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2008-04-21 Africa Horn

Pirates fire on Japanese oil tanker off Yemen

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Posted by Frank G 2008-04-21 13:20|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I think this is easy to fix, at least for the Japanese.

Relabel all their ships as "whale fishing expedition" ships. Hilarity would ensue.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-04-21 14:08|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-04-21 14:08|| Front Page Top

#2 A couple of frigates and a destroyer with a Marine company pulling in and razing every boat in a harbor might get the point across.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-04-21 14:38|| 2008-04-21 14:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Why not just put a ring of Phalanx guns, Bushmasters, and .50 cals around the ship and man them with Marines with night vision gear?

Posted by gorb 2008-04-21 15:43|| 2008-04-21 15:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Other than the ARCLIGHT strike I suggested earlier, the US and some of its neighbors could build a "Q-ship" to specifically seek out pirates. It would have to be different from the Q-ships of WWI and WWII, in that it should be an affluent-looking, medium-sized (350-500 feet long), mixed cargo/passenger vessel with the possibility of its outline being changed with some quick crew-work. It would be best if it actually did some real work, such as ferrying freight and passengers from such places as the Mediterranean to the Maldives, Seychelles, Reunion Island, India and/or Sri Lanka. That would give it a legitimate right to be in the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden/Arabian Sea area. Put a dozen commandos on board with the capability of taking out anything up to a destroyer, and go to it. Phalanx-type multiple-barrel machine guns, gyro-stabilized, with a combination of radar, infrared, and laser tracking, would catch the pirates by surprise. It's best if there are no survivors, so there won't be any reports of what ship not to attack. It would be expensive, but doable.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-21 19:40|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-21 19:40|| Front Page Top

#5 leaving a hole from which hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked

Someone alert Greenpeace! I'm sure they'll put a stop to this kind of thing right away.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-04-21 21:58|| 2008-04-21 21:58|| Front Page Top

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