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  1. Wed Nov 19th, 2008, 11:32 AM #25
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    Re: Pirates...

    Quote Originally Posted by RYBO View Post
    It's an interesting thing. The tanker they hijacked was brand new about 5 months ago and cost $150M to build. The cargo (oil) at the current market value is worth about $100M and they figure the company that owns it will be happy to pay about $50M to get it all back. It's a pretty lucrative business. All you need is a few speed boats, a rocket launcher and a bull horn...

    A number of companies are now sending their ships the long way around (around the cape of good hope) to avoid these extremely dangerous waters...


    maybe I should have some Arrrrrrrrbys for lunch?
    Send in the special forces to kill all the pirates and recover the ship. Thereafter, each ship will be retrofitted with torpedo launchers and chain guns, with professionals to man them. Problem solved....
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    Re: Pirates...

    Quote Originally Posted by CYCLE_MONKEY View Post
    Send in the special forces to kill all the pirates and recover the ship. Thereafter, each ship will be retrofitted with torpedo launchers and chain guns, with professionals to man them. Problem solved....
    Dude, you really need to stop reading the ads in your Solider of Fortune Magazine…

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  3. Wed Nov 19th, 2008, 03:47 PM #27
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    Re: Pirates...

    Quote Originally Posted by Snowman View Post
    Dude, you really need to stop reading the ads in your Solider of Fortune Magazine…
    I'm a soldier of MIS-fortune!

    Well, think of this though, what if these meatheads screw up, and run the ship aground, or scuttle it, or in the recovery of the ship by force it gets scuttled? What a disaster, right? Time for some Q-ships to start patrolling those waters....
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  4. Wed Nov 19th, 2008, 04:41 PM #28
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    Re: Pirates...

    Quote Originally Posted by salsashark View Post
    The BBC has had some really decent articles about these guys and how they do what they do... It's not just one boat... it's upwards of 50 men on multiple boats with RPG's and the like. Once they take control of a ship, a small group stays on board and the rest return to land.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7623329.stm
    WTF! And they call themselves pirates?!?
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