Sailing Couple Seized by Somali Pirates in 2008 Is Apparently Abducted Off Philippines

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/asia/philippines-kidnapped-german-sailors.html

 

[MarAzul]

-l

Sigh!
" They dismissed suggestions that they had courted danger, citing cases of vessels robbed in calmer regions such as the Canary Islands or Corsica."

Someone needs to point out the long standing tradition of Muslim Pirates to this fellow.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Navy can't fire its awesome new gun because the rounds cost nearly $1 million each

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...ly-dollar1-million-each/ar-AAk0XQS?li=BBnbfcL


Navy now to determine if enemies are "sponge worthy" before firing.

 

[MarAzul]

The Navy can't fire its awesome new gun because the rounds cost nearly $1 million each

The Zumwalt is a ridiculous ship. None should be built.

 

[julius]

Point one of the thread:

It's sad that she was killed. While the world needs to do something about the pirates/etc, they kind of did that to themselves though.

Point two of the thread:

The insane cost of the ships/planes/weapons that the US Military uses, it pretty much a good sign that we over spend for certain aspects of our military. If it apparently costs too much to fire something, then whats the point of having that something?

 

[Natebishop3]

Point one of the thread:

It's sad that she was killed. While the world needs to do something about the pirates/etc, they kind of did that to themselves though.

Point two of the thread:

The insane cost of the ships/planes/weapons that the US Military uses, it pretty much a good sign that we over spend for certain aspects of our military. If it apparently costs too much to fire something, then whats the point of having that something?

Because corporate greed has infected every aspect of our government, and it doesn't matter if the technology works, as long as we spend billions on it.

 

[julius]

Because corporate greed has infected every aspect of our government, and it doesn't matter if the technology works, as long as we spend billions on it.

and those people LOVE to tell us we need to increase our spending and that if you disagree with that, you are unpatriotic and want to put the troops lives in peril.