The operation was conducted in 9m seas and 35knot winds at first light, after Pong Su's skipper refused repeated requests to stop. Very bad weather to board a ship!
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
conducted in 9m seas The heck with that! 9 foot seas are keeping me on land today. Oh well, off to soak some worms in the harbor, tides about to change.
2 posted on
04/20/2003 8:53:02 AM PDT by
StriperSniper
(Frogs are for gigging)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
"It had been pursued for four days after reports it was used to smuggle 50kg of high-grade heroin with a street value of $80 million."
About 100 pounds of cargo worth Eighty Million...wow.
Wonder why they'd have to use a freighter for that amount?
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
"At first light we came over the horizon at 25 knots, using our presence as a warship with commitment and purpose," HMAS Stuart's commanding officer David Greaves said.Damn. I wish I had a job where I could say something cool like that.
4 posted on
04/20/2003 9:06:11 AM PDT by
cardinal4
(The Senate Armed Services Comm; the Chinese pipeline into US secrets)
To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Unfortunately, it won't slow down drug market.
8 posted on
04/20/2003 9:27:57 AM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
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