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To: AuBug who wrote (62323)	11/23/2008 4:45:09 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78408

They already do patrol the gulf. And the Indian Ocean. Most of this stuff goes on within or close to the 12 miles limit of Somalia, off the coast of the land of Punt, which by the way is lousy with gold occurrences. But of course the Punters no longer need that barbarous relic or they would be digging it up by the carload. So.... how much a day does it take to keep this squadron afloat? Given that a PT boat consumes 300 gallons per hour at full cruise, I would warrant a few shekels. A destroyer is 2000 US gallons per hour. A small fleet like pictures is probably 50,000 gallons per hour. 24,000 barrels of oil a day. 2 million bucks a day. And you want them to concentrate on a strip just off the coast of Somalia? Even if they did, they isolate themselves from one another until they are at least effectiveness for mutual support. There are myriad ships in the Gulf Region. No telling from the air which one is piratical, even if it is shadowing a larger vessel. It could be fishing. And if it is close, you have to get there fast. Only way is with aircraft. That means a carrier. Which is probably 150 barrel of oil an hour all by itself. (I know all of them are nukes now, but their aircraft under operations are very very hungry.) Two Apaches consume 100 barrels of fuel per day on "non stop" missions. Jets use scads. An F15 may burn 4000 gallons on a single mission. Somalia has 1800 miles of coastline, of which a 1/3 is along the gulf of Aden. This is a choke point for entry to the Red Sea and the same place the USS Cole was attacked. Friendly Yemen is right across the water. Although the Pirates emphatically say they are protecting their own waters from overfishing etc.. and making money, of course, the connection with Islamists influences, who hotly deny it BTW, is possible. All kinds of dark forces are conjectured to have bankrolled and armed the Pirates. Who are just regular guys. Honest. Punt Squadron Myrrh Pirates