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| Naval attack on Egypt from 40 unidentified militants on fast boats |
| 2014-11-13 |
| [AlArabiya] At least five were wounded and eight went missing when gunmen on fishing boats attacked an Egyptian navy vessel in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, sources told Al Arabiya. A military source said while a "unit of the naval sources was conducting combat activity in the Mediterranean, 40 nautical miles north of the port of Damietta, when a number of fishing boats opened fire from several directions." The source said four boats were destroyed and 36 individuals were captured following an exchange of fire. |
| Posted by:newc |
| #3 It's a CIWS. Ambassador MKIII, Ezzat class attack craft. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-13 12:06 |
| #2 Picture at link shows some sort of fast attack craft (gun, I think) CIWS on the bow? What looks like a 3 inch Otto M. astern. Looks like it could handle a few fishing boats. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-13 05:08 |
| #1 My bad - for a sec there I thought this Artic was about Japan's CG versus Milyuhns-n-Dilyuhns-n-??? of coral-hunting Chinese fishing boats in Japanese waters. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-11-13 01:27 |