I just got around to reading the print article in the July 2000 issue
of Wired "Welcome to Sealand, Now Bugger Off" By Simson Garfinkel
(pages 230-239). Here is a quote: "The Sealanders are arming
themselves for self-defense: Plans call for "50-caliber heavy machine
guns, 5.56 automatic
At 03:45 AM 6/14/00 -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
But really, given the UK's hysteria over guns I'd bet they'd be safer
without advertising the fact that they're armed. But of course the cat is
already out of the bag. It's pretty obvious to me that Havenco didn't
adequately think through
What makes anyone think Sealand is outside of the UK's jurisdiction after
the government in the 1980s extended their territorial limits to 10 miles?
Sealand is 6-7 miles offshore.
-Declan
At 15:56 6/14/2000 -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
install .50 brownings or similar weapons, the Brits will
Declan McCullagh wrote:
The U.S. can't
annex the world by declaring its territorial waters to be 10,000 miles.
We could if we were the only one with nukes. :) Pax Americana!
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