Written by Reuters Thursday, 09 September 2010 10:05
Pirates have hijacked a Maltese-flagged merchant vessel off the coast of Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce says. Read more... Add new comment
Pirates have hijacked a Maltese-flagged merchant vessel off the coast of Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce says.
A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter squadron is deploying to the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden to carry out specialist anti-piracy operations over the coming months.
Australia's Austal said the bigger size and better fuel efficiency of its aluminum trimaran design should give it a competitive edge in a US Navy coastal warship competition worth over US $5 billion.
The navies of South Africa, India and Brazil will Friday commence with a second trilateral exercises offshore Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The exercise that will see the participating ships in port for the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition, concludes September 26. Page 1 of 177



