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11-19-2009, 12:49 AM | #1 | ||
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Nov 19, 2009: LRAD
ELRD, Long Range Acoustic Device... think, your stereo speaker on steroids & Meth.
Why that looks like a search light, or satellite dish, or something non-threatening. That's what the Somali pirates that tried to hijack the Maersk Alabama, again, probably thought. Wrong. Quote:
In an attack on the cruise ship, Seaborn Spirit, last week... Quote:
How about the neighbors cat? link via Neatorama link
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11-19-2009, 12:59 AM | #2 |
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11-19-2009, 04:58 AM | #3 |
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150 decibels??? I get worse clubbing, and the music is a darn site worse too.
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11-19-2009, 05:12 AM | #4 |
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I'd want to stand there behind a large round target with psychotic pirates shooting at it. Yeah yeah. I volunteer.
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11-19-2009, 06:33 AM | #5 |
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Nice ass on the operator.
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11-19-2009, 07:15 AM | #6 |
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Can this device be rendered useless by a $50 pair of noise-cancelling headphones?
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11-19-2009, 09:17 AM | #7 | |
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That's why I'd rather just let a submarine lurk quietly in the area. Pirate boat comes. Sub launches a torpedo. Pirate boat breaks in half and sinks without ever knowing what hit it. Sub resumes lurking down below. |
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IF, the sub was in the right place, at the right time, a deck gun would have a better chance. I think aircraft is a better choice, but the ship has to hold them off long enough.
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11-19-2009, 09:50 AM | #9 | |
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11-20-2009, 09:45 AM | #11 | |
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The legitimate ships are following their course, not wandering blindly. A sub would hang out near that shipping lane and just wait for the pirates to come to them.
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1) Speed is relative. And relative to a torpedo, a speedboat is granny limping upstairs with her cane, hoping to catch the end of Lawrence Welk Show before going to bed at 8:00. 2) Speedboats aren't made to be stealthy while they're buzzing along the surface. But subs are made to detect folks who are trying to be stealthy. Not much challenge. There are two kinds of boats in the oceans: submarines and targets. |
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11-20-2009, 09:49 AM | #12 |
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there is no shipping lane there.
Ships used to stay close to shore to keep the trip short as they went around Africa. Then the pirates came, so they moved out further into the ocean. The pirates followed, now the ships are scattered hundreds of miles off shore with the pirates sniffing around for them. Bruce is right that it's a HUGE area. |
11-21-2009, 02:21 AM | #13 | |
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1- that's less than 20 ft long, 2- draws less than a foot of water, 3- is staying out of the troughs so they can see, 4- is jumping over waves & wakes, 5- is buzzing around a bigass ship that you don't want to sink? Of course it's a moot point if you can't even find them.
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11-19-2009, 10:24 AM | #14 | |
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Remember folks, you can kill 'em, but you can't maim them. Blinding lasers are contradictory to the Geneva Conventions; I can only assume that high-energy directed audio weapons will be added soon. Emphasis is mine:
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11-19-2009, 10:29 AM | #15 | |
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