The article's comments are interesting. My apologies if this was covered in September; I found nothing with a title search.
To: NelsTandberg
As cool as this is, why not humans doing similar work?
A 10 or 20 million dollar vessel and cargo is clearly worth a few hundred grand extra for external escorts. Just build it into the shipping pricing model.
2 posted on
12/15/2009 7:59:05 PM PST by
freedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
To: NelsTandberg
What could possibly go wrong?
3 posted on
12/15/2009 8:00:42 PM PST by
1rudeboy
To: NelsTandberg
That ought to slow down the skinny pirates a little. ;)
8 posted on
12/15/2009 9:15:22 PM PST by
anymouse
(God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
To: NelsTandberg
"Unless the US Congress moves forward on recently proposed legislation to permit arming US Merchant vessels, this is the only alternative." What/Who gives the US congress any jurisdiction over private civilian vessels in International waters near Somalia?
9 posted on
12/15/2009 10:07:19 PM PST by
matthew fuller
(BHO- Imam of the Black Liberation National Socialist American Dimmacrat Party.)
To: NelsTandberg
This is where the market can solve the problem.
Countries which allow armed ships in their ports should pay less for shipping than countries who don’t.
And countries who allow their registered ships to be armed could attract more business.
11 posted on
12/15/2009 11:56:09 PM PST by
Jeff Chandler
(:: The government will do for health care what it did for real estate. ::)
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