"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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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.


Not enough ships for too big of an ocean. Fast as they may be, they
couldn't respond to a boarding 200 miles away in time to prevent it, even
at 30-35 kts. Maybe they all need to be retrofitted with a bank of Etecs
on their transoms to get there faster.

Lets see, an F18 and Apache have a range of what?

A 28' boat and F18.....hm.... Even if the F18 is out of ammunition a
supersonic full speed flyby at 75 feet.... they wouldn't even see it coming.
BOOM..... Now that would hurt the ears big time.

And since Somalia is just under the size of Texas, worst case delivery time
isn't going to be too long. And with 20mm forward guns, why waste missiles.
It would be like a kids turkey shoot practice for the boys.