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To: xone
In order to hit anything, the Predator would be in range of the guns of the pirates.

Trying to hit a rapidly moving target at a range of 200 yards or more, using an AK, while sitting in a bobbing and rolling boat, is much harder than you might think. Especially for people who aren't marksmen in the first place

In WW2, navy ships had to pretty much fill the sky with lead to bring down strafing planes

92 posted on 04/06/2008 8:50:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: PapaBear3625
In WW2, navy ships had to pretty much fill the sky with lead to bring down strafing planes

And what were those strafing planes airspeed? They also had a human in them so their SA is in the here and now, not through a datalink.

bobbing and rolling boat, is much harder than you might think.

The same would be true for the guy in Nellis working through a datalink to bring guns to bear. I could buy a Hellfire, but that would be way to expensive, the reload would mean little coverage. And there ain't no way the US is going to be blowing up $1000 dollar boats with Hellfires without something better in them than your average Somali pirate.

95 posted on 04/06/2008 4:52:57 PM PDT by xone
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