The two training ships of the Turkish Navy A-577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and A-579 TCG Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Paşa have ended their 3 day visit to Sevastopol today. The ships are on an annual training cruise for the cadets of Turkish Naval academy. According to Ukrainan Defence Ministry, the commanders of Turkish warships visited the Ukrainian Navy Headquarters, where... Continue Reading →
Today I wish to make an exception and write in my native language. I am sorry if this is an inconvenience for my non Turkish readers. Bugün 19 Mayıs. Mustafa Kemal Paşa'nın Samsun'da kurtuluş mücadelesine başlamasının yıldönümü. Ekteki yazı ulusal bağımsızlığın tek bir boyutu olmadığını politik, ekonomik, askeri hatta hukuki katmanlardan oluştuğunu bir kere daha hatırlatıyor. 19... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy's sole surviving Knox class frigate F-253 TCG Zafer is taking part in Operation Unified Protector. Or she was, as today NATO's website about the operation does not list she, but her name does appear on the Google cache of the same page. But the photo of the left leaves no doubt that TCG... Continue Reading →
In a written statement by Hellenic Ministry of Defence, it was announced that the German shipyard HDW requested the termination of its subcontract, concerning the construction of two new Class 214 submarines for the Hellenic Navy. The Ministry was quick to add that “This development is not related to acts or omissions by the Greek government”, which... Continue Reading →
I was not able to report about this earlier as putting the information I hace gathered during IDEF took much more than I have thought. Last week, during the IDEF'11, we had a US Navy destroyer visiting Istanbul. DDG-72 USS Mahan is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer. She was in Istanbul for a 3day port visit. Well actually it was just... Continue Reading →
Some time ago, I have read a very interesting and thought evoking post on the influential blog information dissemination, about the large amphibious ships (LAS) becoming the dreadnoughts of the 21. centuries maritime domain. Well read the post yourselves and decide if it is true or not. But if you ask me amphibious ships (landing... Continue Reading →
This is the second installment of my impression from the IDEF'11. In this post I will try to focus more on companies and products rather than procurement projects. As 621 companies attended the fair I will focus about those that made the most impressions. Aselsan: This company had the biggest stand of the fair and showed a... Continue Reading →
Today is the last day of IDEF'11, 10th International Defence Industry Fair. I was visiting the fair for the least two days. It was very tiring event. But there are very to share. I visited the first IDEF twenty years ago. And I can tell you that there has been a considerable change in the... Continue Reading →
Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg of Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has kindly accepted by request to write his opinion on BlackSeaFor. You can read his insightful opinions on Russian military at his blog http://russiamil.wordpress.com/. As I was out for IDEF 2011, I am late for one day publishing it. Enjoy reading. . . This spring marks... Continue Reading →
The Panama flagged and Chinese owned merchant ship M/V Full City was attacked by Somali pirates yesterday (05.05.2011) morning. She was 400 nautical miles off the coast of India. The Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun, the nearest coalition warship was ordered to proceed and help the attacked merchant ship. During the deployment TCG Giresun contacted the Chinese... Continue Reading →
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