Pirate 'mother ship' left in flames

[MothBalls]

It's about time. While everyone debates who should do what, an Indian warship decided to take em out.

The skirmish took place Tuesday evening about 326 miles (525 kilometers) southwest of Oman's Salalah port when the frigate INS Tabar spotted a suspected pirate ship with two speedboats in tow, India's Defense Ministry reported.

"Pirates were seen roaming on the upper deck of this vessel with guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers. The vessel continued its threatening calls and subsequently fired upon INS Tabar," the ministry said.

The Indian frigate returned fire, setting the pirate ship ablaze and setting off explosions on board, the statement said. Two speedboats in tow behind the ship fled; one was found abandoned after a pursuit by the Tabar.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa...ef=mpstoryview



Way to go. I still think all navies ROE on these guys should be kill on site. Forget the courts, send them into the abyss and they'll stop coming back.

[AVGWarhawk]

Just read this myself and good for them for sinking the 'mother ship'. If it were me, I would be eyeing the tanker with my cannons also. Let it burn and the 'pirates' go with it. Just setting precidence for the next one they take. Just sink'em. Maybe this is way I'm not in charge :hmm:

[SteamWake]

In its clash with the pirate vessel, the Tabar's crew hailed the ship and demanded it stop for inspection, and the pirates threatened to destroy the Indian ship, the ministry reported.

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Anyhow what are they freakin nuts? They must have thought they would not return fire.

[AVGWarhawk]

Image is working. Perhaps the pirates got a bit ahead of themselves as it was dark and really did not see the size of this Indian warship:rotfl: I'm telling ya man, take a ship, we sink it! Don't care who is on it or what is on it. Boom, gone.

[DeepIron]

A friend and I were talking about the pirating yesterday. This is our conclusion:

The ocean is a very large place as bodies of water go and it would be hard to find pirate bodies in it.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Just read this myself and good for them for sinking the 'mother ship'. If it were me, I would be eyeing the tanker with my cannons also. Let it burn and the 'pirates' go with it. Just setting precidence for the next one they take. Just sink'em. Maybe this is way I'm not in charge :hmm:

This would just cause a catastrophic oil spill that would affect thousands of people (not to mention animals). I don't know if that's a great idea.:hmm:

@Topic

I somehow have trouble believing that some ill equipped pirates would take on a navy frigate.
But it sounds much better than: Frigate opened fire without warning and sent the bastards to hell.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

This would just cause a catastrophic oil spill that would affect thousands of people (not to mention animals). I don't know if that's a great idea.:hmm:

@Topic

I somehow have trouble believing that some ill equipped pirates would take on a navy frigate.
But it sounds much better than: Frigate opened fire without warning and sent the bastards to hell.

I considered the oil spill in my thoughts first. Get ready for it. Get your oil recovery ships ready, have the booms out to surround the ship. Start taking target practice. Remember, safety first Seriously, if we attack the ship, oil is spilled. If we try a commando raid, they will spill the oil themselves. We are damned if we do and damned if we don't. Blast it out of the water. Just a calling card for the next set of pirates doing the same thing.

[LobsterBoy]

Perhaps if the coast of Somalia is ruined by an ecological disaster the pirates won't be so popular anymore. :hmm:

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by LobsterBoy

Perhaps if the coast of Somalia is ruined by an ecological disaster the pirates won't be so popular anymore. :hmm:

Cmon you know better than that. The pirates would not recieve the blame the prosecuting partys would. Thats the way things work these days.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Cmon you know better than that. The pirates would not recieve the blame the prosecuting partys would. Thats the way things work these days.

A good thing too.
We certainly shouldn't be riding roughshod over justice. Leave that to the pirates!

[DeepIron]

Originally Posted by LobsterBoy

Perhaps if the coast of Somalia is ruined by an ecological disaster the pirates won't be so popular anymore. :hmm:

Eh? One could argue that Somalia is already a disaster... That's one reason they have pirates...

[LobsterBoy]

I'm not really interested in blame. If a ransom is paid (and it would be the largest in history) the pirates buy better weapons and the cycle continues. I think that's a bigger mess than an oil spill.

[Raptor1]

Pfft, just change the ROE to 'Shoot on sight' then take a few kilometer deep area out of the Somali coastline and mine it like hell, wouldn't really effect small rubber boats, but good luck doing anything with your little prize if you still manage to get anything

Ugh, I hate stupid politics getting in the way of efficiency

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Pfft, just change the ROE to 'Shoot on sight' then take a few kilometer deep area out of the Somali coastline and mine it like hell, wouldn't really effect small rubber boats, but good luck doing anything with your little prize if you still manage to get anything

Ugh, I hate stupid politics getting in the way of efficiency

Here, here! Blow it up. Do it again, we blow it up. Sooner or later they run out of pirates. Also, start arming these ships. Yo, ho, ho and .50 cal!

[fatty]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

This would just cause a catastrophic oil spill that would affect thousands of people (not to mention animals). I don't know if that's a great idea.:hmm:

Yep. The environmental catastrophe would put a lot of Somali fishermen out of business and feed them right into the trade of piracy. I'm sure also that Vela Int'l would have something to say about sending their brand new $150 million ship to the bottom with the $100 million worth of oil. I bet maritime shipping insurance premiums would also balloon dramatically.