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Old 11-18-08, 04:33 PM   #11
PeriscopeDepth
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Originally Posted by CaptHawkeye
What's funny is that an absurdly simple way to protect merchant shipping in the Gulf is already available. It wouldn't even require arming Tankers and Freighters. Simply bring back the Convoy System. Every major world power and their dog has SOME kind of naval presense in that region. It wouldn't be hard to just organize the container ships into groups and have them escorted by a single DDG or even a Frigate.
Why not just put a few squads of infantry on each vessel depending on its size? Would be a lot cheaper than some NATO FFG that was made to hunt Soviet subs.

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