>> WillBo wrote: >> these guys over the side i don't know. But this tripe about how they >> *need* to be pirates is wholesale bullshit. >> > >There are 3 ways to deal with this: > >(1.) Tough guys. Law, and blow you out of the water, and we're >badasses, and etc. > >That has a few executive options: > > (a.) Naval patrol. However there are over a million square miles of >ocean to patrol (which isn't free). If you read that article you'll >notice that it took our Navy, who were obviously in the area, 3 HOURS >to reach the victim. 3 hours!
Look at the area, its over 4 times the size of Texas. That the ship (which can go about 40 mph or so) took only 3 hours to get there is pretty damn good. The Bainbridge was hauling ass. Besides a real naval solution would be to use convoys. Go from the Indian ports to Aden, then to Mobassa. For every 20 or so cargo ships you have 1 or two frigates, at least 2 or 3 helicopters and 8 missile armed drones, like the Predator. You also have at least 3 or four other warships on patrol within 50 -75 miles. Then train the crews to disable the ships very fast and have them barricade themselves in the engine room. That way the patrol ships only have to deal with any pirates on board, and not have to worry about hostages. Also have an international declaration that any vessel not a part of the convoy or not authorized to be near, will be fired on without warning. > > (b.) Ship's Security. This would be hiring Blackwater of some such >to "ride shotgun". Problem there is that it's both expensive and will >create an arms race. > > (c.) Arm the crew. In general these are low paid, minimally crewed >ships, and very likely the ships would just sustain huge damage which >is also expensive. > > (d.) Attack the coast. That's probably not going to be very popular >on the World stage. > > >(2.) Nice guys. Send in some diplomats, but really special forces, >and see if you can find someone local that can control the situation >while you're pretending to negotiate and pay them a bunch of money. >It's a tried and true technique IF such a person exists. Of course >that's who Bin Laden is, so it can backfire. > > >As I've said, personally I'd pick #2 at this point since the risk with >being a tough guy is that you create a Robin Hood. > >Overall, the problem I see with the PEOPLE strutting around like tough >guys is that they don't seem to understand what the feck they're >talking about. > >Which makes them very similar to the people who strutted around >talking tough about Hussein ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295095 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
