January 6th, 2013 A private fleet from the United Kingdom will soon sail on the Indian Ocean to help the defense effort against the region’s pirate problem. Among the fleet is a 10,000-ton flagship and numbers of armored speed boats that will be used for patrols. The fleet will be crewed by a group of […]
Protection from pirates
May 13, 2013 Although the number of pirate attacks is either on the wane or has stabilized in most of its former-hot spots, that is not the case in West Africa. Just recently, a German cargo ship was raided by pirates who kidnapped five of the ship’s crew members. This is a disturbing development, for the Gulf […]
16 fishermen feared killed by pirates
April 1, 2013 Authorities in Bangladesh believe that at least 16 fisherman were killed by pirates after their vessels were raided. A fishing boat near Kutubdia Island in Cox’s Bazaar resort district came upon the bodies of three fishermen, which were sighted floating in the water by those operating the boat. Other fishermen in the area has sighted […]
Russia seeking to deploy reconnaissance aircraft to Djibouti
November 1, 2012 While much of the effort to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden has taken place on sea, the Russians are also thinking about the air. The country is exploring the possibility of basing two Ilyushin II-38 surveillance planes in Djibouti to supply intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to the international effort […]
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