[heavyhaulerss]

DON'T mess with ALABAMA! I an told obama had no choice. by law he had to give the order to rescue the hostage.

[mike3fan]

Originally Posted by heavyhaulerss

DON'T mess with ALABAMA! I an told obama had no choice. by law he had to give the order to rescue the hostage.

Are you implying that he didn't want to rescue him?

[heavyhaulerss]

Are you implying that he didn't want to rescue him? NOT at all. just listening to law scholars debate what the choices were. if it were bush in office I would cheer him if he gave the order to rescue any American anywhere, anytime. I give Obama credit due here.

[Bumper]

One each 2LT, SSG and two squads of fine American Infantrymen on every US flagged vessel, be it tanker, cargo or cruise ship.

End of problem on our ships.

Beats sitting in the hot sand of Iraq....

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Bumper

One each 2LT, SSG and two squads of fine American Infantrymen on every US flagged vessel, be it tanker, cargo or cruise ship.

End of problem on our ships.

Beats sitting in the hot sand of Iraq....

That's one solution, and you'd probably have a herd of volunteers to do it.... Heck, I'm an old fart...and I'd do it for the hell of it.

Another solution would be to put an AWACS up, with a couple of F-18's or heck even a couple of Warthogs....with IR capability....turn em loose......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJSk2Xc3Eq4&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Iz5M...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M13SD...eature=related

Rule #1....any boat moving on an intercept course is suspect.

Rule #2....any boat that gets within 1000 meters of a ship is toast.

Rule #3....when in doubt consult rule #2.

And then again....why not send in a couple of AC 130 Dragonships?

YouTube - Afghanistan AC-130 gunship

YouTube - AC-130 Gunship power

And here's a Flash from the past..... Brought back memories of my childhood, snicker, snicker......:smokin:

YouTube - 280mm Atomic/Nuclear Artillery

My dad was a Battery Commander who had two of these bad motorscooters..... I got to see them fire a couple of times in the late 50's before we took the 613th FA Bn to Germany.....

[Bumper]

Puff the Magic Dragon always did live by the Sea.....

[Mackman]

Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by Mackman

Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans

All the more reason to send in Dragonships, Warthogs, AWACs.....and declare the whole freakin' area a "Free Fire Zone"......:smokin:

[kc0iv]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

All the more reason to send in Dragonships, Warthogs, AWACs.....and declare the whole freakin' area a "Free Fire Zone"......:smokin:

Skywalker, Where do you plan on basing these aircraft?

The A-10 doesn't have much loiter time over a target.

F-18's wouldn't be much better do the distance they would have to travel. Plus the lenght of Somali area would make it pretty hard to be on sight in time to stop a pirates attack.

Best approach to me is to arm the ships.

kc0iv

[Skywalker]

Originally Posted by kc0iv

Skywalker, Where do you plan on basing these aircraft?

The A-10 doesn't have much loiter time over a target.

F-18's wouldn't be much better do the distance they would have to travel. Plus the lenght of Somali area would make it pretty hard to be on sight in time to stop a pirates attack.

Best approach to me is to arm the ships.

kc0iv

Good points, good questions..... I'm not an authority on air warfare, but I can't help but wonder if the A-10's could be carrier based.... I know A-4's were.... so I would think a carrier at each end could do the trick.... maybe putting a couple of boomers in the water thereabouts might do the trick, but then again, maybe turning Somalia into a sea of glass might be the better option....