Re: How to Suppress Somali Pirates

Ed Medlin wrote:

Most of the radars I am familiar with are used for collision avoidance
and coastal navigation (in conjunction with GPS today). They can
easily detect ships and even boats that are 25'+ but in the case of
boats, they would not be seen far enough in advance to be able to
avoid being boarded. Military grade radars are far too expensive and
would really be overkill for normal use on merchants. Being able to
detect a rowboat over the horizon is not really necessary for
merchants. Once within visual range, the ship is pretty much at the
mercy of the faster boats.

How much time do you have from visual detection and the actual
boarding? How much time if you have a radar that doesn't go over the
radar, but can easily detect a speedboat anywhere within the horizon? Then
the question is, what does it take to get a helicopter there within that
time? A lot of patroling frigates, spaced closely?

Maybe you'd do better having some helo's in the air all the time, or
using some sort of maritime patrol airplane, because it takes some time,
maybe a lot of time, for a frigate to launch its helo.

In any case, it's a question of having some reaction time, and then
getting some resources there in enough time. That is, if merchant ships
can't be equipped to defend themselves - or if no one's willing to just go
in and wipe out the pirate bases in the first place!

Dennis
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