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06-11-07, 05:40 AM
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Über Mom
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Dealing with Somali pirates
Someone has this historically familiar suggestion to make, as this method isn't always working.
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06-11-07, 05:45 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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Now that is a form of 'entrapment' I would support
 
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06-11-07, 06:00 AM
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Ocean Warrior
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I support, 12,7 and 7,62 machineguns with different ammunition would stop the raids.
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06-11-07, 06:18 AM
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Admiral
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Yes, we used to load the broadsides of merchants with cannons. But machine-guns may still leave you vulnerable to return fire. Besides from those, perhaps you could carry 5 of these in a stabilized platform to start hitting them before they can hit you:
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06-11-07, 06:29 AM
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Ocean Warrior
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Quote:
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06-11-07, 09:24 AM
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Seasoned Skipper
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Cannon from the CV 9040 would be adequate.
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06-11-07, 09:30 AM
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Über Mom
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I would think the safest bet on a non-stable boat would be a pray-and-spray chain gun, as found on Apache helicopters and similar. But I'm just guessing.
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06-11-07, 03:47 PM
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Soaring
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 Some guys watch funny videos about the CV9040 - I board it myself and make the countryside unsafe when loading the Beasts of Steel!  They don't make much, but when the Swedish makes some new toys for war, they often show up with spectacular good equipement on the ground, on and below the seas, and in the air. Their Gripen fighters and their stealth frigates are excellent designs, so are their conventional subs, and the CV9040 series is the best IFV in the world currently, imho. The 40mm cannon makes it he most heavily armed and armoured IFV there is. It eats Marders and Bradleys for breakfast.
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06-11-07, 08:02 PM
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U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/ |
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06-12-07, 12:31 AM
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Über Mom
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 In the meantime, things have gone from bad to worse.  Makes the Finns in Iran look like happy tourists. 
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06-12-07, 01:18 AM
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The Old Man
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I don't know... I know they are the bad guys, but I just like pirates. It is kind of sad. They went from owning the seas in those great, beautiful wooden sail ships, with big cannons, to zipping around in their little sissy boats.
Oh well... 
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06-12-07, 04:43 AM
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Soaring
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Send the ransom via Mach-3 air express delivery. We must stop to always negotiate with gangsters and criminals. This is how we ensure that the habit of kidnapping people will go on. Instead we should cause tghem bloody noses, and have our civilian traffic evading areas of such risks. If tourism is suffering from that, or trading - I'm so sorry.
But local governments and people are free to adress the cause of that.
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06-12-07, 04:53 AM
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 Go Q-ships as well!!! |
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06-12-07, 05:11 AM
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Sea Lord
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Q-Ships sprang to my mind as well........
.... and a handfull of midget subs close in tow. 
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06-12-07, 06:08 AM
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Chief of the Boat
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Q ships are still my preferred option
At least that way they don't come back a second time wearing ear protectors
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