Tag: Russia

  • Why the Chinese Navy is in the Mediterranean

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    China interested in energy security and trade. Why the Chinese Navy is in the Mediterranean By: Magnus Nordenman On Thursday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) frigates Linyi andWeifang left the Black Sea […]

  • China-Russia drills in Med show shifting strategies

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    First joint exercises in Med underway.  China-Russia drills in Med show shifting strategies By Jonathan Marcus, Diplomatic correspondent The Russian and Chinese navies have begun their first joint exercises in […]

  • China, Russia to hold joint Mediterranean drills

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    Nine ships due to take part.  China, Russia to hold first joint Mediterranean naval drills in May (Reuters) – China will hold joint naval drills with Russia in mid-May in […]

  • Warning shots fired at sub

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    Tensions with Russia continue. Finland fires warning shots at ‘foreign submarine’ near Helsinki Incident comes amid growing military tensions with neighbouring Russia, months after Sweden mounts unsuccessful hunt for suspected […]

  • Submarine sighted near Stockholm was civilian boat

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    Claims alert was false alarm. Russian submarine sighted near Stockholm was civilian boat claims Swedish admiral By Umberto Bacchi A Swedish navy admiral has claimed that a suspected Russian submarine, which […]

  • Absent Putin ‘orders Arctic naval alert’

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    56 warships primed for exercise. Absent Putin ‘orders Arctic naval alert’ President Vladimir Putin has put Russia’s navy on a state of full combat readiness in the Arctic as part […]

  • Russia Grows Maritime Potential

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    NATO expansion seen as key driver.  Russia Grows Maritime Potential, Returns to Global Geopolitics Russia returns to global politics, signaling of intention to regain its geopolitical positions as a naval […]

  • Russia, Cyprus Sign Military Port Deal

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    Russian ships to dock in Cyprus. Russia, Cyprus Sign Military Port Deal Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades signed an agreement on Wednesday to give Russian […]

  • Intel sharing still a challenge

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    Some nations treating intel as a one way street. Sharing of maritime security intel still a challenge: Royal Navy official By Salma El Shaheed The fight against piracy in the […]

  • HMS Dragon heads to Falklands

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    Threat of new Argentinian air power. UK sends warship to Falklands as Argentina lease supersonic bombers from Russia By MARCO GIANNANGELI ONE of Britain’s newest and most powerful warships was […]

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