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melm00se

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32. there is a very interesting

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:55 AM

Jul 2012

(albeit a little dated having been printed almost a decade ago) book entitled "Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas". The author posits one of the biggest threats out there is if pirates were to hit a VLCC in some of the congested chipping choke points and leave ship to it's own devices after killing, kidnapping or incapacitating the crew.

Imagine losing a cargo of 2.1 million barrels of oil in an area as confined as the Malacca Straits.

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Official: US ship fires on boat off Dubai, 1 dead. [View all] permatex Jul 2012 OP

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Prayers for the falling one. Iliyah Jul 2012 #2

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SOP is to warn any closing vessel permatex Jul 2012 #4

Think USS Cole 2000 Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #10

Sailors, sea, navy nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #14

Sailors panzerfaust Jul 2012 #44

This nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #13

Could have been pirates nichomachus Jul 2012 #5

Or confused for same, yeah Posteritatis Jul 2012 #7

Smugglers are the more likely answer hack89 Jul 2012 #8

Utter fools. The USN has not forgotten the Cole bombing. n/t Psephos Jul 2012 #9

I agree may3rd Jul 2012 #20

17 Dead: What USS Cole got for showing restraint panzerfaust Jul 2012 #41

Based on the article the Lurks Often Jul 2012 #11

According to the Swedish press, cliss Jul 2012 #12

Wrong permatex Jul 2012 #15

Right may3rd Jul 2012 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author permatex Jul 2012 #22

USS Stark and USS Cole... sarisataka Jul 2012 #23

With all that is making new, THIS is worth fearing. turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #16

The 5th Fleet is based at sarisataka Jul 2012 #17

Thanks sarisataka turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #18

No problem sarisataka Jul 2012 #19

We killed an Indian fisherman and wounded three others. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2012 #24

Everything reported so far indicates permatex Jul 2012 #25

Preassumes they spoke English dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #26

Hailing them is not the only warning permatex Jul 2012 #27

"Preassumes" they only used English Cerridwen Jul 2012 #28

Correct permatex Jul 2012 #29

what does a pirate look like? melm00se Jul 2012 #30

Also a suicide bomber permatex Jul 2012 #31

there is a very interesting melm00se Jul 2012 #32

I read that book permatex Jul 2012 #33

US ship gave no warning, says Indian survivor - Hindustan Times dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #34

Does anybody really expect the men in the fishing boat to say Lurks Often Jul 2012 #35

Some expect that sarisataka Jul 2012 #36

Yeah ... the USS Vincennes also had a SOP for everything and kept records of the actions they took. Nihil Jul 2012 #39

They did, it was well recorded sarisataka Jul 2012 #46

I see permatex Jul 2012 #37

"A whole ship full of people" have not said anything. Ash_F Jul 2012 #40

All involved would already have been interviewed permatex Jul 2012 #42

What else do you expect the shooter to say, "sorry folks, we fucked up"? Gimme a break Ash_F Jul 2012 #49

Did they miss the warning shots from a 50cal machinegun across their bow? Baclava Jul 2012 #38

Depending upon wind direction & sea surface: YES panzerfaust Jul 2012 #43

maybe they didn't recognize it as a military vessel Baclava Jul 2012 #45

The Persian Gulf has a lot of military traffic sarisataka Jul 2012 #48

Correct me if I am wrong sarisataka Jul 2012 #47

"Usually, we know alarms and sirens are sounded by ships. But there were no warnings.� Ash_F Jul 2012 #50

Investigators say the boat did alter course Ash_F Jul 2012 #51

a clear indication dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #52