On Apr 10, 11:49*am, wrote:
On Apr 10, 12:45*pm, Tim wrote:





On Apr 10, 10:55*am, "Eisboch" wrote:

"HK" wrote in message

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We always have at least one carrier group in the Indian Ocean, by the way.

The Indian Ocean is about 20 million square miles in area. * Granted, a
small portion of the area is subject to prirate attacks, but it's still a
huge area. * A carrier group typically consists of about 5-6 ships, one of
which is a tanker/supply ship. * There's usually a cruiser and a couple of
destroyers or frigates and a sub. * The role of the frigates and destroyers
are primarily to protect the carrier, so they don't go off steaming around
by themselves.

Even with jet fighters and helicopters, that's a big area to "patrol"..
Over the horizon radar helps, and we have technology to identify the type,
name and position of an enemy combatant as well as large merchant ships,
but you have to keep in mind that there are literally hundreds if not
thousands of small boats running around that we can't identify without a
visual look-see. * Which ones are the pirates?

Sounds good in theory, but just won't work out very well in practice.

Eisboch

Which ones are the pirates?

The ones armed to the teeth!- Hide quoted text -

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If you call AK47's armed to the teeth, I guess so.. But then that
makes everyone in that part of the world pirates.. I would guess that
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Scott, when I said "armed tot he teeth" I wasn't talking about tinker-
toy pop-gun AK's. I was meaning RPG and various explosive devices.

Do fisherman need to be 400 mi. out in the indian ocean in a 20 ft
open bow with no fishing gear and carying grenade launchers?

I doubt it.