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Maritime Infrastructure Protection Symposium (MIPS) 2014

“Partnership, Coalitions, and MIP”

Rear Admiral (Italian Navy) Alessandro PIROLI

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Aim

• Present how the Maritime Infrastructure Protection can

benefit from a Partnership & Coalition approach

• Propose a possible Way Ahead in the development of MIP

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MIP - National functional areas

Harbour Protection

System

Port & Coastal

Surveillance

Mine Warfare

Capability

Maritime Interagency

Network

EODDivers

Military/LawEnforcement

assets

Intelligence

…

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MIP - National Response

• MIP systems characteristics which should be expolited to

overcome current threats: – Technological

– Layered

– Ready

– Mobile

– Joint (Navy lead) & Interagency

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MIP FUNCTIONAL AREA CHARACTERISTICS ITALIAN EXPERIENCE

HARBOUR PROTECTION

TechnologicalLayered

ARCHIMEDE

PORT AND COASTAL SURVEILLANCE

Technological PON-PACS PROJECT

MINE WARFARE CAPABILITY

ReadyMobile

WIDER TASK SPECTRUM FOR MINE WARFARE UNITS

MARITIME NETWORKS

TechnologicalJoint & interagency

MSA CENTERSIIMS (System for Interagency Integrated MaritimeSurveillance)

MIP National ResponseItalian Experience

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Acoustic and magnetic barriers

EO NEMO

C2

UGV

UAV

WI-MAX

Sonar DDS 7112

HELIOS 730+NEMO

Lyra 10 Medusa LRAD

USV

C2

IT Navy Fast Patrol Boat

IT Coast Guard Patrol Boat

E-loud

VTS Mobile Unit

Varicella 2

Varicella 1

Lagora

WI-MAX

WI-MAX

Hyperlan

Hyperlan

Hyperlan

Hyperlan

UAV

UGV

Acoustic and Magnetic Barrier

Archimede Project

MIP National ResponseItalian Experience

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Mine Warfare Capacity• Enhanced cooperation with other actors functional to «maritime

awarness»– Bottom survey– Bottom profiling– UW archeological sites survey– …

MIP National ResponseItalian Experience

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MIP National ResponseItalian Experience

RegionalSurveillance

Centre

V-RMTC

NationalMaritime

Surveillance Centre

SIIMS

SurveillanceOperations

Centre

Navy NOCNaval

Operation Center

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MIP National ResponseItalian Experience

System for Interagency Integrated Maritime Surveillance

(SIIMS)

JOINT INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT

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Limits of national approach

• The unpredictability of the threat and its complexity makes

difficult to define a defensive strategy to protect all

sensible objectives

• Very few Nations are capable to adopt MIP measures in

order to defend all possible targets

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Going from National to Multinational

• Information collection and sharing can be vital to prevent

the loss of sensible objectives

• Limitations on specific MIP functional areas can be

overcomed with a multinational intervention, that for this

aim, should be:– Ready

– Deployable

– Joint (Navy lead)

– Interoperable

• Intervention based on common/shared interests

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MIP – Multinational Response

Lines of Engagement – Common Maritime Security

COALITIONS PARTERSHIPPROGRAMS

CAPACITY BUILDING Harbour

Protection System

Port & Coastal

Surveillance

Mine Warfare

Capability

Maritime Interagency

Network

EODDivers

Military/LawEnforcement

assets

Intelligence

…

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• The attitude to establish relations with other Countries has

to be developed and exploited

• Nations have to acquire the «habit» to partnership through

Maritime Confidence Building activities

MIP – Multinational Response

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JEDDAH

DUBAI

DOHA

SHUWAIK

MINA SULMAN

MINA QABUS

ABU DHABI

ANTSERANANA

GIBUTI

MOMBASA

MAPUTO

DURBAN

CITTA’ DEL

CAPO

LUANDA

POINTE NOIRE

LAGOS

TEMA

CASABLANCA

ALGERIA

DAKAR

MARITIME SECURITY

MARITIME CAPACITY BUILDING

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

MIP Multinational ResponseItalian Experience

Capacity Building

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The virtual regional maritime traffic centre is a virtual network, using a web-internet portal, where unclassified information on maritime traffic are exchanged and shared among naval operation centres of community members.

MIP Multinational ResponseItalian Experience

Partnership Programs

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System for Interagency Integrated Maritime Surveillance (SIIMS)

TERRORISMSEARCH AND

RESCUE

ILLEGAL TRAFFICSPIRACY

ILLEGALIMMIGRATION

FISHERYPROTECTION

DEFENCE

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

PROTECTION

SEAPOLLUTION

MIP – Multinational Response

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Deterrence

SOLAS

SLOC Protection

Antipiracy activity

Coalitions

MILITARYINFRASTRUCTURE

PROTECTION

MIP – Multinational Response

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Way Ahead

• Technology– Develop technological MIP Systems tailored to be used in a Multinational

environment

• Capacity Building– Acquire “habit” to conduct Naval Cooperation activities, exploiting every opportunity

to develop in port and at sea training (e.g. port visits; dedicated naval Units &

Mobile Training Teams)

• Partnership– Develop and regularly organize staff Talks; meetings; workshops; cooperation

plans; etc.

– Develop joint and interagency systems to share Maritime Situational Awareness

• Coalitions – Be ready to build-up a tailored Coalition to respond to a crisis, if the situation

requires

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Way Ahead

Keeping in mind

Confidence Building has to be

continuously fed in order to achieve

the desired objective