A patrol boat based in Ferrol intercepts two Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea

A Spanish navy ship prominent in constant surveillance and deterrence operations on Tuesday carried out tracking of the frigate Admiral Kasatonov and the tanker Akademik Pashin, both of the Russian Navy, according to the General Staff of Defense (EMAD). Height policeman Sentinel, with a staff of 40 soldiers and base at Arsenal de Ferrol, intercepted and tracked these two vessels, which sail the western Mediterranean.

It is an area that stretches along the northern basin of the Alboran Sea, through the Gulf of Leon and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and covers the Balearic Archipelago and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia that bathe the coasts of France, Italy and Spain. Sentinel, delivered by Navantia to the Navy in 1991, performs surveillance and maritime security tasks in the waters of the southern peninsula. Its goal is to maintain its presence and guarantee national interests in waters under Spanish sovereignty.

The Naval Operations Command (MOM), based in Cartagena and covering this operation, is the organization of the operational structure of the Armed Forces, responsible for planning, conducting and monitoring surveillance and security missions in sovereign maritime areasresponsibility and national interest.

Constant surveillance and deterrence operations “are an effective tool for maintaining surveillance of sovereign spaces, enabling early detection of threats and facilitating an immediate and sustained response to a potential crisis,” according to EMAD.

The Land, Naval, Aerospace Operations Command and the recently created Cyberspace constitute a permanent command structure. About 3,000 soldiers take part in these operations every day.

With a crew of 40 people, the Sentinel falls under the command of the Ferrol Maritime Action Force unit, depending on the Navy’s maritime action forces, which within the fleet consist of a set of units whose main task is to prepare for the protection of national maritime interests. patrol officer It is commanded by second lieutenant Alejandro Álvarez Brasa.