Piracy. Russia's Pacific Fleet to send Third Task Force

Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a third task force later this month to protect shipping routes from Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet commander said on Tuesday.

"Preparations are underway, and the task force will be dispatched later this month," said Viktor Sokolov. The task force consists of a warship with two helicopters, a salvage tug, a tanker, and a naval infantry unit.

The previous Pacific Fleet taskforce was led by the Admiral Panteleyev, an Udaloy-class destroyer. In April, the destroyer seized a boat carrying 29 suspected pirates of Iran and Pakistan origin, believed to have been involved in an unsuccessful attack on a Russian-crewed oil tanker as it passed through the Gulf of Aden en route to Singapore.

The warship later prevented a pirate attack on a cargo vessel while escorting a convoy of six merchant ships through the Gulf of Aden.

Source:Ecoterra, June 17, 2009

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