Comments on: Pirate Attacks and Hijackings – Weekly Report http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pat http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-19382 Pat Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:14:32 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-19382 Why don't the merchant vessels arm themselves when passing through these waters. Looks like just a few automatic weapons would discourage the pirates. Why don't the merchant vessels arm themselves when passing through these
waters. Looks like just a few automatic weapons would discourage the
pirates.

]]> By: Pat http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-22113 Pat Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-22113 Why don't the merchant vessels arm themselves when passing through these waters. Looks like just a few automatic weapons would discourage the pirates. Why don't the merchant vessels arm themselves when passing through these
waters. Looks like just a few automatic weapons would discourage the
pirates.

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-19385 John Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:07:39 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-19385 Because, for a variety of reasons, either the ship owners or Flag State prohibit it. Because, for a variety of reasons, either the ship owners or Flag State prohibit it.

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-22114 John Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:07:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-22114 Because, for a variety of reasons, either the ship owners or Flag State prohibit it. Because, for a variety of reasons, either the ship owners or Flag State prohibit it.

]]> By: Steve http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-14650 Steve Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:07 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-14650 Yesterday's headlines... "Pirates Frustrate US Navy in the Gulf of Aden" US defense budget $623 billion "We can't protect every aircraft carrier-sized commercial vessel that passes through the world's well known trouble spots, can we?"--Royal Navy UK defense budget $42 billion "Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden" India defense budget $19 billion Does not compute. Especially when you consider that the total budget for piratical operations worldwide has got to be less than $100 million, probably more like $10 million. Memo to the US Navy: Don't get wigged out by the peg legs, cutlasses and parrots on shoulders. The pirates are just thieves, like investment bankers, only with eye patches and lower expectations of their booty (a word that should be used much more in this discussion, just because it is a cool word). Memo to US Government: Maybe we should have TSA develop a "Sea Marshall" program like the Sky Marshall program. Or, since they have been so successful at eliminating music piracy, maybe we should hire the Recording Institute of America to police the areas. Yesterday's headlines…

"Pirates Frustrate US Navy in the Gulf of Aden"
US defense budget $623 billion

"We can't protect every aircraft carrier-sized commercial vessel that passes through the world's well known trouble spots, can we?"–Royal Navy
UK defense budget $42 billion

"Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden"
India defense budget $19 billion

Does not compute. Especially when you consider that the total budget for piratical operations worldwide has got to be less than $100 million, probably more like $10 million.

Memo to the US Navy: Don't get wigged out by the peg legs, cutlasses and parrots on shoulders. The pirates are just thieves, like investment bankers, only with eye patches and lower expectations of their booty (a word that should be used much more in this discussion, just because it is a cool word).

Memo to US Government: Maybe we should have TSA develop a "Sea Marshall" program like the Sky Marshall program. Or, since they have been so successful at eliminating music piracy, maybe we should hire the Recording Institute of America to police the areas.

]]> By: Steve http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-22111 Steve Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:15:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-22111 Yesterday's headlines... "Pirates Frustrate US Navy in the Gulf of Aden" US defense budget $623 billion "We can't protect every aircraft carrier-sized commercial vessel that passes through the world's well known trouble spots, can we?"--Royal Navy UK defense budget $42 billion "Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden" India defense budget $19 billion Does not compute. Especially when you consider that the total budget for piratical operations worldwide has got to be less than $100 million, probably more like $10 million. Memo to the US Navy: Don't get wigged out by the peg legs, cutlasses and parrots on shoulders. The pirates are just thieves, like investment bankers, only with eye patches and lower expectations of their booty (a word that should be used much more in this discussion, just because it is a cool word). Memo to US Government: Maybe we should have TSA develop a "Sea Marshall" program like the Sky Marshall program. Or, since they have been so successful at eliminating music piracy, maybe we should hire the Recording Institute of America to police the areas. Yesterday's headlines…

"Pirates Frustrate US Navy in the Gulf of Aden"
US defense budget $623 billion

"We can't protect every aircraft carrier-sized commercial vessel that passes through the world's well known trouble spots, can we?"–Royal Navy
UK defense budget $42 billion

"Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden"
India defense budget $19 billion

Does not compute. Especially when you consider that the total budget for piratical operations worldwide has got to be less than $100 million, probably more like $10 million.

Memo to the US Navy: Don't get wigged out by the peg legs, cutlasses and parrots on shoulders. The pirates are just thieves, like investment bankers, only with eye patches and lower expectations of their booty (a word that should be used much more in this discussion, just because it is a cool word).

Memo to US Government: Maybe we should have TSA develop a "Sea Marshall" program like the Sky Marshall program. Or, since they have been so successful at eliminating music piracy, maybe we should hire the Recording Institute of America to police the areas.

]]> By: Beverly Fowler http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-14656 Beverly Fowler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:28 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-14656 We simply have to keep the seas open for transport of economic goods. Ransoms must not be paid, governments have to co-operate with other government's navies, and pirates must be hunted down and prosecuted just as they were in the 1700s... We simply have to keep the seas open for transport of economic goods. Ransoms must not be paid, governments have to co-operate with other government's navies, and pirates must be hunted down and prosecuted just as they were in the 1700s…

]]> By: Beverly Fowler http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-22112 Beverly Fowler Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:10:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-22112 We simply have to keep the seas open for transport of economic goods. Ransoms must not be paid, governments have to co-operate with other government's navies, and pirates must be hunted down and prosecuted just as they were in the 1700s... We simply have to keep the seas open for transport of economic goods. Ransoms must not be paid, governments have to co-operate with other government's navies, and pirates must be hunted down and prosecuted just as they were in the 1700s…

]]> By: Kevin http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-14640 Kevin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:54:26 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-14640 Holy crap! I had no idea that their are so many Pirate attacks going on in the world/ Crazy.... By the way I LOVE THIS WEBSITE Holy crap! I had no idea that their are so many Pirate attacks going on in the world/ Crazy….
By the way I LOVE THIS WEBSITE

]]> By: Kevin http://gcaptain.com/pirate-attacks-and-hijackings/?3942#comment-22110 Kevin Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:54:00 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/?p=3942#comment-22110 Holy crap! I had no idea that their are so many Pirate attacks going on in the world/ Crazy.... By the way I LOVE THIS WEBSITE Holy crap! I had no idea that their are so many Pirate attacks going on in the world/ Crazy….
By the way I LOVE THIS WEBSITE

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