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On Apr 10, 9:42 am, HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:25:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
On Apr 9, 12:23 am, wrote:
Simply train and arm the crew with 50 cal. and 20 m.m. automatic weapons to
defend themselves. A 20 m.m. Vulcan gatlin gun mounted amidships with quad
50's fore and aft would stop all the nonsense. As a former destroyer
shipmate, I assure you the firepower in the aforementioned is sufficient to
strike terror in the hearts of any so called Pirates."Eisboch" wrote in message
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Betcha there are a few in Wash DC breathing a sigh of relief.
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Agreed.
At least a couple Ma-deuces, and even mini-guns would help
Arm that 13 man crew. The ones who have a half mile of railings to
watch for ladders and grappling irons.[Emma Maersk]
It is true that there are many smaller ships, with bigger crews.
It cost about 2 to 3 million bucks for a stabilized 20mm mount.
That leaves spray and pray, and the Gatling doesn't need to be bigger
than 5,56mm. No armor on those outboard motors. Shoot if you see guns
and ladders.
Casady
Alternately, we could give our mighty military forces and the mighty
military forces of other interested countries something useful to do for
a change. A few carriers and protective ships in the area, helped by
satellites and flyovers from carrier jets and prop planes, would do it.
We can easily keep track of the merchant vessels, and we can in real
time keep track of suspicious activities by the dinky boats and ships
the pirates operate.

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Pffftt. Hopefully, nobody here is litening to you as your assumption
is way off. According to Navy officials it would take 60 ships to
handle that area. Do you know how many ships we currently have in our
Navy? C'mon Harry, get some facts then come back and talk snerk
Here's a hint, think 300...


D'oh. You missed the part about satellites and military forces from
other countries, eh, plus the force multiplier of planes? And it
wouldn't necessarily have to be lots of large "ships," since fast and
heavily armed patrol craft can cover a lot of ocean. Many, many
countries produce small, ocean-going, high speed patrol and interdiction
craft.

Our navy, of course, is mostly interested in bigger and better. Well,
that isn't necessarily the way to go in catching Somali pirates.

You should stick to drinking squeeze all day...and stop typing in
between sips.






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