NATOS MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY Richard Froh Deputy Assistant - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

NATO’S MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY Richard Froh Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations NATO Headquarters

NATO’s Core Tasks • Collective Defence • Crisis Management • Cooperative Security 2 1

Characteristics of Maritime Forces • speed • lethality • strategic reach • interoperability • endurance • flexibility 3 1

Maritime Force Structures 4 1

Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR • UNSCR 1970 & 1973 Protect civilians and civilian- populated areas from attack or threat of attack • Arms Embargo - TF 455 20 ships 3,100 vessels hailed, 300 boarded and 11 diverted • No-Fly Zone + 26,500 sorties flown, including over 9,700 strike sorties • Duration 31 March - 31 October 2011 5

Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR Forces from 14 NATO Nations+ 2 PfP BGR ROU OAE Totals FRA ESP Total Hailed: 110,000+ TUR DEU Total Boarded: 161 GBR GRC USA ITA Total Escorted: 488 SNMG’S NLD NON-NATO NATIONS NOR POL RUS UKR PRT Network Based Ops Platform Based Ops Now 6 NATO UNCLASSIFIED 1

Extent of Somali Basin Pirates Camps on the Beach NATO UNCLASSIFIED 7

8 NATO UNCLASSIFIED 1

Moving Forward 9