Do freighters have any fucking defenses against being boarded by helicopters? I mean they have to have some small arms or maybe a mounted machine gun or some sort of AA battery right to defend against piracy?Are you really telling me like a small fire team of troops can takeover a freighter?
If only there were maritime laws against guns on civilian vessels, huh?
>>64663407Did the global south get another ship taken?
>>64663417They are going after a 3rd one right now! This has to fucking stop!https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99722j4lkgo
>>64663407It's like a clerk getting robbed. Official policy is generally "this isn't your problem, you aren't doing anything wrong, this is between the company and the feds, don't get yourself shot and force us to pay insurance".If somebody is actually putting armed security on the boat, it's going to consist of (expensive) contractors, for express purpose of use against people that the company is never, ever planning to do business with again.
>>64663407>Are you really telling me like a small fire team of troops can takeover a freighter?Why would that be a concern? The consequences for doing such would always outweight the payoff to doing so.
>>64663407Helicopter means it's an actual military doing that shit. An actual military doing that shit means that even if you put enough firepower on board to put up a fight, the next thign that happens is that the warship the helicopter operates from is gonna turn up and politely tell you to fucking surrender or else.
just run away.it's on going btw
just blow a hole in it, who cares
>>64663432M-my knees...
>>64663540update:>saars, please help
>>64663407>Do freighters have any fucking defenses against being boarded by helicopters?no and why should they? Don't break the law and nothing will happen
>>64663540How is it stateless!? It's sailing under the flag of Guyana! It's in U.N recognized international waters and has done nothing wrong! This is like when the Fucking Klingons started boarding all ships outside of Bajoran space looking for "Changelings"! You can't Fucking do that!
>>64663407crude oil is slippery and very flammable
>>64663575>Don't break the law and nothing will happenAnd who is breaking what law here?
>>64663796Stateless vessel. Operating without a registry means that you are under the protection of no nation and thus subject to search and seizure by any nation.>GuyanaPulled their registry months ago. That makes them also sailing under a false flag, which, again, makes them liable to search and seizure at any time.
>>64663664ATTENTION VENEZUALAN SAILORS
I think sink them all and make a great barrier reef in the gulf.
>>64663432Why?
>>64663664Why are you so upset? Are you a Venezuelan apparitchiki?
>>64663882They tried to run the blockade, anon. If the US was to let it go than others would attempt to break the blockade
>>64663890No, I was wondering why it had to stop. OP is either one of Maduro's henchmen or a Eurofaggot liberal. I can't quite tell.
>>64663540How isn't it boarded yet? Is Kegsbreath cucking out?
i would put some ropes randomly hanging about in the case the helicopter gets too close and the ropes fly into its blades
>>64663867While tempting, I would direct you to the Exxon Valdez to suggest why that might be a bad idea.
>>64663915i'm not a fish, this doesn't affect me
>>64663906Either the chopper pilots or the boarding team. It's running flank speed, and that makes it a lot harder to do a fast rope without somebody getting the Blackburn experience. Safer to roll a destroyer up and ask the question from the end of a 5".
>>64663407If the helicopter is coming over from a nearby warship, if you can't stop the warship there's no point in stopping the helicopter.
>>64663919Too true, and I'm more interested in fucking Cuba than I am in "liberating" Venezuela's people, so the ecological harm to them doesn't much matter either. But you have to be strategic about these things. The peaceniks and fifth-columnists are already howling about this, the last thing we need is to create the biggest oil slick in the Caribbean since Deepwater Horizon and give them more ammunition, in addition to adding the treehuggers to the chorus of whiners.
>>64663904You forgot he could also be a Russian shill
>>64663945Nah, his prose style is different. He's a Eurofag or Euro-educated is my best guess.Who are you, OP?
>>64663407even if they did,>just shoot at the us coast guard or navydoesn't work well for you
>>64663846Laughed so hard I dropped my phone
>>64663407>Are you really telling me like a small fire team of troops can takeover a freighterNo, you are telling yourself that, because you already know it's true.
>>64663432But how does the US keep getting such accurate information about when they are leaving port?
>>64664058It's not like the Venezuelans are stopping us from looking at their ports.
>>64663432>Stop?
