To: Mariner
They could have flown a SEAL team in within hours. Don’t need to wait for the Boxer.
3 posted on
04/12/2009 9:18:43 AM PDT by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: neodad
They could have flown a SEAL team in within hours. Don’t need to wait for the Boxer.
This looks like a made to order mission for the SEALs.
21 posted on
04/12/2009 9:29:52 AM PDT by
wjcsux
(Germany, 1933. America, 2009. History repeats itself again.)
To: neodad
That (class of) ship normally sails with its “visit, board, search and seizure” (VBSS) team ready to go - able to handle the cargo ship and the pirates via a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB).
47 posted on
04/12/2009 9:42:33 AM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: neodad
True, but time is on our side as long as the kidnappers are isolated from their own support network. For example, we are providing food and water — and we’ll start asking prices for that food and water; we’ll start adding fear, uncertainty, and doubt into the pirates’ heads. If they kill the captain, they lose their bargaining chip. It’s annoying, but patience will work.
78 posted on
04/12/2009 10:05:55 AM PDT by
GAB-1955
To: neodad
There are plenty of SpecOps guys at our base at the Horn of Africa, which is quite close.
86 posted on
04/12/2009 10:10:15 AM PDT by
Recon Dad
(Marsoc Dad)
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