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Fleets come into play: Libyan conflict has risen to a new level

Fleets come into play: Libyan conflict has risen to a new level
Libyan war gradually outgrowing the level of local armed struggle, transforming into a large-scale military confrontation between developed armies. Moreover, it was not only the ground forces and aviation that began to intervene, but also fleets of rival countries.

According to Defense Arabic, off the coast of Egypt, in the area of ​​Mersa Matruh near the Libyan border, the Mistral-class universal amphibious assault ship was spotted. Recall, two helicopter carriers of this project were bought by Egypt from France after the latter refused to transfer them to Russia in connection with Paris' support for American sanctions against Moscow.

From Defense Arabic, UDC is equipped with Mi-24 and Apache rotary-wing aircraft. For our part, we note, what can be expected on board the ship and the placement of Ka-52K carrier-based attack helicopters, relatively recently acquired in Russia.

In parallel, the ships of the Turkish Navy rushed to the Libyan coast. Among them is a frigate, armed with RIM-66E-5 medium-range guided missiles, who specialize in the fight against air targets.

At the same time, the Greek fleet begins to show activity. As noted by the Greek Military Portal resource, The country's navy began to blockade the supply of weapons to Libya, in which the frigate "Spetses" has already discovered a "suspicious merchant ship flying the Tanzanian flag". Turkish frigates got in touch during his flight, stated, that the ship is under the protection of Ankara.

Fleets come into play: Libyan conflict has risen to a new level

Against the backdrop of a steady increase in military escalation, the geopolitical alignment of forces around the Libyan conflict is gradually changing. 9 June, an agreement in principle was reached between Rome and Athens on the division of the sea shelf, which could not be concluded over the past 40 years.

It should be noted, that almost simultaneously with these agreements, Egypt made a decision to acquire in Italy 6 frigates, two squadrons of M-346 combat trainers and Eurofighter fighters, 20 Falaj II OPV patrol boats and one military satellite.

These two deals may indicate the entry of Italy into the anti-Turkish camp., in which Egypt has actually openly announced its presence, Greece and the UAE.

A sharp resumption of the anti-Turkish agenda in the Mediterranean occurred in early June after the defeat of Khalifa Haftar's troops near Tripoli, Libya and Ankara's decision to start developing gas fields on the shelf. 15 and 20. Greece considers, that this territory is within the exclusive economic zone of the country. At the same time, Ankara and the forces opposing Haftar, settled in Tripoli, consider, that Athens makes unjustified claims.

Fleets come into play: Libyan conflict has risen to a new level

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