On 5th November 2012 the mine warfare exercise organised by Turkish Navy Nusret 2012 will start in İzmir, Turkey. In addition to Turkish naval,coast guard and air force units, NATO SNMCMG-2, US and Greek naval units will participate in the exercise which will end on 15th November 2012. Observers from Azerbaijan, UAE, Georgia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman will... Continue Reading →
According to the ADİK shipyard's web site the first ship of the New LCT class Ç-151 will participate to the joint Turkish-Egyptian naval exercise Sea of Friendship (Bahr El Sadaka). In 2007, Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (UDI), submitted a Request for Proposal for 8 LCT’s. These new vessels were to be built in Turkey and had to be fast.... Continue Reading →
Turkish Navy announced that Turkish and Egyptian navies are gong to conduct a joint exercise between 7th and 14th October 2012 in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Exercise Sea of Friendship (Bahr El Sadaka) will be hosted by Egypt. Following Turkish naval units will take part in the exercise: Two frigates, two fast attack craft, one replenishment tanker, two landing ship, one marine... Continue Reading →
On 13th September 2012, the Turkish and Georgian Coast Guards conducted an exercise in international waters off Batumi. Georgian-Turkish joint naval exercises were held on September 13 in the territorial waters of Batumi. According to the Georgian Border Police, members of coast guards of the two countries during the exercises practiced boarding and search and rescue... Continue Reading →
This is going to be fun to watch. This is from Russian naval website rusnavy.com. Thanks for my faithful reader Tom for the tip. Turkish authorities were informed through diplomatic channels that Russian warships would pass Black Sea straits in Aug 11-12. Passage of straits Dardanelles and Bosporus by Russian Navy's Northern Fleet (NF) task... Continue Reading →
The Sea Breeze 2012 naval exercise (not to be confused with Breeze naval exercise organised by Bulgaria) organized by Ukraine and held in Odessa has finished. It is the largest multinational maritime exercise in the Black Sea. 1,500 troops from 16 countries, including U.S., Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Algiers, Bangladesh, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Israel, Canada, Moldova, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Qatar, Turkey. The... Continue Reading →
Although Istanbul is on a very busy maritime city, we seldom witness so many naval action in one day and see so many different warships from different countries at the same time. There were three frigates of NATO's SNMG-2, five coast guard vessels from five Black Sea nations, one Japanese coast guard training ship plus various Turkish naval and coast guard vessels. It... Continue Reading →
According to Sofia News Agency, the Bulgarian Navy will host the Breeze 2012 naval drills in the Western Black Sea. The Breeze 2012 training will take place June 22-July 1, 2012, with the southern Bulgarian Black Sea port of Burgas serving as a base. The goal of Breeze 2012 will be to improve the interoperability... Continue Reading →
The civil and military search and rescue organisations of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, conducted a search and rescue exercise between 11th and 14th of June. Şehit Caner Gönyeli Search and Rescue Exercise was held in international waters of Eastern Mediterranean and in territorial waters of TRNC, according to Turkish General Staff website. Among the participating naval units was F-490 TCG Gaziantep,... Continue Reading →
According to NATO, the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ended its participation in Italian Minex 12, an annual exercise directed by the Italian Navy MCM Forces Command The Exercise Started on 14th May and ended on 28th May, involved 14 naval units from Italy and SNMCMG2 as well as bomb-disposal specialists from... Continue Reading →
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