>The French destroyer D-643 Jean de Vienne has arrived at Dardanelles after shooting up an Greek islet.The warship passed the Turkish Stratis and will visits Sevastopol and Nicopolis in Bulgaria where Admiral Jean de Vienne was killed in 1396, after visiting Batumi.Click here and here for further reading. Photo from Wikipedia.
> The exercise Sea Breeze 2010 is about to begin in Ukraine this week. The annual exercise Sea Breeze was usually held as a bilateral organization where Ukraine and the United States are the main participants. Other countries are invited as necessary. This year’s main focus will be fighting sea piracy. The exercises will involve... Continue Reading →
>Since Viktor Yanukovych’s election as Ukraine president the ties between Russia and Ukraine is improving on the naval front. The relations between two countries were at low ebb after 2008 Caucasian war. At that time Ukraine Forbid Russia to use warships based is Sevastopol to be used in a war. But since February 2010 the... Continue Reading →
>According to excellent webpage http://www.navy.ru/, the French warship D-643 Jean De Vienne will visit Batumi, Georgia in July and will held joint military exercises. The visit of the French warship will last from 8 to 11 July. The ship will be open to public on 9th and 10th July.It will be not easy for the French... Continue Reading →
>The Russian cannot give up their Black Sea Fleet that is getting obsolete by each passing day. The Russians are very well aware that maintaining the Black Sea Fleet has its pros. It is a good stick to enforce politics as seen in the Russian Georgian War in 2008 or in the current contract extension... Continue Reading →
>Эй, ухнем!Эй, ухнем!Ещё разик, ещё да раз!"All together!All together!Once more, once again, still once moreThe famous "Ei Ukhnyem", or "The Song of the Volga Boatmen" starts with a deep, slow and heavy chorus, slowly increasing in tone. It is a motivational song, helping the exhausted Burlaks endure the burden, struggle more, once again, once more.... Continue Reading →
>Probably nobody does remember it or does care or is interested. But I do. The identity of old minesweeper that was sunk as target during last month’s Deniz Yıldızı naval exercise was revealed as ex-TCG Seddülbahir (M-513). She was decommissioned in March 2006. She can be seen on the background, burning.
>Last week both Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and Russian Parliament (Duma) ratified the agreement between Russia and Ukraine to extend the use of Sevastopol naval base in Ukraine for Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) for 25 more years after May 28, 2017.Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, argues that this agreement has more strategic value than military as... Continue Reading →
>According to the Blackseafor commander, the On-Call Naval Force of Black Sea navies BlackSeaFor has left the Bulgarian port of Varna to conduct its next stage of exercises. The April 2010 activation of BlackSeafor is scheduled to end on 27th April and is commanded by Bulgarian Navy.As reported earlier, the first stage of the exercises... Continue Reading →
>The naval exercise Deniz yıldızı 2010 has ended. The exercise that started on 6th April had four phases.The first phase from 6th April till 9th April was the deployment of the warships to their destinations. During this period ASW, AAW, ASuW exercises and underway replenishment training was conducted.The second phase from 9th April till 12th... Continue Reading →
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