>> RoMunn wrote: >> Certainly more effective. I wonder if they could get away with carrying that >> sort of hardware into all their ports of call? That's a tricky problem. > >Seriously, why not pack a gattlin' gun and an anti-ship gun like a >3/50? You can probably get both for 30k (do I know? pfft, no) and >then when you add in a couple of assault rifles, a couple of street >sweepers, and a few Sako TRGs you'd be all set. > >You fire a gattlin gun at an approaching boat and I'd think you'd >solve the problem assuming you picked up the boat on radar or watch.
Why both, that's overkill. The problem with that sort of weapon is that there's a lot of infrastructure to maintain. Given these cruise ships and large tankers, I doubt that there are enough crew already to staff and maintain the gun positions. Probably small crew serviced weapons like a 7.62 mm or 12 mm machine guns would be enough. They can be locked away while in port and set up fairly quickly. And they can be very easily maintained. That said, I still think that convoys are probably the best solution to the problem. Myself I still like the idea of convoys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
