>The exercise has started on 29 April in Karadeniz Ereğlisi and will end on May 4 in İstanbul.Turkey, Russia, Romania and Georgia are participating in this military exercise, the goal of which is to boost cooperation and mutual training among the Black Sea littoral states and support partnership for peace activities.As the exercise will end... Continue Reading →
>Pirates attack Turkish container ship
>Turkish owned and flagged container ship M/V CRISTINA A was attacked by pirates 100 miles off the Seychelles Islands. Pirates approached the ship by 50 meters and opened fire with guns. The ship increased its speed to 21 knots and escaped from the pirates.The crew is unharmed. The vessel was built at the Peene Werft... Continue Reading →
>Raytheon and HAVELSAN Partner for FFG 7 Fleet Modernization With GENESIS Program
>This is the first time that a one of the world wide leading defense company is adding a Turkish originated product to its product range.GENESIS was conceived by the Research, Project Development, Department of Turkish Navy. They built a prototype as a proof of concept and developed the system. After the whole think got enough... Continue Reading →
>Turkey to command CTF-151
>The US Fifth Fleet announced on Friday it is transferring command of the counter-piracy international naval force CTF 151 to the Turkish Navy on May 3."The US Navy will transfer command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 to the Turkish Navy on Sunday May 3, 2009," Lieutenant Nathan Christensen of the Bahrain-based US Fifth Fleet... Continue Reading →
>Explosion on submarine TCG Saldıray – (Updated)
>According to maritime portals and online newspapers there has been an explosion on board of Turkish submarine S-348 TCG Saldıray today.The explosion happened when the submarine was in overhaul at the Gölcük Naval Shipyard. Two persons, one officer and one worker are reported as injured. There has been no official announcement yet.TCG Saldıray is a... Continue Reading →
>A hot spring and a long summer for the Black Sea
>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 →
>Exclusive photos from Egemen 2009
>All photos courtesy of Niel Schenk.
>How do you spell "Copyright" in Greek?
>Well. When I write to my blog or publish photos I share them with the whole wide world. I want my writings to be read, to be discussed, and to be commented. I want the photos I publish to be looked at. And I expect, rightfully to be acknowledged as the source of information if... Continue Reading →
>Egemen 2009 Part-2
>The multinational naval exercise Egemen 2009 is over but information about this exercise keeps popping up.According to the photos, I have been send, by one of the participants in this exercise, following naval units has been identified:A-386 RFA Fort AustinA-390 RFA Wave RulerDDG-57 USS MitscherF-241 TCG TurgutreisF-49X TCG G classF-50X TCG B classL-12 HMS OceanL-15... Continue Reading →
>April activation of Blackseafor
>This years first activation of the Blackseafor fleet has started on 3th April.Turkish frigate F-242 TCG Fatih, Ukrainian auxiliary U-510 Slavutich, Russian LST 151 Azov, Romanian corvette 264 Eustatiu Sebastian, and Bulgarian frigate 11 Smeli are this years participants. The Blackseafor fleet will conduct exercise with Turkish Navy. Varios Blacksea ports Sevastopol, Novoroski, Poti, Trabzon,... Continue Reading →
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