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SNMCMG-2 Visited Patras. But I Don’t Think Allied Maritime Command In Naples...
The German mine hunter M-1064 FGS Grömitz (left) and Turkish mine hunter M-267 TCG Ayvalık in Patras. Photo: Neapatra.blogspot.gr Standing NATO Maritime Mine Counter Group 2 ended her visit to in...
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The Situation In The Eastern Mediterranean (Part 10)
There are a lot of things going on in the Eastern Mediterranean lately. First: The Russians are here. The long, west bound voyage of the Russian Pacific Fleet task force has ended. The ships have...
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Russia And Greece Signed An Agreement On Military Cooperation
Last week Russia and Greece signed an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation, during the visit of Russian Defense minister Sergei Shoigu to Athens. It is worth of mentioning that this...
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Can NATO Really Help With The Migrant Crisis In Aegean?
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 trains with Turkish Navy. From left to right: F-501 TCG Bodrum, 337 HMCS Fredericton, A-1413 FGS Bonn, F-494 TCG Gökova, F-244 TCG Barbaros Last week NATO has decided in...
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German Company Under Investigation For Bribery In Turkish Submarine Deal
State Prosecutors of the city state Bremen have opened a second front in their case against Atlas Elektronik. Authorities are investigating Atlas Elektronik a joint venture between ThyssenKrupp and...
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Can NATO Really Help With The Migrant Crisis In Aegean? (Part 2)
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....
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A Prototype Of A Turkish Air Defence Gun System Is Aground On A Greek Island
The above photo shows Aselsan’s naval version of Korkut air defence gun system. The below photo shows the grounded vessel Alcatras and her cargo. A is the 3D search radar. The shape of the radar and...
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An Epilogue To An Incident
As I wrote this post on 31st December 2016 at 16.00 local time, the Turkish flagged vessel M/V Alcatras was still grounded in Lambi beach, Kos island. But as you can see from the videos below some of...
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NATO SNMCMG-2 In Batumi And In Piraeus
Bulgarian minesweeper Shakval is one of the ship visiting Batumi. This photo was taken in February 2016 during her visit with SNMCMG-2 in Istanbul. A part of the UK led NATO mine warfare task force...
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Turkish And Greek Coast Guard Boats Collide
According to news reports Turkish Coast Guard vessel TCSG Umut and Greek Coast Guard vessel HCG Gavdos has collided when they were maneuvering near Kardak Islets. HCG Gavdos sustained damage and...
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