I question whether the life raft has any type of motor or if they were just floating with the current???? They apparently were offered food and water and it sounded like they turned it down.....
I doubt that saying anything here would adversely affect the ongoing situation I will make this projection.
SEALS can do a HALO insertion or come in on surface a distance away and use silent sleds, they very much do have weapons that can be carried underwater, just because we don’t see it as gun porn does not mean they don’t exist.
They do, and with a little research we puter jocks can see what the latest is.
The liferaft has no propulsion. The lifeboat will have a small diesel motor and be capable of 4-5 knots.
Both will be stocked with emergency rations and water sufficient for about 20 men for a week. Other safety gear, such as flares, first aid kit, etc will be kept on both the life raft or lifeboat.
The reports I have read state a lifeboat, but I would not count on the media to understand the distinction.
Frgds,
3/M
Photograph of liferaft:
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/FMA/images/liferaft.jpg
Photograph of lifeboat
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Launching-lifeboat.JPG