>>64664071>No sir, just a random tourist hiking around. No i don't have any strong opinions about fossil fuels, why would a young lady care about that sort of thing?>Miss Gretina Thunbergio Sanchez, this is a laser designator, US military GPS, an encrypted radio and we overheard you talking to someone named 'Orange Actual' who called you 'Secret Spud' and commented on your tits filling out>Um...Uh.....I was chatting with my dad about gardening! The rest is just standard hiking gear. In case i get lost, i'm quite the airheaded klutz you see...>Oh well then, carry on....
>>64664111nice trips norktard, but you can watch things with planes and satellites too. I get the DPRK has a tedious relationship with flight, but other places don't.
>>64663407As a rule? No. The only defense is that every navy worth it's salt is shooting pirates on sight. If piracy is common the owners might hire some mercenaries who will mount and man .50 cals but that's expensive and the corpos who run global shipping companies want to keep costs Down. >>64663453This. Some corporate middle manager is going to have his quant guys compare the costs of getting ships hijacked and the costs of hiring mercenaries. There's a very good chance that the company just lets the ship get hijacked because it's cheaper than hiring security.
This ship has no fucking oil! Please stop pirating and stealing ships! It is flying a neutral flag of peace and free trade!
>>64664179Sorry, you don't get to have boats if the boat/plane faction doesn't want you to.
>>64663904Hey man, could be any flavor of liberal. Personally I'm all for choking out the drug trade. Merry christmas from europe.
>>64664216Merry Christmas Eurobro, I hope you guys figure your shit out
>>64663407Not if they want to dock at an international port :V
>>64664179>This ship has no fucking oil!A Completely inaccurate perception of current administrations motives and intentions. As always.
>>64664137It was mostly a joke post but i do think it would be a very smart idea for the West to coopt Greta and her followers now that the old generation of pro Soviet eco commies is dying. The ecological threat caused by Russia and it's allies is a major long term threat to humanity and if you care about Gaza you should care about the shit Russia does, they droned Chernobyl not to mention the radioactive horrors created by the USSR. Just wanting to make a shitty copy of Project Pluto should have her wanting to suicide bombing Putin. My Norktardness has brought the Kim Dynasties ecological and sustainability efforts to my attention and by extension made me somewhat Greta curious, i don't think i entirely disapprove of her. Just don't tell her how happy i am about the Norks working on a coal gasification based Diesel plant OK? >I thought 'Orange Actual' and 'Secret Spud' was funny.......
>>64664253Not perception: intentional mischaracterization.
>>64664262go be a faggot some place else
>>64664308>Far more insufferable people who think of themselves too highly than a known tripfag that has his shtick
Not beating the faggot allegations...
>>64664137>planes and satellitesAdditional: Physical intelligence still has a place, even in operations like this. A super tanker doesn't just shove off at a moments notice, a physical asset can learn that the ship is going to set out days or even weeks before remote sensor platforms can. Remote sensing can determine that it has left port but if you know beforehand that it is going to leave port that gives you time to position interdiction assets i.e you can move ships to intercept before it leaves port. Satellites might have alerted the German High Seas Fleet the moment the British left Scapa Flow however it would be much more useful and actionable if they knew about it two weeks before they left.
>>64664111Her tits are filling out nicely
>>64663407>Are you really telling me like a small fire team of troops can takeover a freighter?How underaged do you have to be to not remember Somalian piracy?
>>64664386This was 2 years ago.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7-d30filLE
>>64664402What video game is this?
>>64664447Arma3Map is de_dust
>>64663664Because the United States Navy says it is, and they have the biggest guns>but muh international law!International law is made up and has absolutely no teeth, and hasn't been at all relevant since the UN let communists and muslims in to the General Assembly
>>64664262I appreciate your effort
Fucking awake! Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake! These are absolute Fucking severe War Crimes against Humanities! There must be an accounting! Commanders overseeing these acts of piracy can be brought before the Hague tribunal!
>>64664359Hey! Greta is not for lewd, she's....She's.......Yeah, lewd her. I'm sure she knows about all the AI images of her and their carbon footprint.
>>64664457Moron, it's clearly dust2
>>64663664>It's sailing under the flag of Guyana!That's what's known under international law as a "lie".It's when people say or do things that are contrary to what is true.
>>64663846How long till we get /k/ privateers dressing up like Cardassians?
>>64665034Can't wait for twitter tankies to declare Guyana traitors to the Global South™
