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In 2011, the Somaliland Coast Guard had extremely limited equipment. Their vessels consisted of two 20-foot motor boats and they were armed with AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 rocket launchers. [ 6 ] In the following decade, the Coast Guard received a total of seven Defender -class boats , four from Italy and three from Sweden .
Somaliland Coast Guard. The Somaliland Coast Guard (Somali: Ciidanka Bada ee Somaliland) was formed in 2009. [9] The headquarters is located in the coastal town of Berbera; a diving center run by foreign divers who train the Somaliland coast guard is also located there. The coast guard operates with small speedboats mounted with guns. [9]
BBC reported in 2021, "The Navy or Somaliland Coast Guard is one of the military departments of Somaliland, operating on the coast of Somaliland in Las Qoray, Zeila and Berbera." [2] Somaliland National TV (SLNTV) reported in its September 2023 broadcast that Las Koray is a territory of Somaliland. [3]
The PMPF was established after the Puntland administration in 2010 passed Somalia's first Anti-Piracy Law. [2] [6] According to the former president of Puntland Abdirahman Mohamud Farole, the Force was formed in response to requests from the international community and the U.N. Security Council to establish local anti-piracy law enforcement institutions. [7]
The Somali Navy was founded in 1964 with the help of Soviet military advisers. It had its bases in Berbera, on the Gulf of Aden and Kismayo on the Indian Ocean near the border with Kenya. It also operated a radar facility in Merca. [2] Initial deliveries included Soviet-made Project 368P and Project 183 patrol and torpedo boats. [3]
The Military ranks of Somaliland are the military insignia used by the Somaliland Armed Forces, whose rank insignia combine those used by United Kingdom, which maintained colonial possessions in this country. Rank insignia follow thus the British pattern, but has four warrant officer ranks following the US model.
The Philippines inaugurated a new coast guard monitoring base Friday on an island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea and plans to expand joint patrols with the United ...
Somaliland Coast Guard; Somaliland Custodial Corps This page was last edited on 22 February 2021, at 12:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...