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2005-11-11 Africa: Horn

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Posted by tu3031 2005-11-11 14:43|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 al-Qaeda connection to be announced in 10...9...8...

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-11-11 16:03|| 2005-11-11 16:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Two things needed:

1. A converted merchie "Q-ship" with some concealed 25mm or 40mm guns to patrol the sealanes.

2. A 688-boat to go after the mother ships.

Posted by Mike 2005-11-11 19:13|| 2005-11-11 19:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Or a P3C out of Deigo Garcia with a couple of AGM-84's. Wide area Search AND Destroy, all on 1 platform. Good response time too.

Posted by Dave 2005-11-11 21:13|| 2005-11-11 21:13|| Front Page Top

#4 The solution is ridiculously simple. Take a page from our nuclear submarine force. Whenever our subs surface, they look for an "all's well" signal from home. If such reassurance is not forthcoming within a certain time window they proceed with launch sequence authentification.

All large passenger transports and commercial ocean-going vessels, especially LNG and oil supertankers, should be required to have GPS transceivers that are piggy-backed with an "all's well" code transmission device. The system must be cycled at least once each day. Make it a mandatory criteria for obtaining insurance on the vessel.

To prevent pirates or terrorists from catching on, a "false positive" code could make the ship's transceiver console go "green" despite a distress code having been transmitted in actuality. That way, a ship's crew could seem to comply with a captor's demand that they enter the right code and yet still summon help. Only senior crew members would possess the codes and a "canary" system would ensure traceability to whichever given individual entered daily clearance notifications or distress responses.

Cost? Perhaps a one-time $1,000 charge per ship (at worst per year), including crew training and financing of a global monitoring center. This represents a tiny fraction of any seaworthy craft's commercial value.

Any questions?

Next problem, please.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-11 23:42|| 2005-11-11 23:42|| Front Page Top

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