I have written the following text for the Turkish online defence magazine C4 Defence in Turkish. It was published in the March Issue. Since it was also published in web site Second Line of Defense, I'm publishing it here. As I have delivered the text in Turkish, the English translation was without my influence. There are... Continue Reading →
The Arleigh Burke class US destroyer DDG-64 USS Carney arrived in Bodrum, Turkey for a 3 day port visit. According to wikipedia, on 12 November 2009, the Missile Defense Agency announced that Carney would be upgraded during fiscal 2012 to RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) capability in order to function as part of the Aegis... Continue Reading →
Yesterday and today at dawn, many Turks, Australians and New Zealanders commemorated the 99th anniversary of the Gallipoli wars and the death. This is post I have written 4 years ago. But I don't think anything has changed. It was clear to the Allied commanders, after their attempt to force the Dardanelles by the naval... Continue Reading →
On 24 April 2014 in the early morning hours, the US destroyer USS Donald Cook made a southbound passage through the Bosphorus and left the Black Sea. With the departure of USS Donald Cook, US frigate USS Taylor and the French intelligence gathering ship FS Dupuy de Lôme have remained in the region.
44 days later US Navy frigate FFG-50 USS Taylor returned to the Black Sea. On her own power. The Perry class frigate was deployed to the Black Sea before the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games started. USS Taylor and the flag-ship of the US 6th Fleet USS Mount Whitney were send to the Black Sea to help with the evacuation... Continue Reading →
On 21 April the Russian RIA Novosti website published an article speculating that US military-trained dolphins and sea lions will participate in upcoming NATO military exercises in the Black Sea. And the source of this speculation was a report on Russian Izvestiya newspaper. The paper, citing a spokesman for the US Navy’s marine mammals program,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Micha'el Tanchum, which was first published in the Turkey Analyst. This this op-ed Mr. Tanchum explains that: With the annexation of Crimea, Turkey faces a stronger and bolder Russian naval power in the Black Sea. A resurgent Russia may be tempted to exploit its temporary naval dominance to... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, on 17 April 2014, 3 Ropucha class landing ships have made a southbound passage trough Bosphorus. Either Mr. Assad is in dire need for Russian supplies and weapons or this is a diversion attempt from the Ukrainian crises. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound... Continue Reading →
On 11 April 2014, Friday the Amur class repair ship from Russian Black Sea Fleet PM-138 passed through Bosphorus on her Syrian deployment. This means that PM-56 currently stationed in Tartus Syria will be returning home soon. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14... Continue Reading →
These are the photos from the passages of Turkish warships through Bosphorus in the last 10 days.
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