Turkish maritime news portal Deniz Haber Ajansı ran a story about the Russian naval exercise scheduled in the Black Sea. According to the news Russian Navy has to cancel at least the amphibious landing part of the exercise due to the fact that Ropucha class landing ships Azov and Yamal were unavailable due to malfunctions. The... Continue Reading →
Last Sunday, on 13 December 2015, the improved Kilo submarine of the Black Sea Fleet, Rostav-na-Donu made her inaugural passage through Istanbul Strait. She is the second of a four boat of the six Varshavyanka submarines being build for the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The first of these submarines, Novorossiysk has already been commissioned. Rostav-na-Donu made headlines... Continue Reading →
The tensions between Turkey and Russia are still in an aggravated level after the shooting down of a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber by a Turkish F-16C. As reported earlier, most of the tension remains on politic and economic front. Both sides are trying to keep their military reactions to a minimum. According to Montreux Convention any... Continue Reading →
On 24 November 2015, one Turkish F-16 fighter, shoot down a Russian Su-24M fighter-bomber violating Turkish airspace. The events happening after this incident are beyond the scope of this blog. I am going to try to explain this recent Turco-Russian crisis from a maritime point of view. So what is going to happen on maritime... Continue Reading →
The Russian flagged RORO ship Alexandr Tkachenko, is one of the civilian ship that is used by Russian military to supply the operations in Syria. She made her latest southbound passage through Istanbul Strait on 31 October 2015. Her latest cargo has at least 20 ISO containers of which 3 are 40 feet and the rest are 20... Continue Reading →
Close up photos of the PLAN frigates. All photos by Yörük Işık. Used with permission. After I have posted about the passage of PLAN frigates 550 Weifang and 547 Linyi more information and photos have emerged. Mr. Mommsen from Marine Forum Magazine share the following information: belong to 19th Chinese Navy anti-piracy task group which... Continue Reading →
The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 02/01/14 156 Yamal Northbound 18/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 18/01/14 151 Azov Southbound 27/01/14 102 Kaliningrad Southbound 01/02/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound 01/02/14 151 Azov Northbound 07/02/14 810 Smetlivy Northbound 10/02/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Southbound 10/02/14 151... Continue Reading →
On 21 April the Russian RIA Novosti website published an article speculating that US military-trained dolphins and sea lions will participate in upcoming NATO military exercises in the Black Sea. And the source of this speculation was a report on Russian Izvestiya newspaper. The paper, citing a spokesman for the US Navy’s marine mammals program,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Micha'el Tanchum, which was first published in the Turkey Analyst. This this op-ed Mr. Tanchum explains that: With the annexation of Crimea, Turkey faces a stronger and bolder Russian naval power in the Black Sea. A resurgent Russia may be tempted to exploit its temporary naval dominance to... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, on 17 April 2014, 3 Ropucha class landing ships have made a southbound passage trough Bosphorus. Either Mr. Assad is in dire need for Russian supplies and weapons or this is a diversion attempt from the Ukrainian crises. The list of Russian warship movements in 2014: Date Number Name Direction 02/01/14 016 Georgiy Pobedonosets Northbound... Continue Reading →
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