Tag: Maritime Security

  • Pirates Transferred to Seychelles

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    11 suspected pirates detained by the EUNAVFOR Spanish warship, ESPS CANARIAS on 28 March 2011 were today transferred to Seychellois legal authorities for possible prosecution. The suspected pirates were detained by […]

  • Cash Calls

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    The US House Budget Committee will consider the fiscal year 2012 budget resolution next week. The harsh financial facts of funding so much military intervention will be examined, and it […]

  • Tactical Developments

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    In the course of the recent anti-piracy operation, where the Indian Navy apprehended 16 pirates, a new pirate tactic was discovered. The pirates led the Navy to believe they had […]

  • Taking Command

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    Singapore has taken over command of a multinational counter-piracy task force in the Gulf of Aden. This is the second time Singapore is commanding the Combined Task Force (CTF) 151. […]

  • No Troops for Somalia

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    A senior U.S. diplomat has outlined new U.S. efforts to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro stated on Wednesday that […]

  • Pirate Whaler Destroyed

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    On 28 March 2011, the EUNAVFOR Spanish warship ESPS CANARIAS disrupted a suspected Pirate Action Group (PAG), consisting of a whaler-style boat and a skiff, 260 Nautical Miles North-West of […]

  • Piracy Information-Sharing Centre

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    IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, in Kenya for the spring session of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, today (31 March) commissioned, in Mombasa, the first of […]

  • NATO Attack Map

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    NATO has mapped out known Somali pirate operating areas as part of the NATO Shipping Centre Counter Piracy Operation Ocean Shield. As one might expect, the pirates hug the contours […]

  • The US Approach

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    Andrew J. Shapiro Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has spoken on the US approach to Counter-Piracy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Washington, DC March 30, 2011 […]

  • Pirates Use New MO

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    While apprehending 16 pirates during a recent anti-piracy operation, the Indian Navy discovered that the pirates had adopted a new modus operandi. Quaiser Khalid, a Deputy Commissioner of the Indian […]

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