New post up at Liberty Unyielding. Enjoy!
Now Egypt joins the air fight against Islamic State – in Libya
Everything old is new again.
Tag: Mediterranean
Naval round-up as peace continues to break out all over
Interesting times.
New post up at Liberty Unyielding. Enjoy!
Navy SEALs take over hijacked tanker in Mediterranean
The Barbary pirates are back.
Earlier in March, a shadowy oil tanker, suddenly bearing the name Morning Glory, showed up in Es-Sider, Libya with a plan to load oil from terminals held by Libyan rebels.
Back in January, forces of the Libyan government fired on a tanker as it attempted to enter the rebel-held port, reportedly to load another cargo of oil. The tanker, Baku, Continue reading “Navy SEALs take over hijacked tanker in Mediterranean”
U.S. Navy assets update in Ukraine crisis
Great big ships.
Reader “Your Opinion Please” posed questions to me on carrier movements at this earlier post, and I am copying the response here (see below) to provide a general update.
There is no change in the U.S. military posture in the Mediterranean or Black Sea. That’s the basic point to take away. The activities we’re seeing are routine and predictable. Because of the geography of the Ukraine problem, no NATO naval power can realistically be brought to bear on it, and any signals sent with naval power will be political, collateral, and temporary.
As mentioned in the previous post, the carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) and her strike group are in the Mediterranean, Continue reading “U.S. Navy assets update in Ukraine crisis”
Ukraine update: Russia prepares the battle space
Peace in our time.
Things are proceeding about as I expected in Ukraine, and in terms of Putin’s posture.
Readers will have heard about the Russian military exercise launched in the Western Military District involving “150,000 troops.” That’s a lot of troops, but I very much doubt they are all headed for Russia’s border with Ukraine. I do expect a build-up on that border, but something on the order of 20,000-30,000 is more like it, and it may not be that many. The 150,000 troops are, in any case, mostly stationed in western Russia to begin with. Some, especially elements like special forces, aviation, and missile units, will probably deploy from elsewhere to augment the Western Military District’s permanently stationed units.
Russia establishes a beachhead Continue reading “Ukraine update: Russia prepares the battle space”
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