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2008-09-08 Africa Horn

Warship destroys boat, captures 14 pirates

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Here is your targeting information for Habo village, Mudug, Somalia, Gentlemen:

Latitude 5.9167 Longitude 48.0833 Altitude (feet) 482
Lat (DMS) 5° 55' 0N Long (DMS) 48° 4' 60E Altitude (meters) 146

Double check your targeting coordinates on the map, and set weapon detonation altitude of 1500 ft AGL for maximum blast effect. Any questions? No? OK, let's get to work.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-08 00:22|| 2008-09-08 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Alaska Paul, can you post the link to the Google Street View? The Predator pilots need to clarify a point or two.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-09-08 00:58|| 2008-09-08 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 What sense does it make to capture Somali pirates? In a failed state there are no jails, no judiciary, no police and damned little civilization. They will be back at work in six months.

Posted by Balthazar 2008-09-08 07:53|| 2008-09-08 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 they make good shark chum

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-08 08:30|| 2008-09-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Hang them or shoot them and dump their bodies in the sea. They're pirates.

Posted by Hellfish 2008-09-08 08:52|| 2008-09-08 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Do they still have yardarms on American warships? If not, make one, and hang them from it, then cruise into Somali port to show off.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-08 09:12|| 2008-09-08 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 It's a maritime tradition that you pick up captives and not let them drown. You can hang them once they are aboard, but you don't let them drown. Only pirates throw people overboard.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-08 09:37|| 2008-09-08 09:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Do US warships even have yardarms anymore?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-08 13:37|| 2008-09-08 13:37|| Front Page Top

#9 What sense does it make to capture Somali pirates?

Intel. Mothership names/descriptions, pirate leader names/descriptions, buildings in the village where the leaders hang out, hostages may held, etc. Compare information obtained against information extracted from other pirates.

But you already thought of that, didn't you?

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-08 13:40|| 2008-09-08 13:40|| Front Page Top

#10 So whose warship was it? The USN or one of the three ships Malasia recently sent?

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-08 14:17|| 2008-09-08 14:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Steve - I don't think the Malaysians have had a chance to get there yet - it's about a four-day sail from Singapore to Somalia at best speeds.

AP - actually, what you need are six B-52H models, 430 500lb bombs, a center point, heading, and start point. Altitude is 48,000 feet, speed is 360kt indicated. Formation flying in two "V"s of three, with the second "V" 600 feet behind the lead, and 200 feet higher. Give me a couple of hours, and I can prepare the radar predictions for the aim point and the start point. It would be a one-off mission, since there wouldn't be anything left for a follow-up mission.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-08 15:07|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-08 15:07|| Front Page Top

#12 An ARCLIGHT. Whodathunkit?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-09-08 15:17|| 2008-09-08 15:17|| Front Page Top

#13 AP - actually, what you need are six B-52H models, 430 500lb bombs, a center point, heading, and start point. Altitude is 48,000 feet, speed is 360kt indicated. Formation flying in two "V"s of three, with the second "V" 600 feet behind the lead, and 200 feet higher. Give me a couple of hours, and I can prepare the radar predictions for the aim point and the start point. It would be a one-off mission, since there wouldn't be anything left for a follow-up mission.

Sorta handy to have this kind of skill bouncing around here at Rantburg. Gotta keep that in mind..

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-09-08 15:45|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-09-08 15:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Just a few bubbles on the surface, a lingering odor, and a suddenly well-fed school of skipjack.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-09-08 15:58|| 2008-09-08 15:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Not Skipjack, Cod
Codfish will eat anything.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-09-08 19:03|| 2008-09-08 19:03|| Front Page Top

#16 We have the skill and the means. We just need the will.

BTW, Seafarious, Google Earth not good for many places in Somalia. Not enough detail in the images. Better talk to DoD mapping folks for your little mission, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-08 21:12|| 2008-09-08 21:12|| Front Page Top

#17 yeah and "street view" in Somalia shows a strip of dirt with piles of sh*t and qhat juice

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-09-08 21:55|| 2008-09-08 21:55|| Front Page Top

#18 Not Skipjack, Cod

No cod, no skipjack, no pirates. Nothing. Just bubbles and odor.

Posted by gorb 2008-09-08 22:25|| 2008-09-08 22:25|| Front Page Top

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