Royal Navy warship HMS Duncan made an official visit to Romania between 8 and 11 November 2015. HMS Duncan entered the Black Sea on 7 November and exited on 15 November. The visit of HMS Duncan to Constanta, Romania was not just a cordial visit. The Embassy of the United Kingdom and Great Britain and... Continue Reading →
Monsieur Louis, Martin-Vézian from Contemporary Issues & Geography (CIGeography) prepare this wonderful picture where you can visualize easily all nations and all warships taking part in Joint Warrior 2015-1 exercise. According to media sources there are 55 warships taking part in Joint Warrior 2015. The below list has 55 of them. Thanks to: Sjoforsvaret,... Continue Reading →
According to media sources there are 55 warships taking part in Joint Warrior 2015. I was able to identify 53 of them. Thanks to Sjoforsvaret for reminding me about HNOMS Thor Heyerdahl. Any corrections and additions are always welcome. Number Name Type Nationality M921 BNS Lobelia Mine hunter Belgium F930 BNS Leopold I Frigate... Continue Reading →
The Turkish Navy is participating to the Joint Warrior 2015 exercise with frigates F-496 TCG Gökova, F-497 TCG Göksu, submarine S-359 TCG Burakreis and mine hunter M-266 TCG Anamur. TCG Göksu is currently part of NATO's naval task force SNMG-2 and TCG Anamur is with the NATO's mine warfare task force SNMCMG-2. Exercise Joint Warrior... Continue Reading →
This is the list of the naval vessels in the region i.e. east of Crete as of 17 September 2013: Russian Navy: 548 Admiral Panteleyev, destroyer 810 Smetlivy, destroyer 712 Neustrashimy, frigate 127 Minsk, large landing ship 142 Novocharkassk, large landing ship 055 Admiral Nevelskoi, large landing ship Back in the Black Sea 077 Peresvet, large landing ship Back in the Black Sea 110... Continue Reading →
As the bulk of the Royal Navy's Response Force Task Group passes through the Suez Canal, and Russia sending two more warships southwards, it is time to update the list of the ships in East Mediterranean This is the list of the naval vessels in the region i.e. east of Crete: Russian Navy: 548 Admiral Panteleyev, destroyer... Continue Reading →
Well, marketing is not selling. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the contractor BAE paid a high price to learn this elementary lesson in selling. Actually they did a good marketing campaign to gain favor among Turkish decision makers. BAE attended every important defence related exhibition in 2011. During these events the representatives of... Continue Reading →
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff of the United Kingdom visited his counter part Admiral Yiğit Uğur and the Chief of Turkish General Staff General Işık Koşaner today. Neither the Turkish Navy nor the Turkish General Staff released any public statements about the visits and topics discussed. Besides the usual relations between the two countries the has been a... Continue Reading →
>News from the 3 day Inward Mission from Turkey Naval sector organised by UKTI DSO has started to leak.It was meant a way to promote business to business relations between Turkey and UK, especially on naval projects. I have already reported about it here and here.The first informations surfacing on the media however caught me... Continue Reading →
>So what about the future? What can be expect from the up coming event promoting business to business relations between Turkey UK? One currently ongoing defence project is procurement of Sea Sentor reactive soft-kill torpedo defence system from UK company Ultra for Milgem class. Ultra, with its Turkish partner Koç Bilgi ve Savunma Teknolojileri is... Continue Reading →
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