I think any vessel capable of carrying a few Hawkeyes plus supporting air assetts would be better than additional hulls if just for the wider area coverage and far quicker response times.

Come on people its not rocket science. I see this discussion going in two directions.

One is the oh poor pirates, Lets build schools and give them jobs and help them be less impovershed. While were at it we can all sing we are the world and the Communist anthem!:06:

The other is Fire, Fire, Fire, the only reason to stop firing is bacuse the bombs are falling and when they are done we fire some more! Casualty's are the scoreboards of this epic naval struggle. Did some one say Tactical Nukes?:doh:

Just for the voting block, Mark my vote for #2:up:

:arrgh!: :lurk: :ahoy:

Where are these pro-pirate people in this conversation? I haven't seen them.

A CVBG would solve the pirate problem pretty quickly, but does anybody really think that the US would be willing to deploy a CVBG just to stop a bunch of guys in speedboats?

This is a classic free rider problem. Everybody wants the pirates to be stopped, but nobody's willing to put the time and effort needed into stopping them.