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2020-02-10 The Grand Turk
Expanded and modernized Turkish navy adds further muscle to country's objective of protecting national interests on high seas
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Posted by Fred 2020-02-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
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#1 Picture in article shows several "ships" followed by a tugboat.

Not much of a navy AFAICT.
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-02-10 01:14||   2020-02-10 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Still rowed by slaves....
Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-10 06:57||   2020-02-10 06:57|| Front Page Top

#3 .. sodomy and the Lash - but no Rum :-/
Posted by Jan Sin-Airy 2020-02-10 07:01||   2020-02-10 07:01|| Front Page Top

#4 adds further muscle aka more oars.
Posted by AlanC 2020-02-10 07:31||   2020-02-10 07:31|| Front Page Top

#5 "These new Evinrudes on the back gives us some real power!"
Posted by Raj 2020-02-10 07:35||   2020-02-10 07:35|| Front Page Top

#6 It is the boring logistics ships, not the flashy warships, that make a navy a Navy.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-02-10 08:25||   2020-02-10 08:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Wisely spoken, Grasshoppa
Posted by Numbah-One Grandpa 2020-02-10 08:39||   2020-02-10 08:39|| Front Page Top

#8 In all seriousness, though; how much naval power can the Turks project? According to Wikipedia they have "16 frigates, 8 corvettes, 13 submarines, 23 missile boats, 28 patrol boats, 32 mine countermeasures vessels, 29 landing ships, and various auxiliary ships." That sounds like a reasonable amount for a regional power.

And is it a bad thing if they *do* project some naval power? Is it stabilizing or destabilizing? Inquiring, non-Naval minds would like to know.
Posted by Secret Master 2020-02-10 15:58||   2020-02-10 15:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess that depends on your views concerning the newly mapped gas fields and level of involvement in Libya, in addition to the timeless Control of Bosphorus.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-02-10 17:32||   2020-02-10 17:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Turkey is bad news. They are bringing us nothing but grief, annoyance and confusion.

The sooner Yip gets his wings clipped, the better.
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 17:39||   2020-02-10 17:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Turkey wants Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, all of the Aegean Islands... just mark everything the Ottoman Empire had at its peak down as being on their Bucket List.
Posted by magpie 2020-02-10 18:32||   2020-02-10 18:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Turkey wants Cyprus, the Eastern Mediterranean, all of the Aegean Islands... just mark everything the Ottoman Empire had at its peak down as being on their Bucket List.

Well, even though I'm not a navy guy, I'm pretty sure 16 frigates, 8 corvettes, 13 submarines, and 23 missile boats won't get them there.
Posted by Secret Master 2020-02-10 19:10||   2020-02-10 19:10|| Front Page Top

#13 They will, however, make great reefs
Posted by Frank G 2020-02-10 19:46||   2020-02-10 19:46|| Front Page Top

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