Brilliant Mariner is not the only exercise NATO is conduction currently. Today, on 1st October 2017 Joint Warrior 2017 will kick off in Scotland which is larger than the exercise in France. According to Royal Navy Joint Warrior is one of the largest military exercises of its kind in Europe, will run from October 1-12,... Continue Reading →
Submarine rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch is continuing in Eastern Mediterranean, near Turkish Naval Base Aksaz. The exercise is hosted by Turkey and sponsored by NATO. The participants are demonstrating multinational submarine rescue cooperation and interoperability. The exercise enables worldwide partners to share submarine escape and rescue related knowledge. The above photo posted by NATO Submarine Command... Continue Reading →
Turkey will host the submarine search, escape and rescue exercise Dynamic Monarch. The exercise is the 10th in a series of NATO sponsored exercise will start on 8th September off the coast of Marmaris, Turkey. The aim of the exercise is to demonstrate multi-national submarine rescue co-operation and to share related knowledge amongst partners.... Continue Reading →
Russian website inforeactor published a post about the Sea Breeze 2017 naval exercise, held in Ukraine, between 10. and 23. July 2017. According to the post Turkish submarine TCG Batıray was able succesful ambushing Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sahaidachny and US Navy cruiser USS Hué City. So, an incidental situation developed during the training search for a submarine... Continue Reading →
Sea Breeze 2017 naval exercise has started in Odessa, Ukraine. This is the 17th edition of exercise which takes place in the Black Sea between 10. and 23. July 2017. This year over 3,000 military personnel, 31 ship and 29 aircraft from the following nations is taking part: Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania,... Continue Reading →
Naming of military operations and exercises has always been a controversial topic. So it does not help much when Bulgaria names the naval exercise as Breeze when there is Ukrainian - USA joint exercise called Sea Breeze. It is not easy to distinguish between them two. The timing of these exercises makes it even more... Continue Reading →
On 13 May 2017 Turkish warships set sail to participate in annual Deniz Kurdu exercise. The exercise is held in Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean Sea and will continue till 26 May 2017. The purpose of the exercise is: to test the efficiency level of the current command control structure under realistic conditions to determine the... Continue Reading →
Deniz Yıldızı 2017 naval exercise has ended on 7th April 2017 and participating warships are returning to their home bases. Live missile firings made this year’s event will one of the best remembered. During the second phase of the exercise between 31 March and 3 April, in total 6 warships and one submarine launched 8 missiles.... Continue Reading →
10 Turkish warships are conducting port visits in 5 different ports, in 5 different countries. The long needed rest came after the end of the first phase of naval exercise Deniz Yıldızı 2017. The exercise has started on 27 March and will end on 7 April. Of course the small size of the Black Sea helps.... Continue Reading →
The annual naval exercise Deniz Yıldızı has started in Black Sea on Monday. The exercise will end on, 7th April 2016. The scope of the exercise indicates, Turkish Navy's intentions showing a strong presence in the Black Sea. For me, the most noteworthy aspect of this exercise, will be the simultaneous port visits of Turkish... Continue Reading →
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