Military

  • Iranian Mission

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    Iran has dispatched a submarine and a warship to the Red Sea on a patrol mission, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said this week in media report. “This flotilla which […]

  • Shocking Display

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    Members of HMS Montrose’s counter-piracy team who planned to display a technique called “fast roping”, in which they slide down ropes without harnesses to access hijacked ships, at the Edinburgh […]

  • EU NAVFOR Visit

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    Baroness Ashton, High Representative, accompanied by General Haken Syren, Chairman of the EU Military Committee, visited the EU NAVFOR Operational HQ in Northwood on 17 Aug 11 to receive an […]

  • Call of Duty

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    Singapore is answering the call of duty – for the third time – to support international counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden. A 229-strong group from the Singapore Armed […]

  • Joined Up Thinking

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    Aside from cost, the major problem for oil importing countries is getting the purchases safely home. Tankers are vulnerable to pirates for instance. This is increasingly preoccupying Chinese leaders, and […]

  • Heading Out

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    A Spanish patrol has left Cartagena port to join Operation Atalanta from the European Union (EU). “They’re going to the place in the world that needs us most,” the head […]

  • Raiding Force

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    The crew of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) along with an embarked Maritime Raid Force (MRF) from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has conducted […]

  • Task Force

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    The 31st Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) is expected to endorse a regional strategy to eliminate piracy in the western Indian Ocean. The […]

  • Defence Commitment

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    Estonia will keep its forces in the fight against piracy and other global struggles at the same levels next year while adding reinforcements to several other units. Under a new […]

  • Pirates Captured

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    The Indian Navy says it has detained nine suspected pirates after capturing them in the eastern Arabian Sea. A navy statement says a patrol aircraft spotted the suspects Friday aboard […]

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