Home with just seven days to spare before Christmas Day are the sailors and Royal Marines on RFA Mounts Bay which has completed a marathon deployment in the Mediterranean. The amphibious support ship has been away from home for 349 days as one of the first vessels to deploy in 2016… and last to return.… Continue reading ROYAL NAVY’S SUPPORT SHIP COMPLETES MARATHON MEDITERRANEAN MISSION
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TURKEY WILL DISPUTE ALL STIPULATIONS OF THE LAUSANNE TREATY
For one more time within a period of three months, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan challenged the Lauzanne Treaty and made it official: Ankara should renegotiate the Treaty of Lauzanne of 1923 that marked the boundaries of modern Turkey. According to the Turkish President, “The Lausanne Treaty is not an indisputable text, it is not… Continue reading TURKEY WILL DISPUTE ALL STIPULATIONS OF THE LAUSANNE TREATY
TURKEY’S NEW MAPS ARE RECLAIMING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Sourced : Foreign Policy By Nick Danforth Erdogan’s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land in Greece and Iraq In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, President Recep… Continue reading TURKEY’S NEW MAPS ARE RECLAIMING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
Sourced : OANN By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold Turkey is seeking an end to NATO’s counter-migration mission in the Aegean Sea and it is telling the U.S.-led alliance that the sharp drop in refugees trying to get to Greece means there is no longer a need for warships to patrol its coast. Turkish Defence… Continue reading TURKEY CALLS FOR END TO NATO’S MIGRANT MISSION IN AEGEAN SEA
HELLENIC NAVY COMMISSIONED TWO NEW TYPE 214HN SUBMARINES
The Hellenic Navy commissioned two more new PAPANIKOLIS-class (Type 214HN) submarines increasing its fleet to 11 old, modernized and newly built units. The two new submarines, MATROZOS (S122) and KATSONIS (S123) were commissioned today on the 23rd of June during a ceremony attended by the President of the Hellenic Republic, the Minister of Defence and… Continue reading HELLENIC NAVY COMMISSIONED TWO NEW TYPE 214HN SUBMARINES
RFA MOUNTS BAY DEPLOYMENT TO AEGEAN SEA
The Prime Minister has announced that naval ship Mounts Bay will support the international response to the migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea. The Prime Minister has announced that naval ship RFA Mounts Bay will support the international response to the migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea. As the Prime Minister attends an EU summit… Continue reading RFA MOUNTS BAY DEPLOYMENT TO AEGEAN SEA
NEW 63.4 MILLION DOLLARS EXPORT CONTRACT TO INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS FROM RAYTHEON
Press Release, Koropi, Jan 18, 2016 IDE (INTRACOM Defense Electronics), the leading defense electronics and communications systems manufacturer in Greece, extends its cooperation with Raytheon by signing a new contract worth $ 63.4 million to manufacture subsystems for the PATRIOT air defense system. Deliveries are scheduled to be completed in March 2018. It is worth… Continue reading NEW 63.4 MILLION DOLLARS EXPORT CONTRACT TO INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS FROM RAYTHEON
DCSS CONFERENCE IN PIRAEUS: “SECURITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION”
The Dartmouth Centre for Seapower and Strategy (DCSS), University of Plymouth and the Hellenic National Defence College (HNDC), are organizing an international conference in Piraeus, Greece on the 11th of December. The subject is: “Managing Complex Regional Security Issues: The Case of Eastern Mediterranean Region” Please click below for the Conference programme CONFERENCE PROGRAMME… Continue reading DCSS CONFERENCE IN PIRAEUS: “SECURITY IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION”
FINLAND, GREECE AND TURKEY TO JOIN THE NATO CCD COE
Three more NATO countries, Finland, Greece and Turkey will officially join the NATO Collective Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCD COE) based in Tallinn. The ceremony of accession for the three NATO countries to the CCD COE will take place on the 3rd of November. The NATO Collective Cyber Defense Center of Excellence is a… Continue reading FINLAND, GREECE AND TURKEY TO JOIN THE NATO CCD COE
GREEK MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION: ISIS JIHADISTS HAD SNEAKED THROUGH TO GREECE WITH THE REFUGEES
Image sourced: Wikipedia Amid the ongoing chaos due to the rising numbers of refugees entering Greek islands in the eastern Aegean Sea, interim Deputy Minister on Immigration Policy Dimitris Mouzalas made a shocking admission on Greek television, Monday, that ISIS jihadists had sneaked through to Greece with the refugees. “Someone would be foolish to believe… Continue reading GREEK MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION: ISIS JIHADISTS HAD SNEAKED THROUGH TO GREECE WITH THE REFUGEES