Modern Destroyers - Page 3

TLAM Strike · 04-03-10, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

There is one option that hasn't been tried yet.....convoys.

Its being done...

JSLTIGER · 04-03-10, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

To illustrate my "point"... here two shots of US destroyers

I'm kind of surprised no one has caught this yet...technically, this is a picture of a Ticonderoga-class CRUISER (Yes, I know they were laid down as DDGs and reclassified as CGs, but they are officially cruisers).

Jimbuna · 04-04-10, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Its being done...

And about time too

TarJak · 04-04-10, 07:50 AM

A few of these beauties should keep them in check:

Oberon · 04-04-10, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

A few of these beauties should keep them in check:

Hammersley!!

Oberon · 04-04-10, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Its being done...

Wow, the false attacks sound almost like wolfpack tactics.

Ironic really, the difference in pirates and merchant raiders is perhaps the absence of a declaration of war.

TarJak · 04-04-10, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Hammersley!!

LOL

Jimbuna · 04-04-10, 08:21 AM

I still think the ultimate/best deterrent (even better than the convoy method) is some kind of CAP from a helicopter carrier or a string of strategically place frigates dotted along the merchant routes....enough units for 24/7 coverage.

Perhaps AWAC coverage out of Kenya to co-ordinate the effort.

Thirdly....a tariff placed on the shipping companies (subsidised by those countries currently playing a protectionist role) to pay for one of the US supercarriers to remain on station.

TLAM Strike · 04-04-10, 08:38 AM

fatty wrote a great thesis about combating piracy a while back, I recommend everyone take a look. Its on the last post of this thread.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=148339

04-04-10, 08:21 AM	#38
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I still think the ultimate/best deterrent (even better than the convoy method) is some kind of CAP from a helicopter carrier or a string of strategically place frigates dotted along the merchant routes....enough units for 24/7 coverage. Perhaps AWAC coverage out of Kenya to co-ordinate the effort. Thirdly....a tariff placed on the shipping companies (subsidised by those countries currently playing a protectionist role) to pay for one of the US supercarriers to remain on station. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

04-04-10, 08:38 AM	#39
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	fatty wrote a great thesis about combating piracy a while back, I recommend everyone take a look. Its on the last post of this thread. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=148339 __________________

04-04-10, 07:50 AM	#34
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	A few of these beauties should keep them in check: