Other Navies News

04.22.2010 Ukrainian Navy Commander met with US delegation
"We remember that the U.S. was our ally in fighting fascism", said Vice Admiral Viktor Maksimov, Ukrainian Navy Commander during protocol meeting with the US delegation. He also thanked the American guests for longstanding and fruitful cooperation between the two navies.

04.21.2010 Somali pirates seize another freighter
According to counter-piracy officials in the European Union, Somali pirates have captured a Panamanian-flagged Liberian-owned freighter with 21 Philippine crew on board. The seizure took place 190 nautical miles southeast of Salalah in Oman.

04.21.2010 Somali pirates seize 77 crew
Somali pirates have seized 77 fishermen onboard three Thai vessels in the Indian Ocean, making it their most daring attack in recent years, a spokesperson for the EU anti-piracy mission said Tuesday.

04.20.2010 US Navy Develops Battery that Runs on Mud
The Office of Naval Research will highlight their microbial fuel cell that was one of TIME magazine's "Top 50 Inventions of 2009" for an Earth Day event on April 22. The microbial fuel cell is a device that could revolutionize naval energy use by converting decomposed marine organisms into electricity.

04.20.2010 Admiral Urges Arming of Vessels to Combat Piracy
Commercial vessels should arm themselves when traveling through pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast. On an average day, 30 to 40 ships comprising international maritime forces monitor pirate activity in the Somali basin and the western Indian Ocean.

04.20.2010 Britain Sends Frigate to South Atlantic
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland has set sail for a seven-month deployment to the South Atlantic this week. Devonport-based HMS Portland will take over from HMS York, a Type 42 destroyer, which has been on routine patrol in the area.

04.20.2010 US warship attended in Georgian drill visits Sevastopol
USS John L. Hall called at Sevastopol on Apr 20 at 7 pm. As it was reported, this frigate visited Odessa on Apr 12; prior to that, the ship was deployed off Georgia participating in joint naval drill. As for the expert, subsequent visit of US warship to Sevastopol is part of a plan to draw Ukraine into NATO.

04.19.2010 Retrieved stern of sunken S. Korean navy warship arrives in its home port
The tattered stern of a South Korean naval warship that mysteriously exploded and sank near the western sea border with North Korea arrived in its home port on Saturday for investigation.

04.19.2010 Pyongyang denies involvement in sinking of S.Korean vessel
North Korea denied on Saturday it was involved in the sinking of a South Korean warship near the two countries' disputed sea border last month. Seoul blamed Pyongyang for the sinking of the Cheonan warship without a thorough investigation.

04.19.2010 London to send warships to rescue stranded Britons
The British government will send three Royal Navy warships to bring home Britons stranded overseas by disruption to flights caused by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland. Two aircraft carriers, Ark Royal and Ocean, will be sent across the English Channel.

04.16.2010 Ukraine could have got privileges from Russia in return for waiving NATO
Ukraine refused to join the North Atlantic alliance (NATO) without any compensation from Russia. The country could have claimed "privileges from Russia in critical issues"; for instance, abandonment of intentions to prolong Black Sea Fleet (BSF) deployment term, says an expert.

04.13.2010 US, Israel plan to bomb Iran – Russian General Staff
According to sources of Russian General Staff, the U.S. and Israel consider possibility of bomb strike against Iran. The U.S. along with a number of Western countries suspects Iran in nuclear arms development under color of peaceful nuclear engineering. The US president Barak Obama declared on Apr 8 that the sanctions against Iran would be tightened.

04.12.2010 Polish Navy Commander died in presidential plane crash
Vice Admiral Andrzej Karweta, Polish Navy Commander died in air disaster caused death of the President of Poland and numerous representatives of Polish political elite. The flight of Tu-154 was carried out by the aircrew from 36th special wing. The aircraft crashed in the morning of Apr 10; 96 persons died. Among those who died in the aircraft crash were top-ranking military officials.

04.11.2010 Somali pirates seize another freighter
Somali pirates have seized a freighter registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. They attacked as the vessel was adrift without engine power 520 kilometers off the Seychelles.

04.10.2010 Somali pirates attacked a large container ship Nada
In the Gulf of Aden last Friday, April 9, Somali pirates attacked a large container ship Nada, flying the flag of Panama. The attack on the vessel with over 35 thousand ton capacity occurred 100 miles east of the island of Socotra.

04.09.2010 Turkish ships pay informal visit to Sevastopol
On Apr 9 Turkish task unit consisting of frigate Barbaros and submarine Yıldıray will pay an informal visit to the port of Sevastopol. The visit is held in accordance with international cooperation event list of Ukrainian armed forces for March-April 2010.

04.07.2010 Crimea is against Sea Breeze
Crimean parliament intends to address the Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich with request to disallow conducting Sea Breeze 2010 exercise in the autonomy. As is known, Sea Breeze exercise repeatedly provoked protest actions in Crimea and Odessa region.

04.03.2010 Ukraine's naval aviation brigade trained in flights and parachuting
Scheduled flights and parachuting were trained this week in Saki Naval Aviation Brigade, Crimea, Ukraine. Tasks were improving piloting techniques during training flights, training pilots as instructors and probation as flight directors.

04.03.2010 Ukrainian corvette soiled Lake Donuzlav and Black Sea
Decommissioned Ukrainian corvette Izmail sank in Lake Donuzlav while hull dismantling. According to Ukraine's authorities, there is no environmental threat to aquatic area of Black Sea and Lake Donuzlav despite oil products spilled by the corvette.

04.02.2010 Officials mixed up in illegal arms exports should be made accountable
Persons responsible for illegal arms exports from Ukraine should be brought to book. Doubtful shady dealings have resulted in the fact that Ukrainian budget loses enormous funds. One of the scandals around Ukrainian arms was pirate hijacking of Ukrainian vessel Faina in 2008.