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I don't know why, but this reminds me of the Freespace storyline...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11 ... index.html

I'm wating for some freighter to go thru that area and when attacked, uncovers a phalanx gatling gun and opens up.

woodchip wrote:I'm wating for some freighter to go thru that area and when attacked, uncovers a phalanx gatling gun and opens up.

why would a Freighter be employing a CIWS MK-15 Phalanx Platform ?

would be pretty cool, though i seriously doubt the USNavy would allow civilian ships to carry such a system. hell i dont think even USCG Ships have Phalanx turrets.

That didn't really NEED to be overanalyzed to death, but ok...

I don't know what they call it today...but basically they take a civilian ship, and militarize it. Put a military crew on it and let it rip vs pirates. Very effective.

It's called a decoy.

now that you mention it that way. sure put a CIWS onto a stripped down decomissioned medical ship or something.


what they really need is to get a couple of RQ-1B Predators armed with a couple of hellfire missiles, or a Heavy Endurace RQ-4B Fire Hawk also armed with HellFire's to just orbit the suspected area's of attack and wait for them to return to their soo called "mothership" once its spotted by either bird, let those hellfire's rip away!

woodchip wrote:It's called a decoy.

I spent some time on google. it's called a "Q-Ship"

Interesting article btw.

Kind of like a Q-Tip for pirates.

Topher wrote:I don't know why, but this reminds me of the Freespace storyline...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11 ... index.html

"Dive! Dive! Dive! Hit your burners pilot!"

?



Hey, maybe THATS what happened to Bosch?

clearly we have angered the flying spaghetti monster. bless his noodly appendage.

and may the unfaithful be smitten down in The Great Whiplash

Quick, get Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum to Area 51!