Military
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War Zone
The Lloyd’s decision to categorise India’s west coast as a ‘war zone’ as part of a Joint War Committee decision on “listed area” of its “Hull War, Strikes, Terrorism and […]
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In Denial
Foreign navies have denied involvement in an incident that claimed the lives of six suspected pirates ashore near the Somali town of Hobyo. Locals claim an unidentified naval helicopter opened […]
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Riverine Readiness
Nigerians have long honed their riverine combat skills and in the spirit of multilateral collaboration and cross-border cooperation—both these are being passed on to the Sengalese armed forces. As part […]
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China’s Military Gets Expeditionary
In the fifth in our series on understanding Asia-Pacific sea power, we look at the PLA’s growing expeditionary capabilities and its greater implications. This is the fifth entry in our […]
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India Takes Fight to Pirates
With the rising threat of piracy, India has an opportunity to show it’s able to step up as a co-operative regional and potential global power. In September 2008, a registered […]
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Going In
Foreign naval forces launched an attack on Somali pirates near their base in the town of Hobyo that left at least four dead and six wounded, witnesses and pirates said […]
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Gloves Off
NATO’s Ocean Shield command in Northwood, U.K. has confirmed that the Alliance’s anti-piracy operation is going tough on the pirates. Instead of patrolling the sea lanes and waiting attacks and […]
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Exploration Concerns
Tanzania has ordered its army to escort ships searching for oil and gas off its coast to protect them from Somali pirates. The East African country has licensed at least […]
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Assessing Bulwark
In this video from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Lee Willett, the Head of RUSI’s Maritime Studies Programme, assesses the capabilities of HMS Bulwark and its potential to be deployed in […]
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New EU NAVFOR Command
On 14 April, in a ceremony held at the Commercial Port of Djibouti, Portuguese Commodore Alberto Correia took over the command of Task Force 465 (TF 465) as the new European […]
