Comments on: Pirates Smarter, More Dangerous, More Numerous

By: War Is Boring

War Is Boring — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:21:11 +0000

[...] Eight years earlier, a small boat had exploded alongside the U.S. destroyer Cole, in Yemen, killing 17 sailors. Since then, the world’s navies have worried about the threat posed by large numbers of fast, cheap boats, capable of slipping past radar and other defenses, to wreak havoc on large naval formations. Somali pirates demonstrate similar tactics, on a regular basis. In April, a swarm of pirate boats attacked a Yemeni tanker convoy, capturing one vessel. [...]

By: War Is Boring

War Is Boring — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:17:05 +0000

[...] Related: NATO Back in the Pirate-Fighting Business Somali Insurgent’s Tips for Fighting Pirates Coast Guard Issues Counter-Piracy Rules A Negotiated End to Somali Piracy? Navy Prison Ship Dodges Pirate Revenge World Politics Review: Amateurish Foot Soldiers Belie Sophisticated Piracy Networks Piracy War’s Unusual Friends, Tragic Victims NATO General: Piracy Legal Challenge “Complex” Google, Radio Mix for Pirate Early Warning Pirates Smarter, More Dangerous, More Numerous No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:

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By: War Is Boring

War Is Boring — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:42:20 +0000

[...] Related: Somali Insurgent’s Tips for Fighting Pirates Coast Guard Issues Counter-Piracy Rules A Negotiated End to Somali Piracy? Navy Prison Ship Dodges Pirate Revenge World Politics Review: Amateurish Foot Soldiers Belie Sophisticated Piracy Networks Piracy War’s Unusual Friends, Tragic Victims NATO General: Piracy Legal Challenge “Complex” Google, Radio Mix for Pirate Early Warning Pirates Smarter, More Dangerous, More Numerous South Park Goes Pirating No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI Leave a comment Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
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By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:46:13 +0000

One M-80 Stiletto can discharge it’s own “Swam” of “Protectors.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M80_Stiletto

and “Protectors” are made, just to handle this type of problem.
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/future-weapons/weapons/zone2/protector-usv.html

By: WarLord

WarLord — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:54:46 +0000

Isn’t this swarming and distraction tactic what U-boats did to convoys in WW2?

Everything old is new again, only this time no enigma machine….