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Pirates attack U.S.-flagged ship but fail to bo

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Pirates attack U.S.-flagged ship but fail to board


Military | 209798 hits | Apr 15 9:01 am | Posted by: bootlegga
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Pirates attacked a U.S.-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia with rockets and automatic weapons on Tuesday but failed to board the craft, the ship's owner and the U.S. military said. The crew of the Liberty Sun was unharmed, but the vessel suffe

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  1. by avatar martin14
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:04 pm
    hmmmm, chicken pussy pirates :)

  2. by avatar saturn_656
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:10 pm
    Hopefully this means it is now "open season" on the pirates.

  3. by danimal
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:19 pm
    all this pirate business is getting out of hand... yarrrrrgh! 8O

  4. by avatar QBall
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:56 pm
    PDT_Armataz_01_40

    Good, the ships need some more practice in shore bombardment. Time to move in and wipe out any town or village with a dock.

  5. by avatar saturn_656
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:03 pm
    "QBall" said
    PDT_Armataz_01_40

    Good, the ships need some more practice in shore bombardment. Time to move in and wipe out any town or village with a dock.


    Most of our ships do not carry guns suitable for shore bombardment, you should at least have a 4.5 to 5 inch main gun for that task.

    The Israelis have shown that the OTO 76mm (like those used on the 280's) can be used in a pinch, but it is far from ideal. Don't even think about trying to use the rinky dink 57mm on the 330's.

    We need bigger guns.

  6. by stokes
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:40 pm
    "saturn_656" said
    PDT_Armataz_01_40

    Good, the ships need some more practice in shore bombardment. Time to move in and wipe out any town or village with a dock.


    Most of our ships do not carry guns suitable for shore bombardment, you should at least have a 4.5 to 5 inch main gun for that task.

    The Israelis have shown that the OTO 76mm (like those used on the 280's) can be used in a pinch, but it is far from ideal. Don't even think about trying to use the rinky dink 57mm on the 330's.

    We need bigger guns.

    We would use missiles more accurate and a bigger payload. The ideal ship for shore bombarment is the mighty Mo still tied alongside Pearl Harbor

  7. by avatar saturn_656
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:50 pm
    "stokes" said
    We would use missiles more accurate and a bigger payload. The ideal ship for shore bombarment is the mighty Mo still tied alongside Pearl Harbor


    So we are going to use a $500,000 missile (thats about what Tomahawks, the premier land attack missile, go for these days) to blow up some Somali pirate hut that ain't worth $50 bucks CDN?

    5 inch guns are more cost effective, never mind that we don't have a ship capable of carrying the TLAM system

  8. by stokes
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:57 pm
    "saturn_656" said
    We would use missiles more accurate and a bigger payload. The ideal ship for shore bombarment is the mighty Mo still tied alongside Pearl Harbor


    So we are going to use a $500,000 missile (thats about what Tomahawks, the premier land attack missile, go for these days) to blow up some Somali pirate hut that ain't worth $50 bucks CDN?

    5 inch guns are more cost effective, never mind that we don't have a ship capable of carrying the TLAM system

    Yes we do, the missile launcher on the destroyers can carry every naval missile in the NATO arsenal including Tomahawks equipped with tactical nukes.

  9. by avatar saturn_656
    Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:14 pm
    "stokes" said
    Yes we do, the missile launcher on the destroyers can carry every naval missile in the NATO arsenal including Tomahawks equipped with tactical nukes.


    I'd be happy if we had someone in this thread who had served on the TRUMP conversions... anyway there are two main types of Mk.41, strike length and tactical length.

    The TRUMPs have tactical length Mk.41, which are not deep enough to accomodate the tomahawk missile.



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