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Chinese Navy escort carrier fleet to carry the card -28 helicopters

Lin Dong

just the Chinese Year of the Ox to the national naval defeat six consecutive pirate attacks, the United States, Russia Coincidentally, the Navy in the waters off Somalia to take the initiative to capture pirates. At the same time, the informal meeting of NATO defense ministers decided to launch a new round of military operations to combat piracy. These are harbingers of the convoy anchored in international maritime rescue operation began the attack from the ships, the expulsion of the pirates of the defensive battle, turned to take the initiative to combat piracy offensive war. Faced with this mutation, national naval strategy and tactics also need to make timely adjustments.

strengthen its defenses to prevent the pirates retaliatory attack

in the upcoming March, the Gulf of Aden will usher in a new upsurge in shipping. Meanwhile, the pirates under international naval block has more than a month, no gain, hopes that a breakthrough in March. To the pirates, the Navy has become the international financial road rival, combined with Russia, NATO ships have begun to attack, it is possible to break the unspoken rules of peace between the two sides, leading to retaliatory attack the pirates.

learned that the Sea King has been purchased from an underground arms market antiaircraft guns, long-range rockets and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles may have anti-ship missiles. As they master the skills of these popular weapons operations at sea duty, the threat of international navy also growing. To the pirates, the number of financial resources are depleted of small groups moving towards the road to ruin may be the first to get involved, and the International Naval break the death to kill a fish. Therefore, the face of piracy counterattack, the international naval vessels on duty need to be safety first.

test analysis, the pirate attack on the Navy’s tactics have the following three: First, the pirates might use machine gun, or even anti-aircraft missiles and helicopters. Helicopter greatest threat of piracy, once away from the warships and the helicopter, no air cover, the pirates who can easily become confrontational, “alone.”

two warships to chase pirates in the escape, it may be repeated to the U.S. warships opened fire trick. Third, the pirate ship resorted to suicide bombing by way of refusing to arrest, would pose a threat to the pursuit of the ship. In 2002 the U.S. military, “Cole” destroyer in Yemen when terrorists by the Hong Kong supplies the boats packed with explosives into pieces with serious injuries.

Therefore, the national navy, save that he is the top priority to combat piracy, the effect must not underestimate the enemy.

coordinating maritime operations, to prevent centralized pirates robbed

currently has 44 countries in the waters off Somalia to escort ships, but to control a huge area is not enough . As a British rear admiral said, to fully control needs 300 ships. The countries of the escort ships are not the same way, some escorted by region, some accompanied by escort. And some countries warships have captured the interest is turned to piracy. Strength is highly fragmented, the target countries have begun to divide the ranks of naval escort, it is vulnerable to pirate attacks.

for an escort only, its escort mission endurance is limited, usually to deal with the same time hit thirty-four pirate ship no problem, but more on Gubuguolai. Now the upcoming peak shipping, an escort warship could reach more than 10 merchant vessels, which is more likely to cause the gap on defense. Seventy-eight pirates robbing ships, merchant vessels the same time, a frigate it is difficult to deal with. Now, the pirates may be a pack of wolves to deal with the lion’s way, trapped with thirty-four boats warships, merchant grab the other swarm. Escort need to prepare in advance to deal with this difficult situation, the best way is to strengthen national naval cooperation.

countries now deployed naval vessels are sparse, the pirates encountered are difficult to separate the control group maintained the situation, which depends on who “friends” of the. More than usual contact with each other more familiar with, something to help him comparatively easier. After all, this is political warfare at sea interaction.

the other hand, we must establish the technical collaboration between countries warships. First of all, share the Gulf of Aden waters of the sea conditions, weather data, target recognition situation. In recent years, NATO, ASEAN and other foreign military cooperation have been established when the vessel carrier sharing the automatic identification system, long-range target identification systems, real-time sharing of maritime security situation map. Moreover, containment, intercept time of the crime of piracy and sea robbery States Navy also needs to maintain the smooth flow of command and communications, between ships in a crisis situation may also require mutual aid, the establishment of an international naval liaison general maritime communications system is also very anti-jamming necessary.

ready defection mine warfare, mine prevent pirates release blocked channel

second phase is to build on the stage, but also the crisis ridden stage. One of the biggest potential danger is waterproof mine, this problem has become increasingly prominent.

