the AI DALL-E (ChatGPT).

[Decryption] European cooperation? The challenge ahead for the naval industry!

December 20, 2023 Romain Mielcarek Shipbuilding, Company, Fincantieri, FREMM, mine warfare, Marine, MBDA, Naval Group, Thales 4 min read

(B2) The shipbuilding industry remains a sector marked by strong competition, particularly between the main contractors. European cooperation is only just beginning to take hold in the cultures. Provided…

(photo: EEAS)

[Confidential] The EU puts its hand in its pocket to support the naval forces in the Gulf of Guinea (v2)

November 22, 2023 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Cameroon, European Peace Facility, Gulf of Guinea, Marine 2 min read

(B2 – exclusive) The 27 are expected to approve a new measure under the European Peace Facility very soon. The first measure of its kind with an exclusively…

F-35s on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson. (B2/Romain Mielcarek)

[Report] Indo-Pacific: American aircraft carriers to deter or provoke?

November 13, 2023 Romain Mielcarek Asia, China, Marine, threat, Peaceful, Aircraft carrier, US Navy 4 min read

(B2 in the Philippine Sea) During a large-scale training exercise involving three wide-decked vessels, Americans and Japanese exercised their interoperability and information sharing in early November. Behind…

[News] The naval sector revises its priorities in light of the FEDEF

October 25th 2023 Olivier Jehin capacity, Shipyard, Marine 1 min read

(B2) The marine industry, grouped under the Sea Naval banner, has revised its list of priority projects. With new capabilities. And to take into account the objectives of the last...

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