U.S. carried out military exercises directed against their NATO ally
Naval and air forces of Israel, Greece, with the participation of the U.S. Navy fleet VI is carried out large-scale exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, codenamed Noble Dina. And the "imaginary enemy" against whom practiced joint actions in a scenario exercise is called directly and unambiguously - is Turkey, a country, part of NATO. During the maneuvers, Navy and Air Force do the task to protect gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea from the attack submarine. All of this simulates a possible confrontation in the conflict zone associated with the development of gas reservoir near the coast of Cyprus, which declared the claim to the Turks.
The active area of the exercises - the southern tip of Cyprus, and Israel's territorial waters on the beam port of Haifa. In addition, the shelf zone of the maneuvers was the island of Crete, Ankara contested and uninhabited islands, and Imiya Kardag, located 10 km from the border with Turkey. According to the scenario in the gas fields offshore Cyprus - drilling platforms and pipelines, the outlet gas in storage - Turkish attack submarines, fighter aircraft, or drones. Reflection attacks take on the Greek destroyer and a submarine, combat aircraft and helicopters. Israeli air force protection tactics work out facilities offshore and land-based infrastructure of missile and torpedo attacks from submarines, as well as aerial combat with enemy aircraft.
Exercises Noble Dina became a kind of replacement of the same maneuvers ReliantMermaid, which until 2009 held the army of Israel and Turkey with the participation of the United States. Israeli-Turkish strategic partnership was terminated largely because of Ankara's position. For the first time Israel and Greece have held joint exercises a year ago. But now their scope and time frame extended. According to the Greek site Defencenet.gr, part of the learning task is performed in close proximity to the Turkish coast. Teaching is no accident named NobleDina. Apparently, this is a transparent allusion to NobleEnergy - U.S. oil and gas production company operating on the coastal shelf of Israel and Cyprus, including the disputed area in the field. Headquartered in Houston NobleEnergy. The company operates in the United States, China, Ecuador, Israel, in the North Sea and West Africa.
Note that for the three years since the course initiated by Turkey to break relations, Israel has established active cooperation with Greece, Cyprus and the Balkan countries, including in the sphere of security. Among other things, Israel has signed an agreement with Cyprus to ensure the safety of gas fields in the exclusive economic waters of the two countries, as well as a number of agreements on cooperation in this area of Greece.
According to a senior fellow at the Center of Euro-Atlantic Security Institute for International Studies at MGIMO Julia Kudryashov, teaching will not lead to a sharp deterioration of relations between the Turks and their allies in NATO. She notes that U.S. interests in Syria and Turkey are the same: both are supported by local opposition. Ankara will not be in conflict with Israel, but actually deterioration of Turkish-Israeli relations is largely due to disputes over oil fields in the area of Cyprus. "Turkey is now quite active on the Syrian track. The aggravation of the "second front" does not need "- the expert said" NO ". However, the absence of an immediate negative reaction from Ankara does not mean that teaching will not have long-term consequences for relations between Turkey and NATO.
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