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Security Contractors Engage Somali Pirates in Open Ocean Using AR-15’s
controversialtimes.com ^ | 12/29/2014 | Reagan Wilson

Posted on 12/30/2014 8:02:38 AM PST by rktman

In this raw, undated video from an unknown vessel we see how private security contractors aboard cargo ships might respond to a pirate threat.

We see at least two people opening fire on a skiff full of armed pirates who approach the ship.

(Excerpt) Read more at controversialtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: openwaters; standbytorepel
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So, what happens when these guys enter certain ports of call? What do they do with the weapons? In some of their ports, I'm sure there are copious rules and restrictions even if the populace outside of town is armed to the teeth. In any case, this is the way to handle open sea piracy.
1 posted on 12/30/2014 8:02:38 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

How about an M2 Browning?


2 posted on 12/30/2014 8:06:45 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: rktman

Well, they won’t try that again..


3 posted on 12/30/2014 8:07:48 AM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: Farmer Dean

Doh! At the end of the article it does say that in a lot of cases due to international law the contractors toss their weapons over the side before entering certain ports. Hopefully they don’t have to transit back past the same areas. What a load of crap that is having to toss your weapons like that.


4 posted on 12/30/2014 8:09:41 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: cardinal4

The contractors probably cost about $1000 per day per man..so the price of the guns an ammo is incidental.


5 posted on 12/30/2014 8:10:52 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Farmer Dean

Heck, use a M-79 GR Launcher and send them to Davy Jones’ Locker.


6 posted on 12/30/2014 8:11:27 AM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
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To: rktman

I wonder how long before the Somalis start crying “disproportionate response.”


7 posted on 12/30/2014 8:11:43 AM PST by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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To: rktman

Put them in containers on a mooring that is reachable and pick them up on the way back out


8 posted on 12/30/2014 8:11:49 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: rktman
Common sense solution to a very basic problem.

Napalm or fragmentation rounds might be a response improvement on the pirates who pathetically go unchallenged as a rule.

9 posted on 12/30/2014 8:12:07 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Indeed.


10 posted on 12/30/2014 8:12:36 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: rktman

That’s how attempted piracy should end.


11 posted on 12/30/2014 8:16:47 AM PST by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: rktman

You must not have looked at the article. It clearly discusses them dumping the weapons before they reach port.


12 posted on 12/30/2014 8:19:55 AM PST by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!)
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To: Real Cynic No More

LOL! Yeah, I did catch it and posted a response to myself. Kinda. DOH!


13 posted on 12/30/2014 8:23:00 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: Steely Tom

They have Keith Ellison for that.


14 posted on 12/30/2014 8:38:13 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: wastedyears

I’m just imagining making a rifle shot on a moving, bobbing target from a moving, bobbing platform...


15 posted on 12/30/2014 8:39:45 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: rktman

The security contractors have tenders. These tenders carry the weapons and ammo and bring the security contractor to the vessel for duty while they are making their passage through troubled waters. Another tender plucks them off the ship before they enter territorial waters. The tenders operate out of friendly ports, or transfer weapons to an at sea tender before entering port. Complicated, but workable.

One of these tenders had an emergency and had to enter an Indian port with weapons/ammo on board. There was a dust up, I don’t know how it was finally resolved.


16 posted on 12/30/2014 8:45:24 AM PST by centurion316
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To: rktman

About f*cking time.


17 posted on 12/30/2014 8:51:26 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Gold and Silver are Real Money, Accept No Substitutes)
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To: Farmer Dean

I like your thinking.


18 posted on 12/30/2014 8:54:24 AM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: Steely Tom

They’ve taken over the airport in Mpls...


19 posted on 12/30/2014 8:58:13 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: rktman

Don’t toss the arms: use them as passports. Picture a fully armed unit moving to whatever passes as passport conrol. Nevermind, as much a foregone conclusion as the Dallas game Sunday. Couldn’t resist putting in a pitch for my team.


20 posted on 12/30/2014 8:58:35 AM PST by Barkeep99
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