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Piracy: "Grecale" of the Italian Navy dismantled an attack to the "Valdarno" ship by sending its helicopter

Rome, Italy - Pirates caught; the mercantile proceeded with its trip

The Italian Navy frigate "Grecale", configured in the NATO SNMG2 device for the anti-piracy operation "Ocean Shield", intervened to protect the Italian ship "Valdarno" which suffered an attempted boarding off the coast of Oman last January 16, in the Indian Ocean, about 250 miles from Salalah. The pirates approached with a small boat, which had sailed off from another "Dhow" that acted as mother...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1136978
Rome, Italy, 01/17/2012 15:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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