>This is new and disturbing news:The blogger Eagle1 who has specialized in maritime security and has a strong connection to US Navy and Us juridical sources bloged that there is a potential terrorist threat to the ships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A terrorist threat is currently applying on vessels located in the eastern Mediterranean,... Continue Reading →
>NATO has posted an unclassified PowerPoint presentation about the Piracy off Somalia. It is informative and up to date. Unclassified Somali Piracy Overview Brief - TRANSEC Sept 2010 http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=37996894&access_key=key-i1f75xrlxcpaj61t590&page=1&viewMode=slideshow I think we should be thank full that one of the most potent military application the PowerPoint is on the side of the good in this... Continue Reading →
>Turkish General Staff announced today that Turkish Coast Guard was conducting a joint exercise with the Russian Coast Guard (Maritime Guard of the Border Service)The exercise started on 20th September will end on 23rd September. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct cross training and search and rescue training, to improve cooperation and good... Continue Reading →
>According to UNIAN news agency there was a blast on board of Ukrainian Polnochny (Project 773) class LSM Kirovohrad. The details are not much, but I believe more information will come soon. Four servicemen were severely injured when two artillery shells exploded onboard the medium-sized assault landing ship Kirovohrad of the Ukrainian Navy during a... Continue Reading →
>After being assembled on 12th September in Rota, Spain, the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) set sail to Morocco. CountryShips NameTypeNetherlandsHNLMS De Zeven ProvinciënFrigate TurkeyTCG Barbaros Frigate GermanyFGS BremenFrigateGreeceHS ThemistoclesFrigateItalyITS AviereFrigateThe five ship of SNMG2 will dock in Casablanca on16th September to boost ties with Morocco, under NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue program, launched in 1994, which focuses... Continue Reading →
>Today is the second anniversary of my blog. When I have started two years ago I was not expecting to reach this far, to be honest.I feel that I am becoming a little bit more addicted to blogging every day. This blog helped me to know very different people, whom I otherwise would never know.... Continue Reading →
>F460 Aegean. Photo: Greek NavyThe Greek Navy took delivery of its last upgraded Elli class frigate, F-460 Aegeon, on 8 September, eight months later than scheduled. Six of the 10 Elli-class frigates operated by the HN have been completing a mid-life modernisation (MLM) programme since 2003 that has upgraded the ships' systems and extended their... Continue Reading →
>I have borrowed the title. One of the most famous and high ranking bloggers, Admiral James G. Stavridis, the Supreme Allied Commander, has posted a blog about his visit to Turkey at the end of August. I know this is not new or up-to-date but I have just seen it. At the reception following... Continue Reading →
>Dr. Gorenburg from Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has an excellent blog where he tracks the developments in the Russian military. Last few weeks he has written several blog entries about the future of the Russian Navy. I have found his comments interesting and enlightening. He predicts that Ten years from now, Russia... Continue Reading →
>Mine, destroyed. Photos from HürriyetMines, whether buried under dirt or lurking in the deeps of the seas are in my humble view are the most loathsome weapons as they can be still deadly after decades.The scenes of old battlefields are ripe with them all over the world. There are an estimated 80,000 unexploded mines remain... Continue Reading →
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