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The list of navies involved so far is:
British Royal Navy
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Chinese Navy
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Royal Saudi Navy
Russian Navy
Turkish Navy
United States Navy
Soon to join the coalition will be the navy of Pakistan.
The pirates have been counter-attacked by an international coalition of warships here recently.
Indian navy attacks and sinks pirate ship: India claims pirate ship sunk - CNN.com
Chinese and Dutch navies thwart pirates: BBC NEWS | Africa | Two navies 'thwart pirate raids'
German navy seizes pirate vessel: German navy deters pirate attack - International Herald Tribune
Royal Malaysian navy attacks pirates: Royal Malaysian Navy thwarts pirate attack
The list of navies involved so far is:
British Royal Navy
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Chinese Navy
French Navy
German Navy
Greek Navy
Indian Navy
Italian Navy
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Republic of Korea Navy
Republic of Singapore Navy
Royal Australian Navy
Royal Danish Navy
Royal Malaysian Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy
Royal Saudi Navy
Russian Navy
Spanish Navy
Swedish Navy
Turkish Navy
United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
Soon to join the coalition will be the navy of Pakistan.
thanks for the info and links. With so many navies out there you would think that they would be running into each other....
Congrats on your 1,000th post. Do you get some kind of prize?
Our guys stopped one this weekThe pirates are raking in money hand-over-fist. Only a very few hijackings
have been thwarted. They got three more ships this week !!! What we
need in the area is someone's carrier strike force....
Charles
I would do it by persuading the nations with interests ie anyone getting boarded by pirates to put a Marine or even SF cell on board their ships. It might not even need to be every ship, just enough to keep the pirates guessing....these pirates generally use small civilian vessels for their attacks. How would you identify this and ensure it was not a legitimate civilian vessel before blowing it out of the water?
I noted the participation of the Iranians, and that of the Russians, in what is essentially a NATO and Commonwealth coalition 8) Wonder if these units are serving literally 'alongside' US/UK units though? The irony would be incredible, and the implications deeply interesting...
EDIT: As for the carrier strike force, it is my understanding that these pirates generally use small civilian vessels for their attacks. How would you identify this and ensure it was not a legitimate civilian vessel before blowing it out of the water? And isn't a CVBG an extremely expensive and wasteful way of doing a job that could be done by an FFG or even one of the new LCS?
With this list of navies lurking around, I'm suprised war hasn't broken out yet, never mind the pirates...