JUST before 6.00am on July 11 last year, 98 containers holding munitions at Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari exploded. Thirteen fire fighters and sailors were killed and 60 others were injured. A sonic boom from the explosion hit and severely damaged the nearby Vassilikos power plant, which generated over half of the island’s electricity. […]
Artist concept of the Australian Canberra Class LHD. Image: BAE Systems Australia The second Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) HMAS Adelaide ship was launched at the Navantia Ferrol-Fene shipyard in Spain. According to Navantia, this milestone was achieved four and half months ahead of schedule. This early launch provides additional time, until early 2014, to complete […]
Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Trinidad’s decision to acquire an OPV goes down a storm Defence IQ recently caught up with Commodore (Rtd.) Anthony Franklin, former Chief of Defence of Trinidad & Tobago, who briefly outlined his nation’s key concerns as it aims to provide effective seakeeping […]
Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments “Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian Operations” is the result from the first of a series of four workshops under the title International Order at Sea. International Order at Sea Workshop Series 1/2012Title: Anti-Piracy and Humanitarian OperationsEditors: Jo Inge Bekkevold and Robert S. RossNumber of pages: 79 Click here to Download […]
BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:48am EDT (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese […]
BEIJING | Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:48am EDT (Reuters) – China has begun combat-ready patrols in the waters around a disputed group of islands in the South China Sea, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, the latest escalation in tensions over the potentially resource-rich area. Asked about what China would do in response to Vietnamese […]
14:35 GMT, June 27, 2012 BEIJING | Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met here on Tuesday with Samuel Locklear, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, vowing to forge a new type of military ties. China-United States relations have kept moving forward in the past 40 years despite ups and downs, said Liang, noting that the […]
ROBERTSON BARRACKS, NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia – Approximately 200 Marines with the Marine rotational force in Darwin returned to Australia June 26 and 27 to continue training with the Australian Defence Force. The Marines first arrived in Australia on April 3, 2012, following the force posture initiative announced by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and U.S. […]
Somali security forces have rescued a South African couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean and held for 18 months, Defence Minister Hussein Arab Isse said on Thursday. “The rescue started last night (Wednesday) and lasted until this morning and you can see that the pair were freed safely,” Isse told reporters during a […]
Media reports suggest that the two South Africans held by Somali pirates, Bruno Pelizzari and Deborah Calitz, have been released. Accorting to reports, the announcement was made by Somalia’s Defence Minister who stated that the pair were at the presidential palace in the capital. Pelizzari and Calitz were taken hostage when the yacht they were […]