[image] IDF confirms Houthis hijacked ship in Red Sea, says it is not an Israeli vessel * * * The rebels descended on the cargo ship by repelling down from a helicopter, the officials said, There are no Israelis among the crew aboard the Galaxy Leader shi…

So They have taken an empty car carrier with a non-Israeli, multinational crew. If they were regular pirates there would be a ransom involved, but what are they after, and from whom, prisoner trade, cash, ceasefire, what ?

my thought was to pepper the helicopter

Bruce, ya don’t know what you’re talking about. . . Hogsnort is correct. 12ga effective range - about 50 yds, but consider that the 9 pellets, about .32 caliber have dispersed into a pattern about 4 feet in diameter. So the likelihood of a damaging hit is pretty small. Now, let’s consider the muzzle…

[image] Klaveness: I bet a creative soul with a line thrower could have worked something out… I think Klaveness has a more realistic idea. A hundred mtrs. of line in the rotor would probably cause the chopper to crash. The problem is it may crash onto the ship causing a major fire and death/…

Light up an EV That keeps anyone sane away And possibly even Houthis

The US made a big mistake when it pressured the Saudis to stop bombing the hell out of the Houthis. That in turn prompted the Saudis to shift closer to Iran. The Houthi’s are just like Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, Islamic Jihad, Al-Qauida, and other terrorists and/or Iranian proxies. The only solution …

[image] Galaxy Leader Owner Calls for Release of Crew After Video Surfaces The owner of the Galaxy Leader car carrier that was seized by Iran-backed Houthi's is calling from immediate release of its 25 crew members after new video the ship surfaced. Est. reading time: 2 minutes …

Apparently there’s another one: [image] Second tanker reportedly seized by gunmen in Red Sea after Houthi threats Yemen's Houthi militant group has warned it could intervene in Israel-Gaza war

More details: [image] Attackers seize an Israel-linked tanker off Yemen in a third such assault... Aden is held by forces allied to Yemen’s internationally recognized government and a Saudi-led coalition that has battled Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for years. …

IDF confirms Houthis hijacked ship in Red Sea, says it is not an Israeli vessel - Galaxy Leader

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Bruce1 November 23, 2023, 12:12pm 36

you missed the point. the ships to be armed

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