Contemporary era · 2009 – 2016
Operation Ocean Shield
Operation Ocean Shield was NATO's anti-Piracy in Somalia initiative in the Indian Ocean, Guardafui Channel, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. It follows the earlier Operation Allied Protector. Naval operations began on 17 August 2009 after being approved by the North Atlantic Council, and were terminated on 15 December 2016 by NATO.
- When
- 17 Aug 2009 – 24 Nov 2016
- Where
- Indian Ocean
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
Before and after
Text from the Wikipedia article Operation Ocean Shield, CC BY-SA 4.0