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Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates
2011-05-07
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Prompt action by the Indian Navy staved off a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel far out in the Arabian Sea, forcing the brigands to flee and earning kudos from the authorities in Beijing, a senior naval official said Friday.

An Indian Navy TU-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft made several low sorties over the MV Full City, 450 nautical miles (850 km) off Karwar in Karnataka, warning the pirates to immediately leave the vessel or face the wrath of Indian Navy and Coast Guard ships that were fast closing in.
No PC sensitivities, either...
The warnings worked and the pirates fled ran away scampered into the skiff from which they had boarded the vessel and sailed toward a nearby mothership, which immediately set off toward Somalia at full speed, the official said.

The aircraft stayed on station for four hours till the Indian combat vessels arrived on the scene in an operation that was closely coordinated with a NATO Task Force, a Chinese Task Force and the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre at Beijing, highlighting the international cooperation in the anti-piracy efforts in the Indian Ocean, the official said.

‘The Chinese Task Force also thanked the Indian Navy for its prompt and persistent action leading to the pirate attack on MV Full City being repelled,’ the officer added.

MV Full City, a bulk carrier loaded with rock phosphate and bound for Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu, came under siege from the pirates at 8.45 a.m. on Thursday about 450 nautical miles (850 km) west of Karwar in Karnataka. The 24-member Chinese crew quickly locked themselves up in the vesselÂ’s safe house, preventing their capture by the pirates, and sent out an emergency message that the Indian Navy promptly responded to by sending out its vessels and an aircraft, the officer said.

Sailors from the Turkish naval vessel Giresun, which is part of the NATO Task Force, eventually boarded MV Full City and sanitised it before the crew came out of the safe house. The ship is now continuing its passage through the eastern Arabian Sea, with its safety assured by the sustained anti-piracy vigil being maintained by the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard, the officer added.
Here's the best part:
He said that IndiaÂ’s efforts in the Arabian Sea and the eastern Arabian Sea, both independent and collaborative, have resulted in a drop of over 80 percent in pirate attacks in the region, with not a single attack in April.

In the past few months, the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard have not only prevented several pirate attacks but also sunk four pirate mother-ships and nabbed over 100 brigands, who have been booked by the Mumbai police.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Binny in cement shoes. How 1930's. Heh, heh.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2011-05-07 14:00  

#6  This is also earning the Indian navy lots of national macho brownie points among the Indian public. Makes you wonder how, in their elementary schools, when the ubiquitous question is asked, "And what do you want to be when you grow up?", how many boys are going to shout out "I want to be a Sailor!"

And that is how a powerful nation is built.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-05-07 11:34  

#5  The Tupolev Tu-142 (Туполев Ту–142) (NATO reporting name: Bear F / J) is a Russian maritime reconnaissance/anti-submarine warfare (ASW) turboprop aircraft. It is based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber.

India should send this to the Somali coastal towns
Posted by: john frum   2011-05-07 07:16  

#4  It's called "stepping up to the plate" in Americun.
Posted by: mojo   2011-05-07 01:38  

#3  Fighting piracy by fighting pirates. What a novel concept...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-05-07 01:35  

#2  If you do not remember, it is on between India and these Somali Pirates. The pirates were paid ransom for a crew and a ship and did not deliver so look for them to become the most prolific pirate killing force in the Somali coast.

Bravo Men.

BTW, if you see a corpse floating around there in a white linen dress, just drop an anchor on it or something. Though I am sure OUR Men weighed it down with cement shoes already.

Helping China with this was mature foreign policy as well as an indicator that they would like their Honor respected in the region. Especially when it comes to Indian Citizens at sea.
Posted by: newc   2011-05-07 01:25  

#1  PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > [Somali Pirates = regional Piracy] PIRATES KILL INDIAN CARRIER. Any new Indian Navy CV's as follow-on to those already planned is too $$$ expensive for Indjuh to have at this time given their Navy's new anti-Piracy mission.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-07 00:39  

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