Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels on 25th November 2018 Sunday and escalated the feud between two countries to the next level. The Ukrainian trio - Gurza-M class gunboats P-175 Berdyansk, P-176 Nikopol and the tug A-947 Yana Kapu – set sail from Odessa and was destined to Berdyansk by the Azov Sea. The Azov Sea... Continue Reading →
SNMG-1 Sneaked Through Istanbul
NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two is not the only NATO naval task force deployed to Bulgaria this weekend. On 4 July 2015 late in the night at 22.30 local time the SNMG-1 ships F-334 NRP D. Francisco de Almeida and F-803 HNLMS Tromp passed through Istanbul Strait. According to the publicly available information both ships... Continue Reading →
The Montreux Convention Regarding The Regime Of The Straits: A Turkish Perspective
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 →
USS Monterey in Bathumi
On Monday, 20 June 2011, the Ticonderoga class US Navy cruiser CG-61 USS Monterey will visit the Georgian port Batumi. The US cruisers arrival in Georgia will come less than two weeks after another U.S. cruiser, USS Anzio, visited the port of Batumi on June 9-12 for a joint damage control exercises with the Georgian coast guard. At the moment the USS... 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 →
>Turkish Ports For US 6th Fleet?
>US Navy is looking for a friendly port in Mediterranean basin to forward-deploy the surface ships that will be assigned for anti ballistic missile defence. Navy officials are considering the new home ports to keep more ballistic-missile defense ships closer to waters from which they can protect Europe from missiles. Today, BMD ships must sail... Continue Reading →
>USS Klakring in Sevastopol
>Today photos of FF(G)-42 USS Klakring in Sevastopol are published.Her arrival in this city again aroused the protests of Russians living here.
>US Navy is back in Black Sea
>Today US frigate FFG-42 USS Klakring passed through Turkish Starits and entered Black Sea.She can stay until 10th April 2009. She will visit Varna, Sevastopol and Batumi.USS Klakring is the first US warship in Black Sea since January.
>Turkish Straits Key to Georgian Crisis
>Here is my latest article, as published on December issue of Warship International Fleet Review magazine:I think I deserve a little bit of self advertisment. Please support us and buy the magazine.
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