First Sea Lord and Royal New Zealand Navy chief at Chilean maritime Expo

Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 - 05:42 UTC

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Beginning on Tuesday and until Friday the Chilean port of Viña del Mar will host the ninth edition of the very successful ExpoNaval, which besides its emphasis on naval defense, for the fourth time running will be combined with a maritime and port exhibition: Trans-Port 2014. Read full article

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Troy Tempest
Sounds like the RN is chummy with some LATAM navies... Do the Trolls know that?
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 06:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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JuanGabriel
Wouldn't be surprised if there is some kind of announcement of Chilean interest in Sea Ceptor/CAMM to update their ex RN Type 23s from this conference. NZ just selected it for their Anzac frigates and Brasil just announced it for their new Tamandaré corvettes.
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 11:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Islander1
RN always has been - and remains - very chummy with Chilean Navy - and others in the region.
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nosregor
yes #3, Germany helped found the Chilean army (hence those helmets !) and the Royal Navy helped found the Chilean Navy.....Admiral Colchrane I believe was active down there.
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 05:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
once again this shows the immense cooperation between great Britain and Chile,

and not an argie rowing boat in sight lol
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Troy Tempest
Serious Question:

Were the Argentines represented? Any ships?
Dec 02nd, 2014 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
@6 Troy
Surely you are joking? They would to too embarrassed to show up, no?

Anyhoo, this shows the importance of the Expo when you have 'top brass' like these showing up.
“First Sea Lord and head of the Royal Navy, Sir George Zambellas, KBC, DSC, ADC and Rear Admiral Jack Steer, head of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
Good to see that real alliances and 'real-politik' over-rides any lip-service in the region. Chile is fast becoming the only Lat-Am country to do business with. The only country that the rest of the world not only takes seriously, but also welcomes and appreciates.
An important player in the South Pacific region.
Quite impressive.
Dec 03rd, 2014 - 01:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
Notice how the argies bloggers are very quiet..
Dec 03rd, 2014 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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