This is not a new story. Sorry for the delay. On 17th March 2012, the Turkish frigate F-491 TCG Giresun caught 7 pirates in a skiff of the coast of Somalia. At first, the skiff was intercepted by the on board helicopter of the frigate 60 nautical miles south of Yemeni coast just inside the IRTC. When the frigate... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, Standing NATO Mine Counter Measure Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended their 5 day visit to Casablanca, Morocco. The port visit was a part of an extensive Programme for the Group aimed at furthering and increasing cooperation and understanding between NATO and Morocco. SNMCMG-2 visited Tunisia and Algiers before arriving in Morocco. The visit will allow NATO units to... Continue Reading →
Today I was reading one of the hacked e-mails from the private US intelligence company Stratfor. Last year in December a hacker collective known as Anonymous claimed responsibility for crashing the Web site of the Stratfor Global Intelligence Service. The hacker declared that they have obtained the full client list including their credit cards information, as well as... Continue Reading →
On 10th March 2012, the fishing boat M/V Yeni Asya returned home with a very unusual catch: a G7A torpedo. The fishing boat found the torpedo dangled in its nets as they were fishing off the coast of Foça, İzmir. The waters around Foça, located at the entrance of Bay of İzmir is one of the popular exercise areas of Turkish Navy. The fishermen realized that it the torpedo was an... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy maintains a large fleet of medium sized landing vessels. There are 25 LCT's and 16 LCM's according to Jane's fighting Ships in the inventory of Turkish Navy. The newest of these vessels is more than 20 years old and their top speed is around 8,5 knots. In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted... Continue Reading →
While the families of the crew of the Greek frigate F-452 HS Hydra celebrate, her early return from Horn of Africa, this shows the dire fiscal situation the Greek armed forces are facing. In early February, HS Hydra was send by Greek Navy to participate in the Operation Atalanta, the anti-piracy operation of EU off the coast of Somalia. She... Continue Reading →
The President of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow made an official visit to Turkey between 28th February and 1st March. His host, Turkish President Abdullah Gül, took him for a ride on board of the Turkish Coast Guard vessel TCSG-303, after attending the Turkish-Turkmen Business Forum. The forum organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey... Continue Reading →
As reported earlier, the SNMCMG-2 left Algeria the second stop during their tour of North African States on 24th February. NATO has released some photos and a short news report about that visit. Currently the task force should be in Casablanca, Morroco, but there are no official news about it. Welcomed into port on 21 February by Algerian... Continue Reading →
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer of US Navy, DDG-68, USS The Sullivans, arrived in Bodrum, Muğla for a port visit on 2nd March 2012. The Aegis equipped destroyer will stay in Bodrum during the weekend. It is reported that the commander of the ship will conduct courtesy visits to the mayor of the city and to other officials. Bodrum has become a favorite destination for R &R visits... Continue Reading →
When the crew of the fishing boat Rafet Reis 3 cast their nets off the Kabatepe on Gallipoli Peninsula for a good catch of fish, they found something else: a very old and rusty object. According to the captain of the fishing vessel, they have encountered mines before when hunting in the region. But this time the object did not looked like the... Continue Reading →
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