because mine is a threat to warships, ships of the cheapest and most convenient means, the pirates can not home-made these mines. For example, the recent Russian warships seized when the pirates captured a number of mines, these mines can be slightly modified to become mines. If the pirates most drastic in the Red Sea coast, Gulf of Aden deployment of mines, it is very easy to block the channel, to the escorts and the merchant fatal danger.

must draw attention is that the Gulf of Aden is about to usher in the busy shipping season, even if only to find that mine will set off a public uproar, leading to significant increase in the premium international shipping, global financial and economic confidence will suffer a major blow, it will provoke an international naval escort for the negative comments. And if the ship was mine attack on the country it would be a heavy loss.

In this context, countries need to intensify cooperation jointly prepared defection mine warfare. First, send reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the joint Somali coast; 2 is a reasonable division of labor, so that each monitor escort ships zoning district, to prevent the pirates mine; third is to comprehensively strengthen the single-ship capability to detect a single boat, immediately found mine, as soon as possible to avoid risks; 4 is prepared to mobilize domestic mine clearance vessels, if found mine on the immediate dispatch.

step up equipment to deal with the pirates of non-lethal weapons, and strive to not bleed, no casualties

States Navy is now gathering off the Somali coast, can be described as strong. However, the fight against piracy is not a traditional military operations. Pirates of the enemy is not absolute sense, life and death should not be used the way to killing and destruction as the ultimate goal. But now countries are not equipped with the ideal weapon to subdue the pirates, resulting in a boom of a gun will be heaven pirate situation. This issue will appear in the future, the key is able to force with non-lethal, but also enables pirates to give in weapons.

to combat piracy of the available non-lethal weapons are mainly three kinds: the first one is the vertigo can be fired by the gun or laser blinding bomb bomb, so the pirates lose their resistance to long-range firing; the second is transmit electronic interference, so the pirate boat and the mother ship loses communication contact, the collapse of the whole pirate action; third is usually the net for the soccer hooligans and the foam gun to expand into a network of bombs and bubble bombs, break out the fishing nets and foam adhesion, together with the boat with the pirates Qinzhu.

worth considering is the civilian merchant ships also need to self-defense non-lethal defensive weapons and equipment to improve the defense capabilities of the pirates, seamen were quickly replaced with a homemade bomb defense dilemma.

accelerating the United Nations peacekeeping plan the ground, the early realization of shore-based security support

present, the second stage the biggest problem is whether the navies held their ground long , material, oil security is the key. Because there is no protection pirate Group, Sea King is not worried about their soldiers were lighting men. Some displaced persons in Somalia, the Navy captured a number of international and immediately be able to hire novice, so they will be sent in the near future to consume a large number of international naval piracy, and also to Kenya, Nigeria, the transfer of sea area to find a new robbery. As a result, the existing maritime escort force becomes excessive pressure, and inadequate protection issues will subsequently appear.

to solve more than 40 ships of the supply ships, maintenance is not an easy task. Today, ships of all countries should bring their own fuel and food supplies. This work of their own money for world peace thing for a long time, and any country are unbearable, at least in the context of national financial crisis, domestic public opinion may be making a lot of uneven voice. Therefore, it should be unified by the United Nations to provide protection to the national navy.

to provide protection hinges on the United Nations in Somalia, the Navy set up the port for the national support base, ships with supplies for national unity, but also for the officers and men on duty to provide more than a month rest of the environment. To do this, the United Nations peacekeeping force as soon as possible to send the ground, breaking the pirates on the shore of the multi-level set, stationed in Merka, Handa, Kismayo, Mogadishu and other major ports.

establishment of governance under the UN framework of international cooperation pirates

with warships to enter Somali waters, national sea power also crowded into a small space, cooperation is unavoidable, but the cooperative approach is in severe collisions.

all naval forces in the different actions carried out under the cooperative system, it will bring confusion in communication. Such as how to contact a selection of procedures and equipment which do collaborative technology platform, also became a pawn in competitive dominance. To avoid rudderless, it is necessary to reach agreement under the UN framework, so as not to target different, in the end as the anti-terrorist coalition in Afghanistan, as their private plots dominated by one, and eventually developed into the difficult to get horrendously.

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