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Originally Posted by muthinisana
the t-72 tanks seized by somali pirates yesterday belonged to kenya.its first time kenya is buying old soviet tanks. The 30 tanks were part of 110 t-72 ordered by kenya from ukraine and built in the urals and $50m has already been paid for them.77 of them were ordered in 2005. Here is a link but in russian сомалийские пираты захватили судно с украинскими танками » новости » rb.ru |
this is bad news. Here is a translation of the article.
Somali pirates seized the ukrainian ship "faina" carrying military equipment to kenya. According to some reports, as cargo on board were about 30 t-72 tanks and spare parts. Official ukrainian authorities say that the seized vessel was carrying did not want. Experts say that not recall instances when, in the hands of pirates have such large consignment of weapons. Everything happened the previous evening. "faina" went under the flag of belize in the kenyan port of mombasa, where, according to some figures, was to deliver about 30 tanks t-72, as well as spare parts for armored vehicles. However, the ministry of defense of ukraine is not yet confirmed as the country tries to clarify the mfa information. According to the press service of the ukrainian foreign ministry, reported the seizure of the ship arrived in the marine resource center in the city pyrenees (greece) 25 september at 17:04. Captain has announced that "faine" podplyli three boats with armed men, after which the link was interrupted. Total on board, according to the ukrainian foreign ministry, was 21 people, including three citizens of russia. Currently, rf verifies this information. Ukrainian president viktor yushchenko has instructed the competent departments urgently take all necessary measures to free the crew. To tanks? according to vedomosti, this was the last shipment from the party in the 110 tanks of this type ordered by kenya. The contract is concluded "ukrspetseksportom" worth more than $ 50 million in the previous year. It says the publication, the armed forces of ukraine have decided to sell off large holdings of t-72 produced in russia at uralvagonzavod, a few years ago. Since then, according to the register of the un in 2005 in azerbaijan and algeria were 25 and 21 t-72, respectively, in 2006 - 17 in azerbaijan, and in 2007 - 77 tanks in kenya and 74 -- in georgia. Some of the tanks from the past was seized by the russian army during the operation in south ossetia. As the expert said rb.ru institute of political and military analysis alexander hramchihin, he did not remember the precedent that such a large consignment of weapons provided in the hands of pirates. What will happen next with tanks, remains to be seen. Typically, robbers seized vessels for ransom for the crew and cargo, said an expert. "it is unlikely that the pirates tried to sell military equipment or use it for their own purposes" - doubted hramchihin. "fearlessness" against pirates navy russia will send ships to sit on a periodic basis in the areas of hazardous maritime piracy. Told assistant glavkoma russian navy captain first rank igor dygalo. He said that the ships would be sent to protect the lives of russian citizens and ensure the safety of navigation. For example, a russian patrol boat "fearlessness" has already emerged from the main base in the baltic sea and sent to the area of the coast of somalia. But alexander hramchihin questioned the effectiveness of these measures. "ships of nato in these waters enough, but the result still, as we have seen no", - said the expert. Piracy off somalia is becoming rampant. According to the international maritime bureau, in 2007 there were recorded 30 pirate attacks on civilian ships. This year, according to the un, there were about thirty. On the high-profile seizure of ships read dopmateriale.
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09-26-2008, 10:28 AM
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