Posted on 10/09/2020 9:45:42 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
MOSCOW - The Russian and Egyptian Navy are preparing to conduct maneuvers, the first of their kind in the Black Sea.
According to the press office of the Russian Southern Military District, representatives of the two armies held a three-day conference in Novorossiysk on the preparation of the joint exercises "Friendship Bridge - 2020", which will be held for the first time in the Black Sea.
The Black Sea is an inland sea located between the southeastern part of Europe and Asia Minor. It connects with the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara, and it connects with the Azov Sea through the Kerch Strait.
According to Russian media, including Russia Today, the two parties have agreed to a joint plan of maneuvers, whereby tactical groups of warships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and the Egyptian Navy, with the support of aviation, will work on joint missions to protect sea routes from various threats.
Forces will be deployed to organize communications and replenish supplies at sea, as well as carry out inspections against suspicious ships, and launch missiles and artillery from ship weapons.
According to Moscow, the joint exercise aims to strengthen and develop military cooperation between the Egyptian Navy and the Russian Navy in a way that serves security and stability at sea, as well as the exchange of experiences between individuals in combating various threats in the areas of intense navigation.
In this context, the Egyptian navy must pass through the Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara to reach the Black Sea, as the Egyptian warships will pass near Istanbul overlooking the Mediterranean and located at the entrance to the Bosphorus, which Turkey controls to a large extent.
Egypt and Turkey have been major rivals in the Middle East and North Africa since July 2013, when a popular revolution in Egypt toppled former President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was supported by Ankara and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In the beginning of October, the Egyptian and French naval forces carried out a transient naval exercise within the range of the Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean, in which an Egyptian stealth frigate and the modern Egyptian submarine (209/1400) participated with a French frigate.
The training included many different activities, including security and protection exercises for an area of importance against the threat of submarines at night, electronic warfare training, training in defense against atypical threats, as well as training on various sailing formations, in addition to the implementation of signal transportation exercises. The training also included simulations of protecting a ship of special importance while crossing a dangerous area, and exercises on the measures taken by warships of different countries to protect economic zones.
The training showed the efficiency of the Egyptian and French crews participating in the implementation of the tasks entrusted to them. These exercises, according to Egyptian and international media, came within the framework of supporting the pillars of joint cooperation between the Egyptian and French armed forces, and getting acquainted with the latest systems and methods of combat, in a way that contributes to refining combat and operational skills and experiences and supporting the efforts of maritime security, stability and peace in the Mediterranean.
It is noteworthy that last September, and despite all Ankara’s attempts to draw close to Egypt and its army in particular, the response came quickly from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, which rejected and strongly denounced “Turkey’s continued attachment to totally counter-factual allegations in order to serve ideological trends.” The classification of the "Global Fire Power" specialized website revealed that the Egyptian army had surpassed the Turkish and Israeli armies in terms of strength and military capabilities, as it ranked first as the strongest army in the Middle East for the year 2020.
Egypt has two Mistral amphibious assault ships it bought from France, while Turkey has yet to launch its first amphibious assault ship, the TCG Anadolu ship. Turkey has faced difficulties in modernizing its fleet of combat ships, as it has only added four new ships to its navy in the last 25 years.
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MOSCOW - The Russian and Egyptian Navy are preparing to conduct maneuvers, the first of their kind in the Black Sea.
According to the press office of the Russian Southern Military District, representatives of the two armies held a three-day conference in Novorossiysk on the preparation of the joint exercises "Friendship Bridge - 2020", which will be held for the first time in the Black Sea.
The Black Sea is an inland sea located between the southeastern part of Europe and Asia Minor. It connects with the Mediterranean Sea through the Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara, and it connects with the Azov Sea through the Kerch Strait.
According to Russian media, including Russia Today, the two parties have agreed to a joint plan of maneuvers, whereby tactical groups of warships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and the Egyptian Navy, with the support of aviation, will work on joint missions to protect sea routes from various threats.
Forces will be deployed to organize communications and replenish supplies at sea, as well as carry out inspections against suspicious ships, and launch missiles and artillery from ship weapons. According to Moscow, the joint exercise aims to strengthen and develop military cooperation between the Egyptian Navy and the Russian Navy in a way that serves security and stability at sea, as well as the exchange of experiences between individuals in combating various threats in the areas of intense navigation.
In this context, the Egyptian navy must pass through the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara to reach the Black Sea, where the Egyptian warships will pass near Istanbul overlooking the Mediterranean and located at the entrance to the Elbe Strait.
So I asked where else I might look. He Referred me to AHVAL, which I was already familiar with. But I did not previously know that UAE was supporting AHVAL.
Now the relevance. President Sisi's Egypt is trying to be intermediary with others (they have troops on the ground) to negotiate a cease fire between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Now this I think is intended to send a message to Turkey that they need to pull out of Azerbaijan.
Turkey's Erdo, is not know for being reasonable. Possibly, this might be what is needed to bring a group pressure on Turkey to move away from what they now are.
Middle East (Turkey, Syria, Egypt, UAE) Ping to you my Friend.
Don’t think this one is in the news yet.
Egypt has a navy? How cute.
Well, according the this article, it is much better than that of Turkey. smile.
Quite frankly I like Egyptian President Sisi and respect him. It is the Middle East and I understand how many feel about that. But I have a number of friends in Cairo and a few other parts of Egypt. Over the years I have learned to trust their opinions and how they see the reality of that region.
Egypt has a navy? How cute.
Row well and live.
How does one walk like an Egyptian on ships?
Oh goodie.
They could have used one about 3500 years ago.
Smile.
I’m not an Egyptian, I’ve not been on board many ships.
I do know that the Egyptians, that I have come to know, are pretty smart people.
Istanbul? Not Constantinople?
We keep you alive to serve this ship.
(Change "this ship" to "us" and you have the Democrat platform in seven words.)
appreciate the heads up. tracking.
This is the image on the RT article about this:
https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1314519258920083457/VBauNQBU?format=jpg&name=small
This is the image given me for the one I posted:
I have no photo’s of the ships going through the Strait.
That might come later. This is just happening.
You are aware that Egypt built a 2nd Suez canal, parallel the existing one. Allowing larger ships and ability to bypass bottlenecks problems. Greatly increasing the capacity
After the whole Moses thing, they recognized the problems with trying to march their forces across the sea.
Are they in Cairo practice, or just a den of Thebes?
FWIW I have had acquaintance with some Egyptians over the years (mostly Copts), have found them to be generally saner than others in the Mideast.
Great illustration. Thanks for the laugh.
I spent a week traveling around Turkey before that pig Erdogan was elected. Very few veils in the streets, well-dressed men and women with jobs. People loved having Americans visit them. Out in the countryside, more women wore veils, but they were happy to see Americans too.
I feel so sorry for the sane people there now too.
“Istanbul? Not Constantinople?”
We can only wish for that to happen someday...........
Actually I did not know that Egypt built a second canal. Good info!
Well, interesting that you post that, my friend in Egypt that referred this article to me is an expert in Ancient Egyptian archeology and what ancient Egyptians were able to do.
https://twitter.com/EagleShery/status/1314574029697802240
If you read his Twitter feed, he posts something almost every day related to ancient Egyptian history.
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