Somali pirates
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wkmac
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Re: New ship to fight pirates?
Over,
You might find this piece from Rueters also interesting.
U.S. Navy says fight against pirates needed ashore
Over,
You might find this piece from Rueters also interesting.
U.S. Navy says fight against pirates needed ashore
Re: New ship to fight pirates?
Wkmac
I agree. I wanted to link you to an article by a reporter who embedded himself with Somali pirates. He wrote of how they're easy to find, they're the ones with the fancy homes and cars!
But I can't find it, maybe you've already seen it.
I'm still very much in favor of the admittedly short term solution of blowing them out of the water. Even if it's impossible to patrol the whole area, it would be good to make an example where you can. I don't care about the legalities of it, it seems to me that the pirates don't care about legality, why should we?
Wkmac
I agree. I wanted to link you to an article by a reporter who embedded himself with Somali pirates. He wrote of how they're easy to find, they're the ones with the fancy homes and cars!
But I can't find it, maybe you've already seen it.
I'm still very much in favor of the admittedly short term solution of blowing them out of the water. Even if it's impossible to patrol the whole area, it would be good to make an example where you can. I don't care about the legalities of it, it seems to me that the pirates don't care about legality, why should we?
Babagounj
Strength through joy
Sound like a career killer for anyone who plays the bad guys.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3374702.html?
skip the browncafe cruise and sign me up for this pirate hunting cruise.
Onboard a private luxury yacht cruising the Somali coast equipped with your own AK47 and ammo.
skip the browncafe cruise and sign me up for this pirate hunting cruise.
Onboard a private luxury yacht cruising the Somali coast equipped with your own AK47 and ammo.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
another story about this wonderful cruise
http://www.tcunation.com/forum/topics/somali-pirates-shooting-trip
and they have mini-guns too.
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pickup
Guest
that's freakin' cool!!! Russians are fascinating. If god didn't invent vodka, they would be ruling the world
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
If I'm pirate hunting I dont want an AK 47.
I already own an AK 47. Its a nice gun, great for engaging multiple targets at short range out to 150 yards or so. Beyond that its pretty inaccurate and has limited stopping power. I dont want the pirates to get that close.
If I'm pirate hunting I want a Russian Dragunov in 7.62x54 with the PSL rangefinding scope. You can buy a Romanian-built version for around $800 and an 1100-round sealed tin of surplus Russian ammo will set you back another $150 or so.
The Dragunov is a semi-automatic sniper rifle with a 10 rd magazine. You can reach out and touch something at 700 to 800 meters...almost half a mile... once you get it dialed in. The 7.62x54 round will easily punch thru car doors or light armor. With a Dragunov you could single-handedly take out an entire boat load of pirates before they could ever get close enough to use their AK-47's or RPG's. Fish in a barrel. Fun fun fun!
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pickup
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I heard if this is successful and if the Captain Scully story is successful, they are going to make fictionalized serials starring the two captains together in further movies. "Scully and Phillips, masters of air and sea" I can just see it now.
wkmac
Well-Known Member
Amazing the infrastructure that is permanently in place to deal with these hijackings. As long as that ransom gets paid, there'll be no end.
moreluck
golden ticket member
They are at it again.....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/28/somali-pirates-capture-danish-ship-seven-board/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/28/somali-pirates-capture-danish-ship-seven-board/
wkmac
Well-Known Member
The otherside of the Somali Pirate issue rarely discussed or exposed.
Every story always has 2 sides.
When you actually look beyond the squared circle and the wrestling show contrived for our entertainment, the story is vastly more complex, interesting and not neatly as cut and dry as many in our own media would love for us to think it is.
Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on the situation in Somalia
[video=youtube;5KWIuNw8t44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWIuNw8t44[/video]
Part 2
[video=youtube;zXf7b7tqTIw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf7b7tqTIw&NR=1"][COLOR=red[/video]
Part 3
[video=youtube;2sPPoRmV_4o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPPoRmV_4o&NR=1[/video]
Seems the question would beg, in whose interest does it really serve to keep Somalia in a state of pure chaos and in whose interest does it serve to make the political and social environment in Somalia so toxic that it keeps outsiders out to begin with so they see nothing and no questions are asked?
In whose agenda do the murdering pirates really serve?
Every story always has 2 sides.
When you actually look beyond the squared circle and the wrestling show contrived for our entertainment, the story is vastly more complex, interesting and not neatly as cut and dry as many in our own media would love for us to think it is.
Part 1 of a 3 Part Series on the situation in Somalia
[video=youtube;5KWIuNw8t44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KWIuNw8t44[/video]
Part 2
[video=youtube;zXf7b7tqTIw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf7b7tqTIw&NR=1"][COLOR=red[/video]
Part 3
[video=youtube;2sPPoRmV_4o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPPoRmV_4o&NR=1[/video]
Seems the question would beg, in whose interest does it really serve to keep Somalia in a state of pure chaos and in whose interest does it serve to make the political and social environment in Somalia so toxic that it keeps outsiders out to begin with so they see nothing and no questions are asked?
In whose agenda do the murdering pirates really serve?
moreluck
golden ticket member
Too bad there are kids involved......what were the parents thinking exposing kids to this "known" danger ??
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/01/blog-shows-hijacked-family-knew-piracy-risk/?test=latestnews
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/01/blog-shows-hijacked-family-knew-piracy-risk/?test=latestnews
