Tag: Black Sea

>The Chief Of Staff Of Ukraine Gen. Pedchenko Visits Turkey

>Official photo from Turkish General Staff.The Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,Colonel-General Grigory Pedchenko is in Turkey for an official visit.Yesterday Colonel-General Pedchenko visited hisTurkish counterpart General Işık Koşaner.According to the Ukrainian side the parties discussedkey issues and future prospects of cooperation between the armedforces of both countries.Special attention was paid to the development... Continue Reading →

>Will Russian Submarine Alrosa Participate In Bold Monarch, Or Not?

>Proud Manta 11 is not the only majorNATO naval exercise planned for this year in the Mediterranean. Exercise Bold Monarch 2011, a majorNATO live submarine escape and rescue exercise will be in theMediterranean off the coast of Cartegena, Spain from 1-9 June 2011.Approximately 2000 participants will come from over 10 nations,including 3 partner nations and 1... Continue Reading →

>A Case Study On MV Avrasya Hijacking

>Ona chilly January evening, 188 passengers boarded the MV Avrasya, a 3,383–ton, Panama-flagged ferry, in the Black Sea port of Trabzon, Turkey, for a 12-hour voyage to Sochi, Russia. It turned out to be a journey they will remember for the rest of their lives.Mr. Phillip Null , U.S. Coast Guard team leader has prepared... Continue Reading →

>Submarine News Around The Region

>As I go trough the backlogof stories accumulated while I had no PC, I found these two news of special interest:Zaporizhzhya with engines running. Photo: e-CrimeaThe work on Zaporizhzhya: Zaporizhzhya is Ukraine's sole Foxtrot class (Project 641) submarine. She has entered into overhaul in February 2010. She is being overhoauled in 13th Repair Unit with... Continue Reading →

>Look What The Net Dragged In

>Last week a fishing boat operating of the coast of Hopa, Artvin found this in its net.The 150 kilo, British made mine was tangled in the net as the fishermen were collecting the net. They have placed the mine on the deck of their boat and returned to the harbor.The local security forces summoned an... Continue Reading →

>A New Frigate For The Russian Black Sea Fleet

>The new Project 11356 frigate for RBSF.© RIA Novosti. Igor ZaremboAccording to RIA Novosti, the construction of a Project 11356 Class frigate destined for the Russian Black Sea Fleet will start today at the Yantar Shipyard in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.Yantar won a tender to build three Project 11356 frigates in October. The Black... Continue Reading →

>Wikileaks And Turkish Navy

>When every important institution was some how effected by these cable it would be foolish to assume that Turkish Navy would be left out.According to one cable send by US Ambassador MR. Tafft from Kyiv the former Ukrainian President Mr. Kuchma thinks that the Russian Black Sea Fleet is not a match against the Turkish... Continue Reading →

>USS Gonzales Is In The Black Sea

>Arleigh Burke class US Navy destroyer DDG-66 USS Gonzales passed through the Dardanelles on 28 November 2010.http://www.haberler.com/video-haber/iframe/video.asp?id=2384649Haberajans.com is the source of the video above.USS Gonzales can stay 21 days in the Black Sea as Montreux Convention dictates. According to news reports she entered the straits at around 14:00 and ended her transit after 90 minutes. She... Continue Reading →

>NATO’s Missile Shield And Turkey – Part I

>If the headlines of newspapers can be a reliable indicator, then there is a lot of closed door arm wrestling between Turkey and NATO/USA. The reason for this diplomatic activity is the new missile shield NATO intents to adopt as part of the alliance's overall mission. From: Economist - Sep 24, 2009The originator of the... Continue Reading →

>Bulgaria Allows Women To Serve In Submarines And Decommissions It’s Sole Submarine

>Bulgarian defense ministry allowed women to serve in submarine force but the Bulgarian parliament slammed the door as it decided to decommission the country’s only submarine.The Romeo class (Project 633) class submarine, Slava was inoperational since 2000 anyway, and as reported earlier, she has been slated for decommissioning.Bulgaria's defence ministry on Thursday lifted a ban on... Continue Reading →

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