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The Somali pirates are not necessarily linked to the Islamic Courts. As I understand it the Islamic Courts have been trying to smoke out the "pirate towns " in the region. It is possible that they could take over the piracy franchise themselves, but that would refute the " ultimate morality" they supposedly represent.The Strizh-5 is more or less what I had in mind when I was talking about scaling up.Iran is developping ways to deny access to the Ormus strait, and does it with a vengeance and the means used will be a one way ticket for a lot of operators when used in anger against a modern naval force. The problem is that, given the modern aversion of human losses in the West, that strategy has a fair chance to succeed... Thus creating immense political fallout and opposition to any further military operation in the area. It is my opinion that Western or allied navies ( South Korea excepted) have yet to come up with the equipment and tactics to effectively operate in an asymmetric naval environment.
The Somali pirates are not necessarily linked to the Islamic Courts. As I understand it the Islamic Courts have been trying to smoke out the "pirate towns " in the region. It is possible that they could take over the piracy franchise themselves, but that would refute the " ultimate morality" they supposedly represent.
The Strizh-5 is more or less what I had in mind when I was talking about scaling up.
Iran is developping ways to deny access to the Ormus strait, and does it with a vengeance and the means used will be a one way ticket for a lot of operators when used in anger against a modern naval force. The problem is that, given the modern aversion of human losses in the West, that strategy has a fair chance to succeed... Thus creating immense political fallout and opposition to any further military operation in the area. It is my opinion that Western or allied navies ( South Korea excepted) have yet to come up with the equipment and tactics to effectively operate in an asymmetric naval environment.
