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Gerald
07-21-10, 07:14 PM
to South Red Sea.(DUBAI)—The commander of NATO's counter-piracy flotilla said Wednesday that Somali pirates squeezed by a multinational armada in the Gulf of Aden may be shifting some operations to the southern Red Sea where naval forces lack clear authority to stop them.

In addition to one recent attack in the area, Commodore Michiel Hijmans said there have been "a lot of false alarms" where mariners were shot at and suspected pirates were pursuing them.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2005531,00.html#ixzz0uMiZYrL7
tater
07-21-10, 07:18 PM
They need to start using disproportionate force on these pirates. Hopefully with video running, I want to see some skiffs dissolve into red mist.
Ducimus
07-21-10, 08:18 PM
They need to start using disproportionate force on these pirates. Hopefully with video running, I want to see some skiffs dissolve into red mist.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppS1W1Otbhc
:yeah:
GoldenRivet
07-21-10, 08:20 PM
They need to start using disproportionate force on these pirates. Hopefully with video running, I want to see some skiffs dissolve into red mist.

yep

Q-Ships :up:

pop down sides which conceal 50 cal, 20mm and 40mm point defense weaponry
TLAM Strike
07-21-10, 10:30 PM
They need to start using disproportionate force on these pirates. Hopefully with video running, I want to see some skiffs dissolve into red mist.
Would you settle for a fish in a barrel dissolving??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvHMbN_epe4
Betonov
07-22-10, 09:06 AM
where are the golden days of piracy, when even freighters were armed. At least an armory full of assault rifles for the crew and a luger for the captain
AVGWarhawk
07-22-10, 09:10 AM
where are the golden days of piracy, when even freighters were armed. At least an armory full of assault rifles for the crew and a luger for the captain


Kind of hard pulling into port loaded to the teeth with goods and fully automatic weapons. Laws involved. :03:
papa_smurf
07-22-10, 10:11 AM
They need to start using disproportionate force on these pirates. Hopefully with video running, I want to see some skiffs dissolve into red mist.

Like this?
[/URL][URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBOUZg0nOQ (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/They%20need%20to%20start%20using%20disproportionat e%20force%20on%20these%20pirates.%20Hopefully%20wi th%20video%20running,%20I%20want%20to%20see%20some %20skiffs%20dissolve%20into%20red%20mist.)
Weiss Pinguin
07-22-10, 10:33 AM
yep

Q-Ships :up:

pop down sides which conceal 50 cal, 20mm and 40mm point defense weaponry
Hmmm, I think I see another application for UAV's... maybe on modern day CAM ships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAM_ship)? Pirates are reported in the area, launch an armed UAV and either hunt them down or shoo them off if they get too close :hmmm:
Oberon
07-22-10, 01:41 PM
Not a shabby idea that Pinguin, a small vessel can act as a mothership for multiple UAVs which patrol at an altitude high enough to not alert the pirates that they're being watched. From that point on, a RIB can be deployed to intercept the vessel and once it is evacuated either the mothership can knock it out or the UAV if it is a UCAV could do the job.
Of course, the problem is the cost of UAV/UCAV deployment and construction vis a vis the traditional way. After all, money makes the world go around.
TLAM Strike
07-22-10, 08:18 PM
They are way ahead of you guys...

These are systems in deployment or development...
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/18/antipirateship.jpg
Gerald
07-22-10, 08:27 PM
They are way ahead of you guys...

These are systems in deployment or development...
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/18/antipirateship.jpg
this equipment? :hmmm:
TLAM Strike
07-22-10, 09:09 PM
Lets just say a lot less than ransom paid on the cargo of the ship and the dozen sailors.
~$10,000 depending on what piece of gear.
Gerald
07-22-10, 09:13 PM
Lets just say a lot less than ransom paid on the cargo of the ship and the dozen sailors.
~$10,000 depending on what piece of gear. if they have the right connection :yep:
TLAM Strike
07-22-10, 09:44 PM
Lets just say I would feel safer having the companies paying to equip their ships with this gear than letting the sailors develop their own defenses.

If they let the sailors have their way they would build something like this:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1337/zippoboth.jpg
Weiss Pinguin
07-22-10, 10:52 PM
That might be more effective psychologically ;)
Jimbuna
07-23-10, 08:12 AM
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBOUZg0nOQ

The only language pirates understand :yep:
Snestorm
07-23-10, 08:56 PM
The pirates are awaiting a reply to their assylum applications, to see whether they will move to The Med, The North Sea, or The Baltic.
CCIP
07-23-10, 08:58 PM
The pirates are awaiting a reply to their assylum applications, to see whether they will move to The Med, The North Sea, or The Baltic.

How about the Saskatchewan? Canada's refugee laws are lax as ever :arrgh!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laAP4Pj3hYY
:rotfl2:
Snestorm
07-23-10, 09:27 PM
How about the Saskatchewan? Canada's refugee laws are lax as ever :arrgh!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laAP4Pj3hYY
:rotfl2:

Hmmm. And if that doesn't work, I guess they could work The Rio Grande, and wait for ammnesty papers from Pennsylvania Avenue (but only if they're non-european).

I liked the tune, by the way.