Figthing Piracy http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/5975/t/Figthing-Piracy.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:45:42 GMT Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:17:33 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/5975/t/Figthing-Piracy.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Figthing Piracy ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/76579/t/Figthing-Piracy.html#reply-76579 fas.org). With a range of 1.500 meters and a firing rate of 600 rounds per minute and barrel, these could seriously spoil your day when you don't expect them.

The US Forces... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/76579 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:17:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Figthing Piracy ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/76521/t/Figthing-Piracy.html#reply-76521 FreeloaderUK wrote:
to be fair- how are cannon balls, cutlasses & muskets going to stand upto attack helicopters?

Magic. I think the current pirates use RPG's, machine guns, and similar modern, albeit not necessarily brand-new, weapons, but I tend to think criminals should be arrested, with no extraneous casualties, so they can be tried and imprisoned for a very long time. I do think that actions like... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (emc) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/76521 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Figthing Piracy ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/76508/t/Figthing-Piracy.html#reply-76508 feeds@yuku.com (FreeloaderUK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/76508 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:45:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Figthing Piracy ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/76492/t/Figthing-Piracy.html#reply-76492 Mer et Marine (in French) with some nice pics of the units involved.

Only "french commandos" were mentioned in the article, but I think it were Military Commandos, as most people of the anti-terror unit GIGN were underway from Djibouti aboard the frigate "Surcouf" (except 18 of them that parachuted and were picked up by the Aviso "Commandant Bouan"). The action was... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (PK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/sreply/76492 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:55:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Figthing Piracy ]]> http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/76444/t/Figthing-Piracy.html#reply-76444
Very true. Does anyone know, what unit conducted the takedown (1 RPIMa?, Cdo. Hubert?)

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French commandoes have carried out a helicopter raid against a group of Somali pirates soon after they released 30 hostages from a luxury French yacht.
Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin said troops moved in after the Ponant came ashore, seized six pirates and probably found part of a ransom paid by its owners.
Local officials said at least three people died in the raid, but France denied there had been any casualties
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