Navies and Military Tourism

Countries with excellent port facilities certainly attract naval ships to make port calls.

These visits are not only good for the naval cooperations between countries but also provide that economic boost to the local cities.

So, attention all hands! Go spend your money!

Military Tourism

China Too Sent Its Naval Ship To Libya

China has diverted one of its assets in Gulf of Aden to Libya as part of the mission to evacuate its citizens from Libya.

The 4500 tonnes XUZHAO frigate is currently underway to Libya and will send a message that the ferrying out process of its citizens from Libya to Malta or Crete is very well protected.

Indian Navy deploy ships to evacuate Indians from Libya

India announced on Saturday 26 Feb that it has sent 2 naval ships to crisis-stricken Libya to bring back its citizen.

"INS JALASHWA and INS MYSORE have left Mumbai and will bring back Indians from Libya," a Defence department spokesperson said.

The INS JALASHWA, ex USN's TRENTON, is basically an amphibious assault platform with six medium lift helicopters onboard. She could accommodate 1,500 people and definitely can fit the purpose.

INS JALASHWA

INS MYSORE on the other hand is a 6700 tonnes Indian made destroyer which should act as an escort element.

INS MYSORE

Pirates - what to do with these guys?

Somalia? Gulf of Aden? Indian Ocean? What do they have in common?
Yes, you got it right. The Somali pirates.

They are rich and famous, aren't they?

Even the navies couldn't do anything to curb them.

Only lately there had been some serious successful counter-hijacking by the navies of Malaysia and South Korea albeit with some lost of lives on the pirates' side.

And this operation was sadly followed with the death of four Americans hostages during a stand-off between the hijacked yatch and the US Navy ship shadowing nearby.

For a layman point of view, why can't the navy just smacked them hard..?

Ok, the shipping company paid them millions of dollar, then they released the hijacked ship.. blah blah...they enjoy the millions, buying new weapons, motherships etc...and they at it again..

I say, why can't we track them to their lair, then we blast them off...surely sovereignty is not an issue here..they don't even have a government in the first place.

If we keep on paying ransoms, we are giving them wrong messages..

Why not we give them the RIGHT message after this? Surely they will behave right?

Or how about we do it the Russian way?