A very interesting briefing on counter-piracy operations.
Found here, by Vice Admiral William Gortney. Blackfive sums up the whole thing nicely, I think: The entire point, of course is to “disincentivize” piracy. That’s a nice way of saying they want to make...
View ArticleMoby Hit: Whale-based anti-piracy manuevers in Gulf.
I suppose that it says something about me that I really would rather live in the Weekly World News‘ world: WHALES TAKE DOWN SOMALI PIRATES CAIRO—The Egyptian government is calling on the gentle giants...
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Pirate located in Eyl, Somalia threatens America.
How do you say “punitive expedition” in Somali? Eyl’s location: 7° 58′ 0″ N, 49° 49′ 0″ E. Not that either the United States Navy or the Air Force particularly needs my help in pointing out the...
View ArticleSomali Pirates up the ante.
As you probably noticed, I’ve been polite in reacting to the administration’s handling of the first wave of Somali piracy. This has been mostly out of pragmatism: like Jonah Goldberg and Ed Morrissey,...
View ArticleJapanese to take more aggressive anti-piratical stance?
Step by step – sometimes almost painfully so – the Japanese are getting themselves back into the game: Japan’s MPs back anti-piracy bill The lower house of Japan’s parliament has approved a bill to...
View ArticleRussian navy captures Somali pirates.
The more, the merrier. Russia captures Somalia pirates A Russian warship has seized a pirate vessel with 29 people on board off the Somali coast, Russian news reports say. Guns and navigation equipment...
View Article#rsrh Four hostages murdered by Somali pirates.
Reading the first (confused) reports, it looks like the US Navy took the ship once the pirates murdered their four American hostages. Some pirates are actually in custody, apparently: which means that...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, We Can Call The Darwin Awards Early This Year edition.
As a general rule of thumb, I do not encourage people to click on Gawker links. This is why I prefer the aisle seat. https://t.co/r1XdfRrFWc — jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) February 4, 2016 You might,...
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