Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Then why post?

Because I can

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Did you even both to read what I wrote? Apparently not.
This attitude is why pirates and terrorists exist for far longer than they should...And if you doubt this, do a little research -- tiring and boring though it may be -- on the LTTE, and their 'Sea Tiger' and 'Sea Pigeon' forces, how the Sri Lankan Navy staged a c.1400nm raid, almost to the Australian coast, to destroy them, and how that impacted the LTTE and the course of the Sri Lankan Civil War...

Sorry mate, but it made as much sense as an ash tray on a motorbike. The Sri Lankan Navy tried to destroy the Aussie Navy? Why? Did an Aussie upset them by calling someone "Ya bloody Drongo"? I take it they didn't manage to do it because I saw Sea Patrol HMAS Hammersley on TV recently.

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Hmm - magnifying glass, maybe?

I reckon an electron microscope would be a better bet, but I don't have one on hand.

Begins to sing "HOME, HOME ON THE RANGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."

Help help a pirate, someone call the Russian Navy.

Oh. I see. My sincerest apologies -- you have nothing of value to say, and I mistook your comments for an attempt at something worthwhile.

Sorry for my error. You run along, and have fun with that.

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Oh. I see. My sincerest apologies -- you have nothing of value to say, and I mistook your comments for an attempt at something worthwhile.

Apology accepted old chap. By your comment

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

"And while there is, indeed, no indication that the pirates were put down with their ship, I wouldn't put it past the Russians..."

I take it you would like to see the pirate's tucked up in nice warm beds and waited on hand and foot.

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Sorry for my error. You run along, and have fun with that.

Again, apology accepted. However, if you want to make stupid comments, expect the same in return, Ya bloody drongo.

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Oh. I see. My sincerest apologies -- you have nothing of value to say, and I mistook your comments for an attempt at something worthwhile.

Apology accepted old chap.


By your comment

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

"And while there is, indeed, no indication that the pirates were put down with their ship, I wouldn't put it past the Russians..."

I take it you would like to see the pirate's tucked up in nice warm beds and waited on hand and foot instead of being treated like the murdering bastards they are? Are you a bleeding heart liberal by any chance?

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

When you board a "Somali pirate boat", and find that >1/2 of its crew are non-Somali, that would tend to indicate that there might just be a wider ring of operations that you would need to look at...

Dunno if you have been through the South China Sea or the Straits of Malacca recently, don't look now, but word has it, there are pirates there too. Could they be co-operating with each other or could they be dodgy bastards getting in on the action? What do you suggest? Send secret squirrel to get the intel?

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

This attitude is why pirates and terrorists exist for far longer than they should...And if you doubt this, do a little research -- tiring and boring though it may be -- on the LTTE, and their 'Sea Tiger' and 'Sea Pigeon' forces, how the Sri Lankan Navy staged a c.1400nm raid, almost to the Australian coast, to destroy them, and how that impacted the LTTE and the course of the Sri Lankan Civil War...

I ask again, why would they want to destroy the RAN? If that is what you are saying. The Sri Lankan civil war has been going on for yonks. I've better things to do with my time then research Sri Lanka and their little disagreement with each other.

Originally Posted by Clinkerbuilt

Sorry for my error. You run along, and have fun with that.

You have apologised once already, there is no need to keep doing so.

The link to the video is broken.

Originally Posted by LadyUSAFveteran

The link to the video is broken.

Check YouTube?

RUSSIAN NAVY CAPTURES SOMALI PIRATES - YouTube

RUSSIAN NAVY CAPTURES SOMALI PIRATES - YouTube

(don't f**k with naval forces, especially the Russians )

I always like this part of russian personality.No bs

There's a movie about that raid (this IS the one where the Russian Marines free the tanker "Moscow University", yes?), called "22 Minutes"


Another fun fact: Vladimir Leshtaev, a young Marine who participated in that operation, was elected Man of the Year by readers of a women's magazine in his home republic of Khakassia, in Siberia

"A true defender"

Leshtaev was a hero in that raid. He personally killed a pirate and wounded two or three others in a firefight. Then-President Medvedev personally awarded him the Order of Courage


Didn't take too long for him to fall from grace though. This year, Leshtaev and another player from the local amateur hockey team in Khakassia he'd been playing with since left the service, got busted for dealing drugs (hashish).
http://www.kp.ru/daily/26027/2945765/

He could go to prison now... Amazing how just about anyone can be corrupted these days...