DeeJayH
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You making a career out of deliberately missing the point of any discussion you join?
Well, should international law allow merchant ships to carry small arms, up to and including RPG's or similar weapons sufficient to repel pirates attacking from small craft?
Pirates successfully attacked another unarmed ship on Monday, leaving 28 members of its crew dead.
I see no reason why they shouldn't be allowed to. It's their decision whether it's more important to be armed to deal with pirates or to be able to enter ports that don't allow armed ships.
If every ship started to carry arms I would bet those particular ports would start allowing it...or lose business.
Picture this as a deterrent, a big fully loaded, wobbly container ship is cruising about fifty miles off the Somalia coast. A couple of fast pirate craft come rushing out to “greet/attack” them.
Unknown to the pirates a fully armed Apache Helo is hidden behind the containers on the top deck. Say goodbye to the pirates; anyone think that the word would get around in Somalia’s pirate community that the container ships just might contain something besides containers? :mrgreen:
I like those sonic weapons as a viable alternative to lethal, among other alternatives
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