DefenceTalkAn Iranian naval flotilla foiled a pirate attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Red Sea, the navy said, following a similar incident last month. “A suspicious boat with 12 armed people on board approached the Iranian merchant ship in Bab al-Mandab” strait on Thursday, the state news agency IRNA said, citing a statement […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-navy-says-thwarted-pirate-attack-on-ship-in-red-sea-79303/

DefenceTalkNATO Defence Ministers on Tuesday (3 June) decided to extend NATO’s counter-piracy operation Ocean Shield until the end of 2016. Since August 2009, NATO ships have patrolled the waters off the Horn of Africa as part of Operation Ocean Shield. Their mission is to contribute to international efforts to fight maritime piracy and to help […]https://www.defencetalk.com/nato-to-extend-natos-counter-piracy-mission-until-2016-59784/