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2008-11-08 Africa Horn

Yemen: Pirates accused of vessel attack as NATO steps up aid escorts

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Posted by Fred 2008-11-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 well when you escort them and don't do anything thing it doesn't seem too deter them to much

Posted by chris 2008-11-08 12:13|| 2008-11-08 12:13|| Front Page Top

#2 It'll take months/years for the NATO coordinated ROEs and SOPs to get around to having ships park in a safe location to then be escorted in convoy through the area. Convoys, escorts, what an idea.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-08 13:19|| 2008-11-08 13:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Convoy escort was pretty limited until the US began building "jeep" carriers to support the mission. After that, German losses climbed, and allied losses fell. We need to make a deal with the semi-autonomous province of Somaliland to build and use an airfield on their territory to patrol the Gulf of Aden. It would be nice to use Djibouti, where we already have a presence, but that area is a bit tight, operations-wise. The first time an AC-130 uses its 105mm cannon on a mother-ship, piracy will become far too expensive for the Somalis, and they'll quit. Until then, whatever we do will be a stopgap measure.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-11-08 14:00|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-11-08 14:00|| Front Page Top

#4 yeah but this is diff from WW2 and we have alot more ROE now and with the euros helping you know it would worse than usual

Posted by chris 2008-11-08 21:32|| 2008-11-08 21:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Ok, lets get real, we're not living in the 18th century - sink their vessels, kill them - we have the technology.

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-11-08 23:44|| 2008-11-08 23:44|| Front Page Top