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U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle in Indian Ocean
Fox News ^ | April 1, 2010

Posted on 04/01/2010 8:34:22 AM PDT by Zakeet

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To: Pontiac

Thrie brains? on drugs.


21 posted on 04/01/2010 9:10:12 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Zakeet
U.S. Navy Captures 5 Pirates After Gun Battle
Gun battle? Capture? Obviously, there wasn't one Marine on board that ship.
22 posted on 04/01/2010 9:10:59 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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"in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate"

How's that working for ya?

23 posted on 04/01/2010 9:11:35 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Pontiac
Attack at sea is a whole different set of rules.

Yes, at sea the small arms are locked up. The crew is unarmed.

And the primary weapons on a fig aren't capable of locking onto a small boat especially at short range.

Plust, if the ship is operating under EMCON it won't pick it up on RADAR. If the tail is streamed they might get a hit. If they are in shallow water the tail is stowed.

That leaves the lookouts and the Mark I eyeball.

An attack like this has some chance of success.

Not a large chance, mind you. But it's not as far fetched as you might think.

24 posted on 04/01/2010 9:15:53 AM PDT by Knitebane (Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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How can these pirates expect to successfully attack a modern warship?

Mistook it for French, or the CIC's reputation is getting around.

25 posted on 04/01/2010 9:20:01 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Pontiac
I was considering Obama to be a pirate now that he is pillaging the nation.

I bet there is not a social welfare recipient in the bunch.

That's right for for the present, but it won't be long before they get their first check.

26 posted on 04/01/2010 9:21:48 AM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has it limits.)
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From last year's "incident" with the pirates ...

27 posted on 04/01/2010 9:24:09 AM PDT by Zakeet (Will Rogers never met the Wee Wee)
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To: Pontiac

They had been chewing too much khat. That must be the reason they tried to capture a Frigate. Even the relatively better armed pirate ships of old seldom if ever won one against an actual warship.


28 posted on 04/01/2010 9:34:55 AM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: Knitebane

But they still have to get aboard and induce a surrender by a crew that is substantially larger than their own.


29 posted on 04/01/2010 9:39:39 AM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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“MAO, what a bunch of maroons...”

What does the color maroon have to do with it? Or are you referring to the color of what leaks out if they had holes in them instead of just being captured?


30 posted on 04/01/2010 10:02:22 AM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: Zakeet

April Fool Joke. (The Nicholas is not a Guided Missile Frigate)


31 posted on 04/01/2010 10:38:19 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (As an Australian, I apologize for Kevin Rudd - but he wasn't my idea)
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To: Pontiac
Bold, stupid or crazy?
Drugged up, low IQ Jihadis on a razzia. If they die, they get 72 virgins. So, crazy seems about right.

How can these pirates expect to successfully attack a modern warship?
I wouldn't call a OH Perry a modern warship, but it's suicidal. Forget the 4 .50 machine guns, it has a 76mm cannon, and a CIWS.

32 posted on 04/01/2010 11:45:46 AM PDT by rmlew (There is no such thing as a Blue Dog Democrat; just liberals who lie.)
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To: oh8eleven

No kidding. Fire up the Phalanx.


33 posted on 04/01/2010 11:46:27 AM PDT by rmlew (There is no such thing as a Blue Dog Democrat; just liberals who lie.)
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1 Marine + 1 M14 = 5 dead pirates.


34 posted on 04/01/2010 4:08:43 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea

Have you never watched Bugs Bunny?


35 posted on 04/03/2010 8:45:54 PM PDT by sawman
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