Carndablues Clutched February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 The Navy for longest time have been involved with real situations rather then exercise, exercise and more exercise like the army..... During late 70s, you have the Vietnamese boat people floating around, the Navy was out there, I was there too.... Why would you be chasing the poor Vietnamese boat people? The real criminals were the owners of the boats who charged them their life savings to board a leaky boat and later with their ill-gotten gains flew to countries like Australia from Bangkok.... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Does it got to do with "Pirates of Carribean" ? Chow Yun Fart say "Welcome to Singapore" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xefera 6th Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 wah zan. those things cos a bomb to build, u think they will allow that to be sunk or worse kena robbed by the pirates? no honor and glory mah, if sunk by another bigger better warship then different story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dualie Clutched February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Why would you be chasing the poor Vietnamese boat people? The real criminals were the owners of the boats who charged them their life savings to board a leaky boat and later with their ill-gotten gains flew to countries like Australia from Bangkok.... Those people are escaping from war in their home country... not illegal immigrants looking to working here.... If the Navy don't stop them from coming in, SIngapore will be looking at a huge social problem and also the problem of feeding them... IIRC, the Singapore govt stop the boat and gave them food and drinks and send thm back out to sea to become other people problem... Similiar incidents has happen recently in Thailand... The Thais sent the Myanmar boat people back out to sea... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Wah...this is a good chance for SAF to fire at REAL target and get REAL experience. Will be interesting, as the pirates will not follow Geneva COnvention or Fighting rules, this is a real test of SAF skills and capabilities! GO GO GO SAF! LST is mainly for logistical support lah.... if wanna shoot and sink the pirates, the navy would have sent our stealth frigates leow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Angel's Flare nice... we should "zhng" our C130 to AC130 like what the americans did.... awesome firepower Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Those people are escaping from war in their home country... not illegal immigrants looking to working here.... If the Navy don't stop them from coming in, SIngapore will be looking at a huge social problem and also the problem of feeding them... IIRC, the Singapore govt stop the boat and gave them food and drinks and send thm back out to sea to become other people problem... Similiar incidents has happen recently in Thailand... The Thais sent the Myanmar boat people back out to sea... but with only 25 gallons of water for 400 people... no food and no engine for their barge.... just a couple of oars only Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twofouronenite 1st Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 nice... we should "zhng" our C130 to AC130 like what the americans did.... awesome firepower Wah lau, like using cannon to kill mosquitoes leh! The 105 one round nothing left! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altivo 3rd Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 (edited) Wah lau, like using cannon to kill mosquitoes leh! The 105 one round nothing left! hahaha... i like the way u said it. Must eradicate these pirates once an for all mah i know our army 18 of these HIMARS from US... not sure if we have taken delivery yet. This might sound far fetched but it would be damn tok kong if we fire these at the pirate caves from the deck of the LST - err.... provided the deck can tahan the back blast Edited February 13, 2009 by Altivo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_b20 6th Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 i will be really surprised if SAF soldiers can manage to catch some real bandits. anyway good effort Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwaver 4th Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 i think only in the event of a mission...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twofouronenite 1st Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 hahaha... i like the way u said it. Must eradicate these pirates once an for all mah i know our army 18 of these HIMARS from US... not sure if we have taken delivery yet. This might sound far fetched but it would be damn tok kong if we fire these at the pirate caves from the deck of the LST - err.... provided the deck can tahan the back blast Fire 1 round the LST will rock, fire 3 it will tilt. Fire all round the boat sinl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KapitanE 1st Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 (edited) This report is available on public domain...... Story Number: Release Date: 2/12/2009 From Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ 5th Fleet Public Affairs USS VELLA GULF, At Sea (NNS) -- The guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) intercepted and apprehended nine suspected pirates Feb. 12 in the Gulf of Aden after responding to a distress call from a nearby merchant vessel. At approximately 4 a.m. local time, the Indian-flagged Motor Vessel Premdivya sent a distress call to all ships in the area reporting that she had been fired upon by a small skiff, and suspected pirates were attempting to board. Upon reaching the suspect skiff, the helicopter crew from Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42, embarked aboard Vella Gulf, signaled for the skiff to stop immediately. When the skiff failed to stop, the helicopter fired one warning shot. A second warning shot was fired when the suspects continued to flee. Once the suspected pirates brought the skiff to a complete stop following the second warning shot, Vella Gulf, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Mahan (DDG 72) closed immediately to intercept the skiff. Visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) teams from both warships conducted a boarding and found weapons, to include one rocket propelled grenade launcher. The suspected pirates were apprehended and brought on board Vella Gulf, where they were processed and are being held until they are transferred to a temporary holding facility aboard the supply ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1). They will remain aboard Lewis and Clark until information and evidence is assembled and evaluated and a decision is made regarding their further transfer. This is the second apprehension of suspected pirates for Vella Gulf in less than 24 hours. There are currently 16 suspected pirates apprehended by the U.S. Navy. Vella Gulf is the flagship for CTF 151, which is a multinational task force that conducts counter-piracy operations in and around the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Red Sea and was established to create a lawful maritime order and develop security in the maritime environment. Edited February 13, 2009 by KapitanE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironstarz 1st Gear February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Should have sent together with our submarines there for live target practices ......... Eh to use a submarine to take down one sampan ah, the price of the round not really cost friendly leh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 13, 2009 Share February 13, 2009 Eh to use a submarine to take down one sampan ah, the price of the round not really cost friendly leh surface below and ram the sampan lah.. [laugh] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic February 10, 2018 Share February 10, 2018 Piracy will soon be a thing of the past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesc Hypersonic February 10, 2018 Share February 10, 2018 Ironman soldiers coming soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DACH Supersonic February 10, 2018 Share February 10, 2018 Piracy will soon be a thing of the past. If pirates can hijack or shoot down one of these to study and build this technology, then . ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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