Month: January 2015

  • Indonesia Navy Limitations Exposed

    on

    Indo’s bold new naval plans. Indonesia Navy Limitations Exposed in AirAsia Plane Search By Chris Blake Indonesia’s hunt for the wreckage of a downed AirAsia Bhd (AIRA) jet is exposing the constraints […]

  • Italian marines committed blatant murder

    on

    Enrica Lexie case rumbles on. Italian marines committed blatant murder NEW DELHI: Contrary to Italy’s case that its two Marines killed two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012 […]

  • Interview: Insight into Piracy

    on

    Trends in piracy in 2014. Interview: Insight into Piracy 2014 has been a pretty eventful year with respect to pirate activities, seeing a tragic end with a crew member of a […]

  • Philippines: maritime security threats

    on

    Piracy, illegal poaching and China… Other threats off our coastal waters CHINA’S TERRITORIAL expansion in the South China sea, illegal poaching by Chinese and other foreign fishers in Philippine internal […]

  • Nigeria’s insecure waterways

    on

    Ongoing concern at insecurity in Nigeria’s waterways. Who Controls Bayelsa’s Waterways: Pirates or Gov’t? The high level of insecu­rity on the waterways in Bayelsa State is now a source of […]

  • LNA Air Force threatens Misrata bound ships

    on

    Threat will concern shippers. LNA Air Force threatens to strike any Misrata bound ships The Libyan Air Force, of the only internationally recognized government in Libya, threatened yesterday to strike […]

  • Japan to sell arms to UK?

    on

    Abe pushes arms exports Japan Seeks to Sell Sub-hunting Jet to UK Japan is asking Britain to buy its P-1 submarine-hunting jet in a deal that could top $1 billion, a […]

  • PLA Navy use 3D printers

    on

    Innovative use of tech at sea. 3D printers replace parts aboard PLA warships 3D printers are being deployed aboard the warships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy to replace crucial […]

  • Dealing with an assertive China

    on

    The West needs to react to Chinese moves.  How the US Should Respond to Chinese Military Assertiveness in 2015 Samuel Ramani In his speech at the November 10, 2014 Asia-Pacific […]

  • Last US frigate deployed

    on

    USS Kauffman on six-month deployment. Last deployment: All Navy frigates soon to be decommissioned NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The USS Kauffman is about to become the last of its breed. […]

CSO Alliance & Petrospot Present: