Navy: 4, Pirates: 0

| May 19, 2011

From the Navy Times, a tale of woe with a happy ending;

[USS] Bulkeley responded to the mayday call, first heard by a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship and relayed to Combined Maritime Forces, by launching an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Squadron Light 48, Detachment 4, to investigate. When it arrived on station — a command spokesman could not provide the distance or transit time — the crew saw four individuals in a skiff firing at Artemis Glory, using small arms.

The helicopter crew opened fire on the skiff under what command spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Sam Hearn of the Royal Navy said was the principle of “extended unit self-defense” on behalf of the crude carrier. All four pirates are believed to have been killed, Hearn said. Hearn said he did not know which weapon system was employed but noted that the SH-60B is equipped with a single M-240 machine gun.

Officials do not believe the helicopter was fired upon by the pirates, Hearn said.

Hearn said Bulkeley did not pick up the bodies…

…and the helicopter crew lived happily ever after. Osama bin Squarepants isn’t lonely any more – four more virgins join him in his pineapple under the sea.

Category: Pirates

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Athena

A new drink called the Bin Laden: Two shots and a splash.

NHSparky

(sniff)…I love happy endings…

Miss Ladybug

Osama bin Squarepants…bwwaaahhhaaahaaa!

Frankly Opinionated

And the boat did not pick up the bodies…… As it should be.
The only reason they do this is because they think they can get away with it. Shoot them, or shoot the boat out from under them. By the time any survivors swim home, they will rethink their career choice.

DaveO

Shark’s gotta eat, same as the worm.

Cedo Alteram

No special ops, no criminal proceedings, no wasting of precious finite resources, for a few motorboats armed with only what small arms they can carry.

The old fashion way of fighting pirates still works fine! Killed em, or sink their boats and let them drown! If taken alive they should be tried for piracy by the Navy and strung up.

PintoNag

Go Navy! Beat Pirates!
Or shoot them…heck, I’m not fussy.

NHSparky

If taken alive they should be tried for piracy by the Navy and strung up.

And then keelhaul them off an aircraft carrier. And that’s some SERIOUS shit.