[Paladin2]

"British Royal Navy Commodore Keith Winstanley, deputy commander of the Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East, said he feared no amount of coalition forces would be sufficient to secure the 2.5 million sq nautical miles of the Gulf of Aden, let alone the Indian Ocean waters where the supertanker was seized. “The pirates will go somewhere we are not,” he said. “If we patrol the Gulf of Aden then they will go to Mogadishu. If we go to Mogadishu, they will go to the Gulf of Aden.”

Why not go both places at once? Why not destroy any and all boats on shore or arriving and departing the coasts along with any unknown boats on the open seas. Between satellites and AWACS it shouldn't be too difficult to locate all boats down to a 12 ft punt.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5192674.ece

[RedMonqey]

“If we patrol the Gulf of Aden then they will go to Mogadishu. If we go to Mogadishu, they will go to the Gulf of Aden.” British Royal Navy Commodore Keith Winstanley

Your ancestors in the British navy had no problem blowing away pirates when their ships had only wind, sail and black powder cannons. What they had was guts and determination.

You have nuclear power, cruise missiles and GPS.

Stop making excuses for having no Balls...

[PapaBear3625]

“The pirates will go somewhere we are not,” he said. “If we patrol the Gulf of Aden then they will go to Mogadishu. If we go to Mogadishu, they will go to the Gulf of Aden.”

The problem comes from trying to chase the pirates away, rather than simply blowing them away wherever they might be found.

A small craft full of men with guns and RPGs should be assumed to be a pirate vessel, and simply blown out of the water on sight.

[AndyJackson]

The pirates will go somewhere we are not

Not if they are shredded by some CIWS that turns them into shark food.