>According to the Blackseafor commander, the On-Call Naval Force of Black Sea navies BlackSeaFor has left the Bulgarian port of Varna to conduct its next stage of exercises. The April 2010 activation of BlackSeafor is scheduled to end on 27th April and is commanded by Bulgarian Navy.As reported earlier, the first stage of the exercises... Continue Reading →
>The Canadian Halifax class frigate F-337 HMCS Fredericton is in Istanbul for a port visit. She arrived on 10 April morning.In the mean time there is a lot of activity in the Black Sea right now. Turkish frigate F-244 TCG Barbaros and submarine S-350 TCG Batıray are visiting Sevastopol Ukraine. One other foreign warship visiting... Continue Reading →
>Ukraine’s sole submarine the Foxtrot (Project 641) class Zaporizya has entered into a dry dock for an overhaul in February. According to photos she needs the overhaul badly. Press Trust of India reported that Russia will help Ukraine to ensure the technical maintenance of the submarine. "We are stepping up our work. We received an application... Continue Reading →
>The influential and prestigious Proceedings magazine published by US Naval Institute, asked the commanders of the world's navies: The global economic downturn is obviously affecting the United States and its Navy. How is it affecting your navy's maritime strategy, operation, and force structure? Here are the answers of 3 commanders from this part of the... Continue Reading →
>According to Ukrainan English-language newspaper KyivPost, Russian and Ukrainian coast guards are due to launch a joint operation in the Sea of Azov on 1 March 2010 Monday, to ensure unrestricted navigation and protect the sea's natural resources, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard department for the Black Sea and Sea of Azov said... Continue Reading →
>Ukraine’s sole submarine the Foxtrot (Project 641) class Zaporizya has entered into a dry dock for an overhaul. It is obvious that she needs the overhaul badly. According to Jane’s Fighting Ships, she is still in commission, but there are no reports of activity since 2004. In the mean time the flagship of the Russian Black... Continue Reading →
>With the arrival of spring and good weather the problems in the region seem to thaw and come to life again.NATO announced that it was going to conduct exercises Cooperative Longbow 09 – Cooperative Lancer 09 during the period 6 May to 1 June 2009 in Georgia.Cooperative Longbow 09 will be a command post exercise... Continue Reading →
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