Have Jets Blow the Pirates Out of The Water

These were comments made about the piracy in the open seas by Somalia. These were made in the Christian Science Monitor. Here is a link to the original thread. (Not sure how long until this link is dead.) You have to scroll way down to get to the comments. My comments were #227 and #228.

227. Purple Neon Lights | 04.15.09

For Pete’s sake, do this:

1) Declare the entire area where the pirates do their dirty work a pirate kill zone. (This would not include the coastal waters of Somalia, where there are legitimate Somalian commercial endeavors, such as fishing.)

2) Position aircraft carriers with fighter jets in the kill zone.

2) Any vessel in the kill zone that doesn’t adequately identify itself as being engaged in civilized commerce will be blown out of the water by the fighter jets. (Ships are too slow to respond effectively.)

What’s the hold up?

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228. Purple Neon Lights | 04.15.09

Addendum to above comment about having a pirate kill zone:

Provide heavily armed soldiers for every U.S. flagged vessel. I suppose five armed individuals per vessel might be enough.

The cost of doing this would be a pittance compared to bringing fleets of vessels to bear on a single incident.

Any vessel that gets anywhere near a U.S.-flagged vessel without adequately identifying itself will be blown to oblivion.

Again, as I said in the preceding post, what in the world is the hold up?

(Believe me, as they say in football, the pirates don’t have deep bench. Atomize perhaps 100 or so of the pirates, and they will be very weakened.)
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