[PapaBear3625]

A machinegun-armed Predator flying up and down the Somali coastline, strafing anything that looks like a pirate vessel, would put a stop to this real fast

[redstateconfidential]

PapaBear3625 wrote:

A machinegun-armed Predator flying up and down the Somali coastline, strafing anything that looks like a pirate vessel, would put a stop to this real fast”

Why”anything that looks like a pirate vessel”, shoot them all, one minute a fishing boat the next minute a pirate vessel.They are opportunist, and animals.Seriously what is wrong with the civilized world that a lawless collective of savages can muck about and attack foreign vessels in neutral waters? What is the point of having a navy anyway? Fly down the Somali coast and machingun every damn scow, dhow and speed boat on the beach. They will self-regulate when they can’t go fishing. Period.

[xone]

'A machinegun-armed Predator flying up and down the Somali coastline, strafing anything that looks like a pirate vessel, would put a stop to this real fast'

No it wouldn't. In order to hit anything, the Predator would be in range of the guns of the pirates.