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Default Somali pirates snatch cruisers...


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:35:13 -0700, "Bill McKee"
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:22:49 -0700, "mgg" wrote:

unfrigginbelievable.


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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/wo...wt&twt=nytimes

The amazing thing is how far East and South of their base they were
operating.

The only answer - small tatical nuke right on top of the headquarters
should do it.


No nukes. To much bad mojo. Either Thermobaric bomb (Fuel Air
Explosive)
or a BLU-82B Daisy Cutter.


What the hell is the difference?

Ever seen one of those thermobaric monsters go off?

Use a tactical nuke - faster, cleaner and minimal residue. :)


Nukes have a PR problem. Never saw a FAE except in movies. Friend was a
backseater in Phantoms. They were escorting a C130 in to Cambodia one time
he said. No lights and almost collided with the C130, after the plane
dropped the package. He said as the bomb slid out the plane went really
nose up with the weight shift. And then he thought the bomb was a dud as
nothing happened. For maybe 2 minutes. While all the FAE went into
tunnels, etc. Then he said it was like a nuke. Less PR, but more carbon
unfriendly.