Why the Gulf of Aden is dangerous ?
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- In today’s episode, we want to discuss why the Gulf of Aden is dangerous. The Gulf of Aden, named for the seaport of Aden in southern Yemen, is a sea lane of strategic significance. Located in the Arabian Sea between Yemen on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden is part of the important Suez Canal shipping route between the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Gulf is roughly 900 kilometers long; its width varies. Littoral states of the Gulf are Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It is estimated that the Gulf of Aden is used by approximately 22,000 vessels annually, carrying around 8% of the world’s trade, including more than 12% of the total volume of oil transported by sea. Hence, it forms an essential oil transport route between Europe and the Far East.
During the Greek conquests to Persia and the Indian subcontinent, the Gulf was discovered as a convenient route to access these regions. The area was included in the Erythraean Sea along with the Gulf of Tadjoura and the Red Sea. Several small islands within the Gulf still bear colloquial versions of the Greek names given to them. Conquerors such as Darius of Persia and Alexander the Great of Macedonia sailed this route, and maps from their era mentioned the Gulf as an extension of the Erythraean Sea. The geography of the Gulf of Aden differs from the surrounding topography in certain aspects. The average depth of the Gulf of Aden is around 500 meters, while the deepest point is 5.5 kilometers at the Alula Fartak Trench.
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Not all "pirate" are bad There have been illegal fishing across Somalia for the last 3 decades and the local small fishermen are defending themselves from illegal fishing. Heard most are Iranian and others come and fish illegally. Japanese also buy the huge Tunas that caught illegally in Somalia. Well now the fishing rights have been sold to China so at least some of the fishing are now legal and let`s hope the money are going to the local people. There have also been tanks of poisons been dumbed in the Somali coast which have effected the locals
One thing uniting every navy in the world. Their hatred for pirates.
Or rather their love for pirates. These pirates are after all great target practice to test your weapons, preparedness and strategies.
Not really - the US Navy have some vehicles with pirate flags and decals. For example, the F14 Tomcat Jolly Rogers or USS Kidd.
Hatred for pirates 🏴☠️ but travel in their countries weird white people logic haha 😂
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It's a lawless region with weak governments that can't do anything about it.
2:53 These guys are actor not a pirate
its just an example lol
After peacefully sailing on my boat for a few hours, my friends and I were welcomed by a bunch of friendly Somalis who showed us their weapon collection, demonstrating one of their rifles’ function on my buddy Kevin. We were then tied up and had a nice little conversation about finances with one of the gentlemen. After the leader of the group said something along the lines of “lacagtaada na sii haddii kale waan ku dilaynaa”, they took our money and set our boat on fire, which we believed to be a Somali ritual for saying goodbye.
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they should add war ship cannons on the ships to protect it from ak47 users lol xd
legally they're then considered war ships and lose alot of their legal protections and have tons of hoops to jump through and cant ship as freely. There are many reasons why cargo ships arent armed and cant be armed, instead they rely on warships to protect them in convoys.
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@@Military-TV you included Sudan Saudi Arabia etc but skipped Eritrea. Just pointing that out.
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i dont believe that they call themselve Coast guard. That is funny
Some of them are. Somalia used to have really rich fishing and it was a major part of their economy but when the government fell apart their neighbors (especially India, China, and Arab nations) started stealing their fish and dumping toxic waste off the coast illegally. From what I've heard they have something like 10-20% of the fish stock they had 20 years ago and the water is heavily polluted.
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