Pirate Hunter
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52 MPH that is some hauling A$$ ship!
We need to get a handle on the pirates getting away with way too much.
It's going to take more than one or two ships though......
Sell them cheap SA rated counterfeit SM oils and they'll slow down.
Send in the Chinese, and turn a blind eye on human right.
I thought the news media got that one wrong. They said 45 M.P.H. Just like the ignorant press to not know the difference between miles per hour and knots.
I suspect the Pirates will continue to outsmart what we throw at the. Their business model is successful and will continue to evolve.
We don't seem to have the stomach to kill then. They have figured that out. They either get released to maybe will be brought to trial with the result that they will live in splendor compared to where they came from. Win/win for them lose/lose for us.
As mentioned pay China to take care of them. Problem solved.
Yep, Chino does not mess around.
Originally Posted By: pickled
Sell them cheap SA rated counterfeit SM oils and they'll slow down.
Well, how 'bout this "non-BITOG-only" idea: bomb the living feces out of them -- both at sea and at their home-bases. We now have aircraft and ordnance combinations that allow our pilots and bombardiers to put weapons through particular windows on a house.
Time to put the technology to good use. . .
Originally Posted By: ekpolk
Well, how 'bout this "non-BITOG-only" idea: bomb the living feces out of them -- both at sea and at their home-bases. We now have aircraft and ordnance combinations that allow our pilots and bombardiers to put weapons through particular windows on a house.
Time to put the technology to good use. . .
Originally Posted By: Gary Allan
Deploying those weapons costs money.
700 billion here, 100 billion there.
The cost of turning Somalia into a glass factory is pennies compared to what we're spending now - even on current military engagements.
And it would create a sense of national pride for our citizenry to watch the pirates get blown to smithereens on TV in the comfort of our homes. 
I agree, except for the Hollywood accounting involved. What one would expect to be a minor blip on the expenditure radar will turn into an enterprise of continued costs.
Originally Posted By: ekpolk
Well, how 'bout this "non-BITOG-only" idea: bomb the living feces out of them -- both at sea and at their home-bases. We now have aircraft and ordnance combinations that allow our pilots and bombardiers to put weapons through particular windows on a house.
Time to put the technology to good use. . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/11/somali-pirates-london-intelligence
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It says that pirate groups have "well-placed informers" in London who are in regular contact with control centres in Somalia where decisions on which vessels to attack are made. These London-based "consultants" help the pirates select targets, providing information on the ships' cargoes and courses.
In at least one case the pirates have remained in contact with their London informants from the hijacked ship, according to one targeted shipping company.
The pirates' information network extends to Yemen, Dubai and the Suez canal.
The intelligence report is understood to have been issued to European navies.
"The information that merchant ships sailing through the area volunteer to various international organisations is ending up in the pirates' hands," Cadena SER reported the report as saying.
This enables the more organised pirate groups to study their targets in advance, even spending several days training teams for specific hijacks. Senior pirates then join the vessel once it has been sailed close to Somalia.
