Indian navy sinks suspected pirate mothership.
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 NEW DELHI – An Indian naval vessel sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats into the night,
officials said Wednesday, yet more violence in the lawless seas where brigands are becoming bolder and more violent.
Separate bands of pirates also seized a Thai ship with 16 crew members and an Iranian cargo vessel with a crew of 25 in the Gulf of Aden, where
Somalia-based pirates appear to be attacking ships at will, said Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center in
Malaysia.
"It's getting out of control," Choong said.
A multicoalition naval force has increased patrols in the region, and scored a rare success Tuesday when the Indian warship, operating off the coast
of Oman, stopped a ship similar to a pirate vessel mentioned in numerous piracy bulletins. The Indian navy said the pirates fired on the INS Tabar
after the officers asked it to stop to be searched.
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Awesome performance for the Indian Navy. The U.S. and other navies got to be more aggressive in hunting down these pirates. Has the U.S. Navy gone
soft since the early 1800s? Use to take on the Barbary pirates with balls of steel. Should concentrate on the Somali ports by blockading and bombing
them to hell. Just like during the Barbary Wars where the U.S. bomb the forts and ports and sent in the Marines.
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Highly ethically dubious comment coming up:
Frankly targeting these pirates would be a fantastic opportunity for weapons testing.
The US could calibrate their weapons by targeting known pirate ships; the emerging superpowers could train their
elite forces in rescue operations; the military-industrial complex could supply expensive
weapons without inciting neo-con hawks into big wars...
Good opportunity, n'est ce pas?
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