To: robowombat
2 posted on
03/22/2006 8:45:12 AM PST by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: robowombat
The Navy ships are providing medical treatment to the wounded suspects, continuing search and rescue efforts for any additional suspects and collecting further evidence from the vessel and skiffs. Get them healthy and then execute them.
To: robowombat
Good going Navy! I favor sinking the pirates' vessels and leaving the scene (so long as it's far enough off shore). Arrest too good for them.
4 posted on
03/22/2006 8:56:44 AM PST by
luvbach1
(Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
To: robowombat
Score one for the good guys.
6 posted on
03/22/2006 8:58:36 AM PST by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)
To: robowombat
Note to self: Don't step on Superman's cape...
7 posted on
03/22/2006 8:59:25 AM PST by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: robowombat
I think the pirates should be flogged around the fleet. In this case, just back and forth between the tin can and the cruiser.
Well done, Navy!
8 posted on
03/22/2006 9:03:31 AM PST by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: robowombat
12 posted on
03/22/2006 9:10:12 AM PST by
1rudeboy
To: robowombat
The suspected pirates then opened fire on the Navy ships. Cape St. George and Gonzalez returned fire with small arms in self-defense. Memo to "pirates" (terrorists): Bad idea. Don't bring an RPG to a 5" .50 cal fight. Actually, they probably used their Bushmasters.
14 posted on
03/22/2006 9:11:00 AM PST by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: robowombat
Small arms? I'd have preferred they use the Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, or at least the two Phalanx CIWS, the 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes (Mk46 torpedoes), the 2 25mm Bushmaster low-angle or the 4 12.7mm MG. (that's the .50 cals) that the both the Cape St. George mounts and the Gonzales mounts. (USS Gonzales is named after a Texas Marine!)
I think if the pirate ship was large enough, I'd go for the torpedos (that would be real shock and awe!), but otherwise the 5" and the 25mm Bushmaster. (Same gun used on the Bradely fighting vehicles by the Army).
18 posted on
03/22/2006 9:52:39 AM PST by
El Gato
To: robowombat
Small arms? I'd have preferred they use the Mk 45 5-inch/54 caliber lightweight guns, or at least the two Phalanx CIWS, the 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes (Mk46 torpedoes), the 2 25mm Bushmaster low-angle or the 4 12.7mm MG. (that's the .50 cals) that the both the Cape St. George mounts and the Gonzales mounts. (USS Gonzales is named after a Texas Marine!)
I think if the pirate ship was large enough, I'd go for the torpedos (that would be real shock and awe!), but otherwise the 5" and the 25mm Bushmaster. (Same gun used on the Bradely fighting vehicles by the Army).
22 posted on
03/22/2006 10:08:10 AM PST by
El Gato
To: robowombat
"Cape St. George, a guided-missile cruiser, and Gonzalez, a guided-missile destroyer, were conducting maritime security operations in the area as part of Combined Task Force 150, a maritime coalition task force currently led by Royal Netherlands Navy Commodore Hank Ort..."
Did anyone miss the fact that our United States Navy was operating under the command of a foreign government? Who authorized this?
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