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| Ahoy, pirates! U.S. drones are on your case |
| 2009-10-24 |
 U.S. military surveillance drones based in the Seychelles islands are patrolling off Somalia's coast in hopes of stemming a rising piracy trade.Pirates have unleashed a wave of attacks in recent days as the new pirate season begins. Monsoons kept pirates off the water in recent months. The bandits seized three ships in the last 10 days, and officials say attacks will rise. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Likely something they need to negotiate with Seychelles. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-10-24 22:57 |
| #6 Pilotless craft being deployed off Somalia are unarmed for now, military officials say Waste of a good 3 or 4 Reapers that could, well, be reaping. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-10-24 14:05 |
| #5 According to the article, they are using MQ-9 Reapers, rather than MQ-1 Predators. Reapers can carry 14 Hellfires. Now, if we just had the nerve to use them ... |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-10-24 13:22 |
| #4 I hope that they Chinese take care of the recent pirate seizing of one of their ships, now anchored off Hobyo. Show people how it's done. Alas, I do not know if they have the assets on site to do it. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-10-24 13:04 |
| #3 Everyone in my church knows that procrastinating about lowering pirate numbers stops Global Warming! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-10-24 09:31 |
| #2 I'd call it the Great Pirate Procrastination Plan, but your point is made. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-10-24 09:15 |
| #1 So sad to see powerful nations diddling around on this, the Great Pirate Diddling War. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-10-24 07:12 |