KEEPING THE MED SAFE – HOW IT’S DONE –
KEEPING THE MED SAFE – HOW IT’S DONE –

Summary/Abstract: The author writes that there has not been a single incident of terrorist arrests in the Mediterranean since the beginning of counter-terrorist operations started there in 2001 and explains how the sea is kept safe. First, he mentions Operation Active Endeavour, established in late 2001 as NATO’s first and only Article V Operation, and its core mission: to deter, defend, and disrupt the use of the Mediterranean Sea for terrorist purposes. Then, he presents NATO’s dynamic initiatives in Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO), as well as the Headquarters Maritime Command (HQ MC) Naples, the Task Force Commander of the OAE mission and their tasks. To conclude, he points out that NATO’s maritime community will continue to influence the legal framework, develop the doctrine, match the means to the ends, and perfect the tactics to make the sea as unwelcoming as possible to terrorists and pirates alike.

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