September 2012 On September 17th, 2012, the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill and other U.S. Navy assets conducted a joint counter-piracy exercise with the frigate Yi Yang of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy in the waters off the east coast of Africa. This marks the first bi-lateral counter-piracy training exercise conducted between the two […]
Piracy Dip Could Reverse
September 2012 Despite a significant drop in pirate attacks in the first half of 2012, maritime authorities are warning shipping companies not to get too comfortable. International navies have had success patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden, bringing a 54 per cent decrease in attacks. However, they won’t be able to stay in that […]
Another Lynx off to fight pirates
The Danish Air Force has assigned a brand-new Lynx helicopter to Nato’s Operation Ocean Shield. It will be based off the frigate Iver Huitfeldt and will aid the growing anti-piracy effort in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. This past October, the Lynx and its support crew from 723 Squadron left Denmark to travel to pirate-infested waters off the […]