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Malgrado le voci di incipiente "vecchiaia", di vendita, di radiazione, di trasformazione in base lanciamissili, la portaeromobili della M.M.I. GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI sembra godere di ottima salute: due giorni fa ha passato le Colonne d'Ercole per l'esercitazione NATO Cold Response 22, in cui assumerà il ruolo di comando delle forze anfibie. https://aresdifesa.it/nave-garibaldi-transita-lo-stretto-di-gibilterra/ Una foto nello Stretto di Messina di qualche mese fa.

effetto Brexit? http://www.politico.eu/article/british-navy-fires-warning-shots-at-spanish-vessel-off-gibraltar/ The British Navy on Sunday fired flares at a Spanish research vessel after it ignored requests to leave the waters at Gibraltar’s coast and attempts to contact the crew failed, the Guardian reports The boat, operated by Spain’s state Oceanographic Institute, entered the British waters several times within 48 hours, but ignored requests to leave. “The Royal Navy challenges all unlawful maritime incursions into British Gibraltar territorial waters. We back this up by making formal diplomatic protests to the Spanish government,” a spokesperson for the ministry of defense told the Guardian. Fabian Picardo, Gibraltar’s chief minister, said he was “satisfied” with the tactical decisions taken, AFP reports Gibraltar says similar “provocative” incidents with Spanish vessels take place in its territorial waters, but it is rare for the Navy to fire flares. e qui il Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/20/royal-navy-fires-flares-at-spanish-vessel-in-british-waters-off-gibraltar