Somali Pirates - I don't get it.

[WWhiskey]

i read a day or two ago that the navy was going too fit this to all there escort ships around Somalian waters, it emits a ray that causes you to think your flesh is burning, as well as loss of control of bowl movments and makes them throw up,
they must turn away or jump into the water to get away from the pain it causes!
 hope they take it off the hummer first lol

[Baitman]

[hijack] WWhiskey love your avatar. Canadian whiskey at its finest. I really enjoy Crown Royal XR [/hijack]

[Fishu]

But now Russia is involved. I heard they are sending a frigate, for all the good it will do. If it were me running the show I'd nail some of these http://www.eme421.com/gdf35mm.html to freighters, cover them on deck, and just wait for the Pirates to get close enough. Then I'd blow them into manageable chunks for the sharks of the area. The word will get around and I'll bet the Piracy will slow down.

I'm sure they'd love to, but civilian ships cannot carry weapons. Which is stupid when no government is protecting them and the pirates doesn't respect the rights of an unarmed crew! The whole point of going out unarmed is null and void in the somalian waters.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

It's not real smart to play by the "rules" when you KNOW your opponent will NOT, and will win if you DO.

They could always get a couple of freight companies to hire Blackwater. If I were a freight company and I HAD to send my ships there, I would NOT play by the rules, period. Anyone not identified as legitimate legal authority attempting to board would be killed, every one of them, by my armed crew. And left to float in the area.

My response to the UN or anyone else would be "if you cannot protect my crews and ships, my crews and ships WILL protect themselves".

[Fishu]

Maybe you could always carry a single container of weapons and ammo as part of the shipment and which by chance happens to be easily accessible to the crew. Sure it's one container less of valuable goods, but I'm sure losing a whole ship with the cargo will cost more.

Only problem could be that someone in the customs might raise some questions about a broken seal on the weapons container.

[AKHog]

One of the latest pirate incidents involved a Russian ship that had something like 20 tanks and a bunch of other military stuff. It seems totally irresponsible to ship this stuff using normal methods, and using non-armed ships. I think if you are shipping a bunch of weapons, you must be required to at least be able to defend the ship.

[1pLUs44]

Solution:

[Selino631]

I know that some shipping companys are hiring private security companys to have armed guards on there ships.

Also i know that U.S. Coast Guard units are providing heavy security in the gulf of mexico and carabien sector.

GULF OF MEXICO- Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Ellis slides down a 70-foot rope from an HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter onto the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress about three miles south of Perdido Key, Fla., Monday May 8, 2006. Ellis, of the Coast Guard's Special Missions Training Center in Camp Lejeune, N.C., was one of a multi-unit team training in vertical insertion or "fast-roping" onto the ship. Vertical insertion is a method of expeditiously delivering trained Coast Guard personnel to a vessel or shore facility. Personnel from the training center and Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team Chesapeake, Va., successfully fast-roped from the helicopter from Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., a total of 15 times. Cutter Cypress is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Mobile. U.S. Coast Guard photograph courtesy Cutter Cypress.

[nirvana]

That's common training for DOG forces in the Coast Guard.

[Maverick]

There is a new development in today's news. A saudi owned loaded super tanker was snatched

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_af/ml_piracy

[Curlew]

I know that some shipping companys are hiring private security companys to have armed guards on there ships.

Also i know that U.S. Coast Guard units are providing heavy security in the gulf of mexico and carabien sector.(Image removed from quote.)
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Many companies hire a blackwater gunboat or security detachment.

[RTHolmes]

There is a new development in today's news. A saudi owned loaded super tanker was snatched

couple of brits among the hostages - the SBS will want a crack at that one

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

There is a new development in today's news. A saudi owned loaded super tanker was snatched

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_af/ml_piracy

Only idiots and fools did not see this coming. Let something fester long enough and this is what you get. The problem should have been eradicated with extreme prejudice when it first began. Instead, it was allowed to continue, with little or no response. The repercussions will go world wide.

[CAP1]

Only idiots and fools did not see this coming. Let something fester long enough and this is what you get. The problem should have been eradicated with extreme prejudice when it first began. Instead, it was allowed to continue, with little or no response. The repercussions will go world wide.

someone said it earlier in this thread.......arm the ships. screw whatever supposed laws say that civilian ships cannot arm themselves. they are the only ones that can protect themselves out there.

 

[iTunes]

rocket launchers

When you've been on the receiving end of one of these then you'll know  it's entirely sensible for the Captain to pull over.