Month: February 2014

  • Maritime Insecurity

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    Call for participants – ‘Fostering Sustainable Development: examining the challenges posed by maritime insecurity’ will take place at Coventry University on Wednesday 12th March. ‘Sustainable Development and Maritime Insecurity: concepts, […]

  • N Korea tests missiles

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    North Korea has fired 4 missiles into the sea in a move widely seen as a response to South Korea’s military exercises with the US. N Korea tests missiles amid […]

  • Counter-Piracy Exercise

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    On Wednesday, German Navy frigate, FGS Hessen, and South Korean destroyer, Kang Gam Chan, met up in the Gulf of Aden for a joint exercise. German Navy Frigate Hessen And […]

  • Eleven held over ‘human smuggling’

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    Eleven people are in custody in the Netherlands as part of a “human smuggling” investigation after two people reportedly jumped from a North Sea ferry. Stena ferry ‘jump’: Eleven held […]

  • President Obama prioritises food stamps over defence

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    President Barack Obama “would rather spend the money on food stamps than he would on a strong military or support for our troops”. Dick Cheney: President Obama prioritises food stamps […]

  • Navy says missing sailors are dead

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    Two sailors who went missing after an accident on board a submarine off the coast of Mumbai on Wednesday are dead, India’s navy confirms. India submarine INS Sindhuratna: Navy says […]

  • EU Naval Force Visits Kenyan Military

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    During their recent 3-day port visit to Mombasa, the Force Commander of the EU Naval Force paid a visit to Kenyan military and civilian authorities. EU Naval Force Commander Visits […]

  • A new piece in Nato’s missile defence jigsaw

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    This month, the USS Donald Cook, under Commander Scott Jones, became the first of four US Navy BMD-equipped destroyers to be forward-based in Europe, at Rota in southern Spain. A […]

  • Hetman Sagaidachniy Heads For Home

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    Ukrainian frigate Hetman Sagaidachniy has successfully completed an operational tour with the EU Naval Force and is now sailing towards her home port of Sevastopol in the Ukraine. Ukrainian Frigate […]

  • Protest over water cannon attack

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    The Philippines has lodged a protest with China over reports Chinese coast guard fired a water cannon at Filipino fishermen near disputed waters. Manila lodges protest with China over water […]

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