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2007-04-09 Africa Horn

Somalia: WFP welcomes the release of its hijacked vessel

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 MV stands for Motor Vessel, meaning diesel powered usually., those are medium large
SS stands for Steam Ship, These days that means steam turbines. those are the very large ships, although that's not always true, there are some very big MV's Sailing the seas, but when they get bigger the MV's suffer from poor fuel economy Compared to the SS powered versions.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-04-09 06:09|| 2007-04-09 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 The US needs to station a half-dozen fast frigates at Djibouti, and routinely patrol from there to Mombasa, along with some P-3 air cover. I'm sure the piracy would quickly diminish the first time a P-3 dropped a depth charge pattern around a pirate "mother ship", set to explode at 30 feet.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-04-09 13:07|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-09 13:07|| Front Page Top

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