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The Bulgarian Navy ((ブルガリア語:Военноморски сили на Република България, ''Voennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya'')) is the navy of the Republic of Bulgaria and forms part of the Bulgarian Armed Forces. It has been largely overlooked in the reforms that Bulgaria had to go through in order to comply with NATO standards, mostly because of the great expense involved and the fact that naval assaults are not considered to be a great concern for the country's security. That is why three of the four s (excluding ''Slava'') are now docked and have been out of operation for some time. The last one was decommissioned in November 2011. Only the more modern frigates, corvettes and missile crafts are on active duty. In order to meet some of the NATO requirements, the Bulgarian government purchased a from Belgium in 2005. BNS ''Wandelaar'' (F-912), built in 1977, was renamed BG ''Drazki''. That same year the Bulgarian ship ''Smeli'' took part as a full NATO member for the first time in NATO OAE (''Operation Active Endeavour''). In 2006, following a decision of the Bulgarian National Assembly, ''Drazki'' deployed as part of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), patrolling the territorial waters of Lebanon under German command. This was the first time the Bulgarian Navy took part in an international peacekeeping operation. The Bulgarian government purchased two ''Wielingen''-class frigates and one in 2007. The Bulgarian Navy is centred in two main bases. One is near the city of Varna. The other is Atiya Naval Base, near the city of Burgas. == Structure == * Naval Forces Command, Varna * * Naval Forces Staff * * Naval Operations Center * * Coastal Fundamental System for CIS Support * * Coastal Information Detachment * * Independent Electronic Surveillance Detachment * * Command, Control and Communications Units * * Naval Base Command * * * Naval Base Staff * * * Naval Base Location Varna * * * Naval Base Location Atia * * * Repair and Maintenance Center * * * Armament and Equipment Storage * * * Ship Divisions * * * * 1st Patrol Ships Division * * * * 3rd Mine Counter-Measure Division * * * * 4th Patrol Ships Division * * * * 6th Mine Counter-Measure Division * * * * 18th Support Ships Division * * * * 96th Support Ships Division * * * 2nd Coastal Anti-Ship Missile and Artillery Battalion * * Independent Naval Helicopter Air Base ''"Chayka"'' * * 63rd Naval Special Forces Reconnaissance Detachment ''"Black Sea Sharks"'' * * Hydrographical Service of the Naval Forces * * Equipment Storage Base of the Naval Forces * * Military Police Company of the Naval Forces Command A "Division" is the equivalent of land forces battalion or air force squadron as the Bulgarian Navy follows the Russian naval tradition, according to which an "Operational Squadron" or "Оперативная эскадра" is a temporary formation, an equivalent of a land forces division and in modern times a "Squadron" of the Russian Navy is an equivalent of a land forces corps. According to the reform plans envisioned in the White Paper on Defence 2010, the two naval bases would be merged into one with two base facilities in Varna and Burgas. The manpower of the Navy would account to about 3,400 seamen. The ordered Eurocopter AS565 MB Panther helicopters were reduced from 6 to 3 units. Between 2011 and 2020 the naval "Longterm Investment Plan" should come into action, providing the sea arm of the Bulgarian military with modernised ships and new equipment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bulgarian Navy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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