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Idiots...
We need to have open season on the pirates. Just kill them and throw em to the sharks. Who gives two shits about them?
......Personally, I wouldn't mind if ships were guarded in convoys while
going through. Having a dozen or so navy vessels around a flotilla of cargo ships. I mean, the pirates
wouldn't be that stupid to try and take several navy ships at once (then again, maybe they are).
A mark 48 is bigger than the average pirate boat. Think smaller.Gotta agree with u Dave, poppin them with a Mark 48 is the way to go...
Sharks get the survivors and thier buddies sit there wondering what happened.....
Beau,are you sure 5 in. guns can lock onto basically raft with a motor?Just kidding, that'd be nice
Should be heat guided and maybe just maybe we can hit the raft....
These guys are dumba$$es
A burst from any 20mm Gatling gun would be the end of their boat. You'd have to mount it on a hight turret to give 360* coverage though. A few .50s would do just fine though.Yep, the 5 in. guns can lock on. I wouldnt think you would need a direct hit, just something close to scare the poo out of them. Dont know about heat guided, as a little boat like that probably wouldnt give off much of a heat signature.
I am all for the phalanx CIWS. From Wiki "The Block 0 CIWS mounts (hydraulic driven) fired at a rate of 3,000 rounds per minute and they could only hold 989 rounds in the magazine drum.[6] The Block 1 CIWS mounts (hydraulic) also fired at 3,000 rounds per minute with an extended magazine drum holding 1,550 rounds. The Block 1A and newer (pneumatic driven) CIWS mounts fire at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute and also had the larger 1,550 round magazine. The velocity of the rounds once fired is approximately 3,600 feet per second (1,100 m/s). The rounds are armor-piercing tungsten penetrator rounds or depleted uranium with discarding sabots. The kinetic projectiles are designed to pierce and explode an incoming missile's warhead. The ammunition handling system has two conveyor belt systems. The first takes the rounds out of the magazine drum and to the gun; the second takes either the empty shells or non-fired rounds and routes them back to the opposite end of the drum."
The only problem is that they sit in fishing boats then drop the speed boat into the water and send it after the cargo ship. Pirates hide among the regular fishermen and are difficult to recognize until they are ready to go get something.Specters, phalanx and all that makes for fun flash-bang, but I'm talking *poof* - quiet "done and done"...
In other words, they're sitting out in the shipping lanes, lurking in the darkness, plotting thier next prize when they suddenly hear a distant boiling sound followed by a roar of rushing water.
Then nothing but small bits of debris bobbing on the surface when the sun breaks the horizon a few hours later.
I know this photo is "old school", but it sure gives you a good idea of where I'm going with this...