- Uğur KOCABAŞ
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Copy-Paste Unmanned Surface Vessel Attack by Russia
Last October, Ukraine carried out an attack on Russian naval forces near Sevastopol using its innovative unmanned surface vehicles. Although this offensive did not result in any deadly losses, it marked many firsts and took its place in naval history. Additionally, it seriously limited the operational freedom of the Russian fleet. Following the huge impact of this operation, Novorossiysk Naval Base and Fuel Terminal were targeted in a similar way once again in November 2022. After the attack on this port which is located about 400 na…
A Perfect Template for Unmanned Surface Vehicle Development Roadmap: Task Force-59
Task Force 59 (TF-59), established in Bahrain as the world's first operational afloat robot fleet, has achieved full operational capability in January 2023. The achievement of this capability just 15 months after its establishment was highlighted in the announcements, with TF-59 being the first in this field. Task Force 59 (TF-59), when its “Full Operational Capability” was announced, had already participated in 14 exercises, including three multinational, and its unmanned systems had carried out missions exceeding 25,000 operational hou…
Does Greece Really Want to Buy Second Hand Submarines?
Chief of the Hellenic Navy, Vice Admiral Petrakis delivered a speech, which covered detailed report about the activities of the Navy, on the occasion of the Patron of the Hellenic and Merchant Navy and Saint Nikolaos Day. Most of his speech covered navy routine, however, there were emerging bullets which clarified the future of the Navy in terms of its boosted arms race. In summary, Admiral Petrakis stressed the below topics: Belharra class frigates represent the future of the Navy, and day will be the decisive power for future con…
Iran's Latest Warship Capsizes In Dry Dock
Satellite images backed with some footages indicate that an Iranian Navy ship has fallen on its port side in a dry dock. The vessel known as Talaiyeh was being constructed in the Port of Bandar Abbas, as continuation of Iranian made Jamaran class corvettes. The 1500 ton displacement Jamaran’s design is actually based on British Alvand class, which was delivered to Iranian Navy during Shah regime. At first Talaiyeh would carry the same role with her predecessors, then it was decided to convert the ship to carry out intelligence duties. The la…
Navigating Under Pressure: US Makes Rival Offer to Beat Belharra
The US State Department announced the approval of the potential sale of frigates to Greece. The approval also covered potential deal for long debated MEKO-200HN modernization. This move is considered as a challenge to the secured deal between France and Greece. Right after the US declaration, France and Greece had to underline that the deal had already been done and Greece is to get Belharra frigates as planned. Despite the coherent approach, it was obvious that the US approval poured cold water on 10 weeks old France-Greece deal. Th…
