Why not? The MQ-1 and MQ-9 drones can lase the boat without any problems. Since the Hellfire is quite accurate, it should hit/destroy the target. Even if it would miss and hit the surface nearby, the explosion of the warhead should be enough to damage or destroy a rubber boat/small surface vessel... and if not, let the sensor operator push the button one more time... practice makes perfect! :D

A merchant vessel sporting a couple of 40mm Gatling cannons or a Phalanx system manned by marksmen would be the least expensive deterrent. Then the merchants can start painting pirate kill emblems on their hulls:up:

Any volunteers? :03::D


:arrgh!::arrgh!::arrgh!:
Got three this week.

The RN must have some old ones going spare, they're scrapping plenty of vessels.

Only statement I can give on piracy is...


Don't get caught.


They won't catch you either, too stupid, the Russians and Australians have been killing (program name deleted) for years.

At worse I got a letter, telling me to stop, one letter in 10 years.

Maybe if shows would make worldwide releases, or if VATs did not exist.
maybe more people will buy your pile of crap?

How come the minute the USA wants a tarrif, everyone screams, but most other countries charge a VAT for all imports? Including digital media, video games and movies. (I paid 40$ usd for far cry 3 new, my aussie buddy paid 60$ usd.)

Maybe theft is a by product of greed? Yes indeed!

Are you talking about the same piracy this thread is themed on?

Why would you need a helicopter or a drone? Just outfit the commercial vessels with a pair of 40mm Bofors mounts.

Not that easy. A Civilian ship with a 40mm Autocannon? I don't know... Many Nations could have headaches letting ships like that into their harbors. What if baaad people enter and take over an armed vessel and use it to cause havoc with it? (imagine a 40mm cannon on the loose in a harbor...)

Q Ships would be the best answer by far.

Would insurance companies even cover civilain ships that arm themselves?

No I suck at life, you should know that by now.

I messed up :)

I thought as much but didn't want to sound rude :)

Thanks Jim, ya did right!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMJpHihykI

:yeah:

Ja! Jaaah...! Or a Leopard-2 turret, pulled behind in a rubber boat! :D I see a whole new range of scenarios being designed in SBP! Rubberduck busting!

:woot:

I assume it is more convenient and probably cheaper to have a drone around, instead of turning all traders into armed blockade breakers.

Arming all merchants with installed platforms politically is probably no option either.