Pirates leave the merchant vessel MV Faina (not shown) for the Somali shore, while under observation by a U.S. Navy ship, in this picture taken on October 8, 2008 and released October 9. (Jason R. Zalasky/U.S. Navy/Handout/Reuters)Royal Navy Will Tackle Pirate Scourge -- Times Online
The Royal Navy is to be given the power to seize and arrest suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden under new emergency legislation, senior defence sources have disclosed.
The the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is talking to the Government of Somalia about drawing up a memorandum of understanding to allow Royal Navy warships to enter Somali territorial waters in pursuit of pirates and hand over captured suspects to the Mogadishu authorities, according to the sources.
The new measures have been given added urgency by the increase in piracy off the Somali coast in the past 12 months. The defence sources said that in two years the amount of ransom paid out to pirates in the region had increased from $3 million to $18 million (£10 million), with some reports suggesting that it was as high as $30 million.
Read more ....
My Comment: the British Navy has finally met a match that they are confident they will win. Sigh ..... as regular readers of this blog know, I have repeatedly stated that the British Navy is not what it use to be. The Royal Navy and its sailors are the best .... but the political will to fight and win in London is completely absent.
No comments:
Post a Comment