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 →
A new controversy regarding the Hellenic Navies newest submarine S-120 HS Papanikolis is making headlines in Greece. HS Papanikolis, a German built Type 214 AIP submarine, for many years, has been the focus of political and economic conflict between Greece and Germany. A lot has been written about this decade long conflict which ended in November 2010 with the... Continue Reading →
Bulgaria's contribution to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, the frigate BS Drazki is having a three day break on the Greek island of Crete for refueling and fresh food and water supplies. The captain of the Drazki frigate, Pancho Panchev, reported that the vessel has been patrolling in the Mediterranean as instructed by the NATO command but has... Continue Reading →
The first ship of the new search and rescue ship class, SG-701 TCSG Dost continues her builder trials. She was launched in June 2010. TCSG Dost is the first ship of a batch of 4 ships at RMK Marine Shipyard. The second ship SG-702 TCSG Güven was launched in December 2010. With the commissioning of these... Continue Reading →
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