2011-02-22, 18:48 | Link #12122 |
Gamilas Falls
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The question is, what is the piracy for? Money? If so, the goal should be to make the idea less profitable...or make combating the piracy more profitable than the piracy itself.
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2011-02-22, 19:59 | Link #12124 |
Gamilas Falls
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Depends on who they are and what they are after. I don't know much about these pirates, who they work for, or why they are resorting to piracy. What are their goals? If it is just money and they are not part of a large orginized group, then yes, turn them on each other with large bounties and offers of amnesty for those that will join the hunt for other pirates. They would have a condition though. They would have to follow the old rules of privateers. They'd likely get an observer from the nation sponsering them, and to divide the loot/bounty from their pirate prey with their sponser as well as proper divisions for the entire crew. They will be held accountable if they harm non-pirates or engage in piracy against any nation that their sponser is not hostile towards.
While many European nations signed a treaty to abandon issuing letter of marque, the United States never signed that treaty. But, it all depends on just what and who the pirates actually are. And what they are working towards.
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2011-02-22, 20:03 | Link #12125 |
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The problem is that is they're from Somolia. The most profitable alternative is probably nothing compared to piracy, and probably almost as dangerious. Under those circumstances, you WILL get piracy no matter what.
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2011-02-23, 02:28 | Link #12127 | |
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make Piracy so dangerious thats its viewed as suicidel. considering modern drone tech (both flying, and sailing), creating an effective counter piracy force shouldn't require all that many men.
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2011-02-23, 02:46 | Link #12128 | |
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1. Buy a RC helicopter 2. Attach and uplink 4 cameras to it. 3. Fly it around and try to see everything. Otherwise, find a post in your local military that trains you to operate such equipment. From my experience, it is twice as difficult to operate one than it seems.
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2011-02-23, 03:22 | Link #12130 | ||
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The Afghans don't have a central government capable enough to hold against the terrorists on their own. The ISAF would probably stay there as long as they did in Vietnam. EDIT : Obama faces pressure to intervene in Libya Quote:
Actually there might be a solution. Send in a NATO formation of firefighters and medics as "disaster relief" : it may not solve the political issue at hand, but it will definitely work in the favour of everyone because it is a neutral aid party under the UN convention. Provided the Libyan Mirage F1s don't drop iron bombs on them. And fuck John Kerry. This is a good time to make friends and he wants to impose sanctions? Where does this nut get his analyst team from?
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2011-02-23, 03:54 | Link #12132 | |
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Nonetheless, the revolution in ME is a good chance for US to make friends the diplomatic way. Give a chance for the Arabs to sort out their differences and form their own coalition government while standing at the side providing social aid (less military and police intervention) - it will be the biggest leverage US have against China economically and politically in the years to come. And no. No sanctions pl0x.
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2011-02-23, 04:06 | Link #12133 |
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I'm paying out my ass for gas. I'd rather not have to pay the equivalent of $1.30 a liter to get to the hospital.
And admittedly my above statement is the exact method of logic Washington discretely will use to justify any action.
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2011-02-23, 04:07 | Link #12134 |
Gamilas Falls
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As far as I know, there is only one country in the world that has managed to successfully stop an insurgency in the 20th century, the United Kingdom...in Malaysia, if I recall correctly. And it was long and bloody. The country still gained its independance, but not through the insurrection.
The irony of the United State's problems dealing with insurrections is that it gained its own independance via an insurrection. Looks like the Americans have yet to find a way to counter Washington's tactics (or perhaps more accurately the Minutemen and other smaller forces arrayed against the professional English Army...who could take on anyone in the world at that time in conventional warfare...much like the United States today excels at conventional warfare...but has trouble with insurgencies).
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2011-02-23, 06:47 | Link #12135 | |
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aren't modern HALE drones like Global hawk and Heron TP capaple of covering extremely large areas at any given time ? what more, spoting boats and ships in the ocean should be considerably easier then spoting troop movements on the ground. throw in the the relatvely long endurence time, and covering a streach of coastline shouldn't be all that impossible' even with as little as half a dozen birds.
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2011-02-23, 06:58 | Link #12136 | |
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2011-02-23, 08:16 | Link #12138 | |
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A flight sim is easier to do, just requires more physical stamina. At least you are in the cockpit and you can feel where you are going.
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2011-02-23, 09:10 | Link #12139 | |
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it might not be an IFF, but it gives you pretty good info of ship size and locations.
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2011-02-23, 09:23 | Link #12140 |
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Italy says 1,000 killed in Libya unrest
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNew...71G0A620110223
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