The Airborne Guardian Angel of the grunt on the ground .......Photo says it all !
I would like to see a C-130J version of that platform !
Posted on 10/11/2008 10:46:51 PM PDT by Candor7
Navy to tackle Gulf pirates: Another tanker hijacked as Britain takes lead role in EU mission to keep shipping lanes open for trade...
John Hutton, the new Defence Secretary, has agreed to deploy the frigate Northumberland...
...another tanker had been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. The Greek chemical tanker,
Commodore Keith Winstanley,...argued that security companies working in Iraq or Afghanistan could have a role to play.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Hat off to your cousin!
You may find it “oddly comforting” that today’s pirates are mostly Islamic fundamentalists raising money.
Hmmm, I don’t think you are displaying a complete grasp of the situation.
The Airborne Guardian Angel of the grunt on the ground .......Photo says it all !
I would like to see a C-130J version of that platform !
Hope the Brits show more cajones than they did when the Iranians took a few of them hostage a little while ago.
Hmmm, I don’t think you are displaying a complete grasp of the situation.
That may be true. Then, for example, if there really is a push toward one-world government, the NWO, or whatever you want to call it, all of our differences manifest in race, religion, and creed are good things.
No, Islamic extremism is not a good thing. Killing in the name of religion is never good. But anything that delays or hinders globalism, could in at least some context, be considered a good thing. We are not all automatons yet. Looking at the bigger picture, IMO, that is oddly comforting...
And the US? *sigh*
These "pirates" need a dose of the Royal Navy of old.
I would like to see a more robust, engaged France...one commando raid doesn’t quite do it for me.
I have a feeling they have crew served weapons on these vessels, or they would not still be sailing unholed!
And who wants to use a ship to ship missile on one, that costs millions of dollars?
What we need is accurate over the horizon cannon fire!
Or a pair of A-10s staging out of Ethiopia.
Something is fishy here! Why are these pirates still operational.
They must have some strategic use?
I thought they were warned to leave the pirates alone because of possible human rights concerns.
i didn’t know Britain still had a navy.
At the rate Britain is going... all their navy ships will have to point to Mecca 5 times a day...
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