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| ▲ | gpm a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| > See, the hijackers can't actually sail the ship. So they can't kill the crew, or at least can't kill very many of them. Sailing the ship safely takes some skill. Sailing the ship at all takes about 5 minutes of watching youtube worth of learning. And they can certainly sink the ship as a warning to the next ship. Indeed attacks in the area have a history of sinking ships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_attacks_on_commercial_v... |
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| ▲ | bayarearefugee a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > If you have a hose that you can fire from a fairly protected position and the guy with the RPG is completely exposed because he's trying to climb up the side of a tanker, yeah, I might. In this scenario you are standing on a ship that is full of highly flammable oil. There are more outcomes than just the hijackers gain control of the ship or they leave you alone. If gaining control is no longer an option they could decide "fuck it" and just fire into the side of your hull. |
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| ▲ | nradov a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Fire is always a risk, but crude oil is not "highly flammable". Some refined products and LNG are more problematic. | |
| ▲ | dotancohen a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | That might cause the oil to leak out. It's unlikely to start a fire unless the tank is fairly empty. |
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| ▲ | ceejayoz a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > the guy with the RPG is completely exposed No, he isn’t. He’s sitting in the speedboat with the guys with rifles protecting the guy on the ladder. > See, the hijackers can't actually sail the ship. You think Somalia has zero people with experience working on a cargo ship? |
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| ▲ | tokai a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| >See, the hijackers can't actually sail the ship Its pretty dumb to assume that. Somali commercial sailors and merchant mariners do exist. Information and simulator software is available also in Somalia. |
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| ▲ | toasty228 a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > guy with the RPG is completely exposed because he's trying to climb up the side of a tanker Uh? Stay 100m away and send a "park your tanker over there or we fire at you" message. |
