US Flagged Vessel Captured! UPDATE: Navy SEALS take out pirates
 

Ship carrying 20 Americans believed hijacked off Somalia



(CNN) -- Pirates near Somalia's coastline attacked a cargo ship Wednesday with a crew of at least 20 U.S. nationals, according to the company that owns the vessel.


I say capture at all cost.

Act of War.

I have long believed we should have small, swift Q-Ships operating so heavily in those waters than the pirates would think twice about approaching even a row boat.

BBC called it a "sustained night attack". Some days ago a german freighter was captured, with half a dozen German nationals - in waters so far away that they had been considered to be relatively safe.

Now it takes it's toll that in past months and during last year it was decided to play kind with them, not to fight against them, not to harm them, not to shoot at them, not rying to eliminate them and interrupt their operations already during preparation and/or approach phase, and pay them their ransoms - which they invest in better equipment, better boats, better weapons, to scale up their attacks. Some weeks ago they even have mistakenly attacked an armed German war navy supply ship, although that went not well for them, they were taken prisoners. But what does that mean anyway?

Shipping insurances have risen. So rose the prices for shipped items and goods. We all pay for it with our private money.

They are testing the waters so to speak.

:yep: A nice disguised merchant ship. Empty containers on deck...except they are not empty, drop sides and fat cannon within:D

well as i have posted before.

it cant be a merchant ship... it would have to be a sleek, large motor yacht.


this way, if the situation goes too far south, it can turn tail and run at high speed.

second... it appears that most of these craft are being approached by small boats... so you dont want to be armed with a typical cannon... but several of these would work nicely at cutting down any threat.

Problem is the pirates will see this vessel. It needs to be a merchant. Just like the ones they like to take. Have a few of those vulcan cannons in containers on the deck. FUN:D

This just in from the news on the radio, US crew overpowers the hijackers...:up:

Heard that, also heard it is not confirmed. Lets hope so.

While the white house ponders a response the crew takes action evidently.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

these same pirates have seized motor yachts in the past.

If you make a Q-Ship merchant it had better have speed... you dont want a boat like that falling into the wrong hands.

Either way, I'm sure Obama will apologize for it.

He will address the pirates on public television saying we should be sensitive to their needs.

The only speed they need is the bullets flying out of the vulcan cannons:D

Somehow I would believe that. After all, is it REALLY the pirates fault:06:

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