– Stable Seas – Despite being geographically isolated and faced with conventionally stronger Sri Lankan government forces, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were able to maintain a high-intensity insurgency for decades. In the face of these challenges, what allowed the LTTE to continue conducting sophisticated operations? One significant factor was their exploitation of the maritime domain.

– Global Times – Sri Lanka Navy held commissioning ceremony at the Colombo port on Thursday for China-gifted frigate “P625”, renamed “Parakramabahu”.

– US Naval Institute Proceedings – Engaging with the Sri Lanka Navy offers the U.S. Navy both Indian Ocean access and training opportunities.

– Daily Mirror – Japan may help Sri Lanka buy P-3C maritime surveillance aircraft, apart from persuading India and the US to make Sri Lanka a base for strategic maritime surveillance over the Indian Ocean Region.

Reuters – Sri Lanka navy kills 26 rebels in ocean gunfight

Sri Lanka’s navy killed 26 Tamil Tigers and destroyed four boats during a six-hour sea battle on Monday on the coast just off the sliver of land where the separatists are fighting a final stand.

AFP – Sri Lankan Navy destoys four Tamil boats fleeing island

Sri Lanka said yesterday it had destroyed four Tamil Tiger boats trying to escape government soldiers closing in on the rebels’ last base in the northeast of the island.

Associated Press – Sri Lanka navy: Rebel suicide attack foiled at sea

Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed two explosive-laden Tamil Tiger rebel boats Wednesday that attempted to crash into two cargo ships sailing to the country’s troubled north, a spokesman said.

Reuters – The Sri Lankan navy destroyed two Tamil Tiger boats on Saturday off an island in the country’s restive north, killing six rebels, the second military engagement at sea in less than 24 hours.
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Associated Press – Sri Lanka’s navy destroyed two Tamil rebel boats Friday, killing at least 20 insurgents, after the guerrillas launched an attack that triggered a fierce gunbattle in the volatile north.
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Reuters – Sri Lanka’s navy sank 11 Tamil Tiger vessels and killed dozens of rebels in a fierce five-hour battle overnight, the military said on Monday, a fortnight after the foes agreed to resume peace talks to halt renewed civil war.
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Daily Telegraph – Sri Lanka’s navy sank 12 Tamil Tiger craft overnight in a fierce naval battle off the island’s northern tip, the military said today, adding it believed it had killed dozens of rebel fighters.
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BBC – A sea battle between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government forces has left at least 45 people dead, the navy says.
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BBC – Sri Lanka’s navy and Tamil Tiger rebels have exchanged gunfire off the eastern coast of Trincomalee.
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CNN – A nearly 4-year-old cease-fire between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels is coming under pressure after at least 13 sailors were killed when an explosives-laden boat rammed into a Sri Lankan navy vessel early Saturday.
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New York Times – Tamil separatists attacked two Sri Lankan Navy ships early Thursday morning, abducting three sailors, the military said, and pushing the battered island nation closer to resuming its two-decade civil war.
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