Piracy, how to sort the problem

Mankyspuds

Why don't these big shipping companies all chip in and invest in a Q-Ship?

Let the little feckers get nice and close....

Drop the concealed sides and BAM!!!







Job Done!:cool:

Tabnabs

There are, allegedly, a number of "contract" armed escort vessels on the high seas already. The problem is, this is not WW2 and they're not hunting German u-boats.

Mankyspuds

I dont see the problem to be honest, if they are going to hijack ships and hold companies & families to ransom for the crew and cargo. I dont accept the poor fisherman arguements or that these people are skint, they know what they are doing is wrong. For the most part, these well armed and motivated gangs/militia get away with it. Piracy acts have come down in recent years but it was so rampant in the last number of years that even Hollywood made a movie about it.

Tabnabs

Ships in WW2 travelled in large convoys with armed escorts. That's neither practical nor economic in the present world. Large ships will often have armed guards aboard. A lot happens that neither spoken about and certainly not put up on the net.

Cookie_Monster

The only solution is for countries to join the land based offensive currently ongoing in Somalia to exterminate the warlords and terrorists and hence source of the piracy. A saw a piece on it the other day, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union_Mission_to_Somalia

Tabnabs

Can they invade the others too?

http://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/live-piracy-map/piracy-map-2013

long range shooter

http://www.marineinsight.com/marine/marine-news/headline/18-anti-piracy-weapons-for-ships-to-fight-pirates/

end of the road

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

The only solution is for countries to join the land based offensive currently ongoing in Somalia to exterminate the warlords and terrorists and hence source of the piracy.

they could, but no doubt it would turn the country into an even bigger bloodbath then it currently is and fail to stop the piracy, sometimes leaving well alone is the only option

Cookie_Monster

end of the road wrote: »

they could, but no doubt it would turn the country into an even bigger bloodbath then it currently is and fail to stop the piracy, sometimes leaving well alone is the only option

well the offensive is ongoing anyway, more countries joining means it can be done with quicker as the current forces are woefully underequipped and undermanned

end of the road

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

well the offensive is ongoing anyway, more countries joining means it can be done with quicker as the current forces are woefully underequipped and undermanned

true, but again its the aftermath that could make the problem worse

pedroeibar1

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

well the offensive is ongoing anyway, more countries joining means it can be done with quicker as the current forces are woefully underequipped and undermanned

It's not an 'offensive' - it is a peacekeeping mission, a sort of home-grown African states UN. It's running for the last 7 years, and has no hope of achieving anything against the pirates, they are not even high on its agenda. The Yanks are involved as trainers and advisors because of al-Shabaab aka al-Qaeda. That is where the emphasis was, is and will be. The USN has some very high speed craft (someone posted pictures of one in the Brooklyn Navy yard) that will be dedicated to piracy suppression in the region.

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Mankyspuds wrote: »

I dont see the problem to be honest, if they are going to hijack ships and hold companies & families to ransom for the crew and cargo. I dont accept the poor fisherman arguements or that these people are skint, they know what they are doing is wrong. For the most part, these well armed and motivated gangs/militia get away with it. Piracy acts have come down in recent years but it was so rampant in the last number of years that even Hollywood made a movie about it.

Agree. But piracy has been around since mankind began trading over water.

Unfortunately in our modern screwed up politically correct society, the only means of defense is limited to the likes of shown below.

BP Bridge Wing.jpg

Not very pretty but more effective than this techie junk that is often an insurance requirement

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