There's not a lot anyone can do about it in the Black Sea absent engaging existential war with Russia.
So far only Ukraine has signed up for that.
Sounds like Ukraine is exploiting human shields again.
Damn! You would think that there was a war going on.... /sarc
Only an idiot or someone being paid to take the risk sails a civilian ship into a war zone.
Consistent.
Unlike Biden.
All 3 of them.
Funny that Freedom of Navigation means nothing to a poster who calls himself ‘Mariner.’
Doing what they said they would do. There’s not a lot anyone can do about it
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Neptune, Harpoon, UAV etc. Ask the Moskva.
Quotes:
I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, in accordance with the aforementioned resolutions of the United States Congress and of the Organ of Consultation of the American Republics, and to defend the security of the United States, do hereby proclaim that the forces under my command are ordered, beginning at 2:00 P.M. Greenwich time October 24, 1962, to interdict, subject to the instructions herein contained, the delivery of offensive weapons and associated material to Cuba.
For the purposes of this proclamation, the following are declared to be prohibited material:
Surface-to-surface missiles; bomber aircraft; bombs; air-to-surface rockets and guided missiles; warheads for any of the above weapons; mechanical or electronic equipment to support or operate the above items; and any other classes of material hereafter designated by the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of effectuating this proclamation.
To enforce this order, the Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate measures to prevent the delivery of prohibited material to Cuba, employing the land, sea and air forces of the United States in cooperation with any forces that may be made available by other American states.
The Secretary of Defense may make such regulations and issue such directives as he deems necessary to ensure the effectiveness of this order, including the designation, within a reasonable distance of Cuba, of prohibited or restricted zones and of prescribed routes.
Any vessel or craft which may be proceeding toward Cuba may be intercepted and may be directed to identify itself, its cargo, equipment, and stores and its ports of call, to stop, to lie to, to submit to visit and search, or to proceed as directed. Any vessel or craft which fails or refuses to respond to or comply with directions shall be subjected to being taken into custody. Any vessel or craft which is believed en route to Cuba and may be carrying prohibited material or may itself constitute such material shall, wherever possible, be directed to proceed to another destination of its own choice and shall be taken Into custody if it fails or refuses to obey such directions. All vessels or craft taken into custody shall be sent into a port of the United States for appropriate disposition.
What part of
“The transportation of any cargo to Ukraine by sea is considered by the Russian side as a potential transfer of military goods.”
do people not understand?
“The first ship to be contacted by the U.S. Navy was chosen specifically by the President. At 7 a.m. on Friday, October 26, the U.S. Navy boarded the Marucla, a Panamanian-owned, Lebanon registered ship chartered by the Soviet Union. It was intercepted by two destroyers USS John Pierce and USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. This ship was chosen because ”[President Kennedy] was demonstrating to Khrushchev that we were going to enforce the quarantine and yet, because it was not a Soviet-owned vessel, it did not represent a direct affront to the Soviets, requiring a response from them.” Marrucla was inspected and cleared.”
https://cimsec.org/defusing-the-cuban-missile-crisis-naval-quarantine-as-strategic-de-escalation/
A civilian ship carrying what? Cluster bombs??