Naval patrol vessels, P 465 and P 485, attached to the Northern Naval Command arrested 03 Indian persons with 10 kilograms of “Kerala Ganja” in the seas north of Kankasanthurai on 15th February 2012. The arrest was made close to midnight and an Indian dhow propelled by a modified water pump, on whic
Having crossed the North Atlantic, Northern Fleet (NF) carrier group entered the Barents Sea. Pilots of the carrier’s air wing are first who touch the native land. This tradition is based on the rule that all deck-based aircrafts must ferry to coastal airfield before a ship enters base. During the 2
Aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov has arrived in Northern Fleet (NF) main base Severomorsk and anchored off the harbor. The flagship of Russian Navy has finished the long-range cruise to the Mediterranean Sea started on Dec 6, 2011. Admiral Kuznetsov returned to the homebase one day ahead
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) launched its first combat sorties this deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Feb. 16. The ALCSG, which was last in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in March 2011, is comprised of the most effective collection of ass
The Belgian Navy has added to its fleet of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) from Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of AUVs. Two new REMUS 100 AUVs will enable the Belgian Navy to detect underwater mines, improvised explosive devices and other undeton
The guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) led the ships of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 during a routine, scheduled transit through the Strait of Hormuz to the North Arabian Sea, Feb. 14. Sterett, the lead ship during the outbound transit, was followed by the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier U
Naval officials from Black Sea countries are meeting in Divnomorskoye (Krasnodar region, Russia) on the basis of BLACKSEAFOR task group’s permanent coordination center to plan exercise coming in 2012, spokesman for Black Sea Fleet (BSF) Capt 1 rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev told Central Navy Portal. The
On 10 February 2012, divers of the Royal Netherlands Navy recovered the body of a missing Dutchman from a German lake. The military personnel had assisted German police in the search for the man at the request of the mayor of Horst aan de Maas. The 43-year-old Dutchman from Grubbenvorst went missing
The Navy’s winter clampdown on piracy in the Indian Ocean – which has just ended – has been its most successful crackdown on the scourge to date. But the senior officer who led the four-month operation against the pirates says despite a series of successes by RFA Fort Victoria, and other allied vess
Ukraine is about to impose new taxes on Russian naval base in Sevastopol, writes Kommersant on Feb 15. The issue of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (BSF) deployed in Crimea was raised on Feb 14 at the meeting of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Grischenko on o
Armament, mechanisms, and radioelectronics of Baltic Fleet (BF) frigate Yaroslav Mudry have proved high degree of reliability during long-range cruise within Russian Navy’s carrier group. The ship was deployed at different latitudes and climatic zones, and has proved capability to accomplish tasks o
High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift arrived at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 14, to prepare for the final stop of its four-month mission during HSV-Southern Partnership Station 2012 (HSV-SPS 12). Swift stopped in Cuba to on-load more than $4 million of Project Handclasp supplies scheduled to
Black Sea Fleet (BSF) hydrographic ship GS-86 returned from survey mission in the Black Sea Fleet. Within the responsibility zone of BSF Hydrographic Service spreading from Ai-Todor Cape to Tarhankut Cape, the crew has performed night inspection of lighthouses and marine lights, tested leading beaco
A new automated chemical warfare agent detection capability that successfully passed operational tests aboard USS Mason (DDG 87) will be installed on warships throughout the fleet, Navy officials announced Feb. 15. The Navy plans to install the new system – designed to quickly alert warfighters to t
