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.
Related articles:
Egypt is holding naval exercises with France and responding to Turkey
The government and the opposition are seeking an agreement with Egypt
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.
They have state of the art screen doors.
By the way. The title is misleading.
The Egyptian ships are entering the Black Sea to do joint military exercises with the Russian Navy.
There is no other way to enter the Black Sea, except for the Strait.
..................
Well, if it had said they were approaching Ankara I’d a been worried.................
Yep, not on the strait.
Thank you for your commentary.
ROFL
Seems they want to provoke Turkey into something and drag us in via Nato.
Hi.
“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.”
In the fwiw department, the Bosphorus Strait controls access to the Black Sea...transiting either way.
Gotta get a hall pass from Erdogan (sultan in waiting), or things could get “interesting.”
5.56mm
They had a great navy under the leadership of Marc Anthony.
Constantinople..
I would think the more direct message is regarding Turkey's interference in Libya, where they are effectively fighting a proxy war with Egypt, and to a point Russia. A little, "You mess around in our backyard, we'll come to yours". Azerbaijan has got to be pretty far down in Egypt's priorities right now. Or maybe it's a favor to Russia in return for support in Libya.
Both are valid points.
I’m no fan of Putin. There are some here who are.
But it is important that sane people come forward and end the misery, butchery and hate filled exploits of Erdoo and the Islamist Terrorists.
Egypt and Russia have an interest in seeing the Islamist Terrorist shut down.
Agreed. I do not like or trust Putin, but we should cooperate on the issues where we agree. Where we disagree, we should pursue our own goals, and only compromise when it is a net “win”. One ofthe reasons I trust Trump over any democrat. The only win they care about is themselves.
Totally agree.
The discussion of this article was diffused in a cloud of nonsense.
I do think it is near full moon.
Trump: Uh, guys...? I think I didn’t explain Thanksgiving the right way. Let’s try again. You don’t take Turkey and carve it up. You take A turkey. You know? The bird?
PLEASE remove me. Your posts are useless.
PLEASE remove me. Your posts are useless.
Remove you from what?
I only have 2 ping lists.
The Texas Ping List and the Syrian Ping List (seldom used now)
I have no other lists.
Checked both list for your screen name. It is not on either one.
If it were, I would have gladly removed you.
You will have to talk to SJackson about this. I cannot see all of his ping list, but you may be on it. Think it is the Middle East Ping List.
------------------
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
..................
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.