THEORY AND PRACTICE OF COMPLEX SAR OPERATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE BLACK SEA

The paper tries to define complex SAR operations as a specific form for providing high level of maritime safety and security in the Black Sea region. The main tasks of the research are to overview the complex SAR operations in the Black Sea; to give highlights in the theory of complex SAR operations and to cover some practical aspects of complex SAR operations in the Black Sea.

The achievement of the goals of the complex SAR operations needs a set of complex capabilities. Their very important component, as a mental aspect of these capabilities, is the new SAR culture. Connected with this, the paper gives some directions for new educational and traning activities of the maritime universities.