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Ten High-Tech Weapons to Repel Pirates
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| April 15, 2009
| Paul Wagenseil
Posted on 04/15/2009 9:16:52 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged
We should get Medieval on them.
Dump cauldrons of boiling bacon grease on boarders.
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posted on
04/15/2009 10:28:25 AM PDT
by
sjmjax
To: roaddog727
Right on, that and a brace of 40 mm’s on the bow. Sooner or later some Americans are going to be killed by the pirates. And when that happens the buck lands on Prez. Obama’s desk. I have to think that we have a wimp for President. Arm the damned ships.
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posted on
04/15/2009 10:33:35 AM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
To: ANGGAPO
“Arm the damned ships.”
That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Something as simple as an M2 cal .50. at both the bow and stern. then, if they approach from the port or starboard, you can get interlocking fields of fire!
Woo Hoo!
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posted on
04/15/2009 10:41:26 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(Built Ford tough not Obama weak.)
To: roaddog727
Fixed emplacements are easily defeated from a moving boat, but shoulder-fired rockets onboard would be a real deterrent to approaching smaller vessels.
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posted on
04/15/2009 10:45:12 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
To: roaddog727
I would paint a big American flag on both sides of the ship. The government should provide the armed guard and weapons installation. The sooner we get respect for American shipping, the sooner the pirates will avoid American ships. We need the good press.
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posted on
04/15/2009 10:48:31 AM PDT
by
ANGGAPO
(Leyte Gulf Beach Club)
To: marron
During WWII The Germans modified a fishing boat into a raider with concealed armament and a pile of flags representing every nation on earth.
They would get in range of some cargo ship and then BAM, unload on it.
Sank a lot of ships...I think it was called the Atlantis.
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posted on
04/15/2009 11:04:37 AM PDT
by
TET1968
(SI MINOR PLUS EST ERGO NIHIL SUNT OMNIA)
To: too_cool_for_skool
My guess is it would be cheaper and less of a hassle for ship owners and captains to simply avoid the area by going around the Horn of Africa. So skip the Horn of Africa, huh? In other words, don't use the Suez Canal and go all the way around Africa adding months onto each trip.
To: Ben Mugged
This is a mission tailor-made for outfits like Blackwater. Put 8-10 Blackwater guys on a merchant ship armed with crew-served automatic weapons and the piracy business gets a lot harder.
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posted on
04/15/2009 11:45:05 AM PDT
by
LSUfan
To: Grampa Dave
There is a 25mm upper for the M82A1 barrett (M107).
Give me 3 shooters with those and I will stop that pirate before he gets within the 930 meter “self destruct” max range of the series PG7 RPG’s........ These little SOB’s just have to lob a PG7 into the stacked sea containers to cause big trouble on such a vessel. set that bottom conex on fore and it’ll get ugly fast !
So if I were tasked to get through that indian country I would use the 25MM upper receiver for Ronnies M82A1 Barrett and a set of SOPHIE thermal binocs to stand watch for “pirates”.......:o)
Just my opinion .
http://www.smallarmsreview.com/pdf/payload.pdf
Stay safe Dave !!
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:27:05 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Squantos
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:42:02 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Does 0B0Z0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foreign/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
To: Grampa Dave
Sure why not......my point is ya don’t want em in shotgun range “ever” !!!
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:43:51 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Wil H
Haven’t we had enough trouble fighting warlords in Somalia??
Shoot enough of his followers who are actually trying to hijack these vessels, let them wash up on shore full of holes as a warning, and the rest will be afraid to follow.
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:48:27 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts.....)
To: Bean Counter
Works for me , plain & simple, this ain’t rocket science.
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Ben Mugged
Speed and weaponry my a**. They are armed the ships crews are not. Simple and concise. Arm the ships, end the piracy!
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posted on
04/15/2009 12:54:52 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: subterfuge
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:04:48 PM PDT
by
TNMountainMan
("Over-the-Mountain Boys" will be at a Tea Party today)
To: marron
We just need to park a carrier task force there. Complete contol of a 1,000 mi diameter battle space. A Mayaday ges out, sink the pirate ships and then the mother ship.
This is very doable.
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:21:39 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Obama = Mugabe wannabe. Wake up America.)
To: Bean Counter
Shoot enough of his followers who are actually trying to hijack these vessels, let them wash up on shore full of holes as a warning, and the rest will be afraid to follow.It might work, but I suspect a lot of those kids are pressed into service with threats against their families if they don't produce.
Killing the actual pirates is certainly a deterrent but you still have to deal with the infrastructure or they will find other ways to extort money.
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:49:34 PM PDT
by
Wil H
(The most destructive act of Muslim terrorism against the US was paying for 0bama's Harvard education)
To: Ben Mugged
So, according to this article, we're basically back to medieval castle defense weapons.
-PJ
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posted on
04/15/2009 1:54:11 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(This just in... Voting Republican is a Terrorist act!)
To: Squantos
Some of the rounds with this new “shotgun” have a range of 175 meters. The RPGs have a longer range.
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posted on
04/15/2009 5:11:11 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Does 0B0Z0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foreign/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
To: Ben Mugged
i think they got the name wrong, more like captain queeg.
what a moron. almost as smart as those dimwits who think universal gun control will bring an end to gun violence.
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