NATO Maritime Command has started a focused operation to map, patterns of life in the Mediterranean. This focused operation is led by Captain Emre Sezenler, Commodore of 2. Destroyer Flotilla of Turkish Navy and TCG Gaziantep acts as his flagship. Italian frigate ITS Aviere and Greek frigate HS Navarinon are the other components of this task... Continue Reading →
Once again Romania is hosting Sea Shield naval exercise. The exercise will take place between 1st and 11th February 2017. The exercise started with the planning and familiarization phase which will end on 5th February. The participants have already arrived at the Romanian port Constanta for this year's exercise. Besides, Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Spain, Turkey... Continue Reading →
The flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) FGS Sachsen is in Izmir for a liberty call. The German Navy took over the lead of SNMG-2 in 22. December 2016 and frigate FGS Sachsen has replaced Dutch warship HNLMS De Ruyter as the flagship of the task force.
The year 2015 will be remembered by the horrendous stories of ordinary people who had to leave their homes, possessions, who had to made painful and dangerous voyages to reach Europe just to survive. If you think the refuge crises was bad in 2015 it will be a lot worse in 2016. First the number... Continue Reading →
Last week NATO has decided in a very unorthodox speedy way -in a very un-NATO fashion- to deploy one of her naval task force to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece. Dispatching Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2)to the Aegean was not a big deal since the task force spend the... Continue Reading →
The largest anti submarine warfare exercise NATO holds in the Mediterranean has started in Italy. The exercise Dynamic Manta formerly known as Noble Manta kicked on 12 September 2015 in Sicily. The Augusta Naval Base and the Sigonella Air Base in Catania are full with participating naval and air units. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy, Spain,... Continue Reading →
The largest anti submarine warfare exercise NATO holds in the Mediterranean has started in Italy. The exercise Dynamic Manta formerly known as Noble Manta kicked on 12 September 2015 in Sicily. The Augusta Naval Base and the Sigonella Air Base in Catania are full with participating naval and air units. Submarines from France, Greece, Italy, Spain,... Continue Reading →
Today the Russian Ropuchas were active. One of the Baltic Fleet's ships 130 Konolev made her northbound passage. It's the first time she was deployed in this region and first time she will take part in cargo hauling to Syria. Another ship that we have not seen for a long time was the south bound... Continue Reading →
Monsieur Louis, Martin-Vézian from Contemporary Issues & Geography (CIGeography) prepared this wonderful picture where you can visualize easily all nations and all warships taking part in Baltops exercise. According to media sources there are 49 warships taking part in Baltops 2015. The below list has 49 of them. Number Name Type Nationality FF-337 HMCS Frederiction Frigate... Continue Reading →
We had witnessed a lot of Russian naval traffic in the last 4 days. First the landing ships Azov and Novocharkassk returned from their Mediterranean deployment on Sunday. Immediately one day later a new couple of landing ships Alexander Shabalin and Alexander Otrakovski were observed making a southbound passage. And today the flagship of the Black Sea... Continue Reading →
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