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Somali sharkbait.
We need something along the lines of the German raiders of WW2 fame. Only this time to kill the pirates.
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Let's see, we're off the coast of Somalia and some small boats are approaching. Why wait? 1 shot across the bow or one on each side and then let them have it.
It’s about time to assemble a Navy Strike Force, and go over to the waters around the Horn of Africa, and clean that cesspool out. This nonsensical toleration of “pirates” has been going on long enough.
” ... In a statement the navy said a whole range of warnings were given before the security team opened fire on the small open skiffs which came within 400 yards of the tanker.
The skiffs then retreated and the navy said there were no reports of any casualties.
“This incident is clear proof that all mariners must remain vigilant,” said Captain Steve Kelley, the commander responsible MSC ships in the region.”
For crying out loud KILL THEM!
Send them a message.
no doubt those fine young sailors offered the nice pirates some lunch; tasty fifty-caliber bullets a la red tracers.
This warning shots stuff has got to stop. They fire on someone, that someone has the right to blow them out of the water if they have the capability.
That’d put an end to this nonsense pretty quick.
What is it with this mentality that we have to treat criminals with kid gloves? The idiots started it.
Shoot back and take care of it.
Permanently.
China does not f**k with these pirates. They captured 15 or so chinese pirates several years back, tried them and then put a bullet in of their heads. Wooohooo!!!
As other posters have said why do we continually let these greasballs f**k with us?
Probably offered them a little ma deuce to go with their meal.
Navy tankers dont have any weaponry at all? Not a naval expert but wouldnt a navy tanker have some type of escort?
It wasn't the Welcome Wagon. But they don't like prey that shoots back. I say double the security detachments, run up the holiday colors and let them know who they're making a run on. I doubt it will become a habit.
I just hope our seamen got to introduce a towel head or 12 to allah and those 72 virgins.
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I wonder where exactly they were. When my ship was patrolling off the east Somali coast a few years ago we had to go pretty far back north to get fuel. No oilers came down to us. Of course they may have changed their SOP since then, or the oiler was off the north shore of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.