This is so awesome:
NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s notorious pirates have staged perhaps their most brazen attack yet, seizing a Ukrainian ship in the Indian Ocean full of arms bound for Kenya’s military, including dozens of battle tanks, maritime and diplomatic officials said Friday.
Somalia’s 1,880-mile coastline is infested with pirates, and they have been striking with increasing impunity, grabbing everything from private sailing yachts to oil tankers. They then usually demand millions of dollars in ransom for the ships and their crews.
But this time the pirates may have gotten more than they bargained for. Unloading the tanks is likely to be well beyond the capacity of the pirates, experts said. Meanwhile, an American naval vessel was Friday in hot pursuit to intercept the ship and the Russian Navy said it was not far behind.
I hope they ditch the tanks in the Indian Ocean.
In related news, five Somalian pirates drowned in the Indian Ocean trying to drive to Somalia in stolen Russian tanks.
Don’t worry, though, everyone’s in hot pursuit. Pheww!
I hope they ditch the tanks in the Indian Ocean.
Dude, that’s littering.
it’ll be like an artificial coral reef. The fish will love it…just like they love oil platforms.
Kenyan Amphibious Tanks are awesome.
Tanks?
WTF does Kenya’s army need dozens of battle tanks for? Are they going to invade Tanzania?
if the Kenyans were smart they’d spend their money on a navy instead, smack down the pirates, and earn the thanks of all their neighbors.
Those pirates are in it, now! They have to sell those, and whoever agrees to buy them is likely to be able to fuck up even pretty established pirates. They might be smartest to dump the tanks in the ocean.
How about interceptors or fighter jets? The pirates are probably offloading all the small arms that they can as fast as they can and then scuttle the freighter.
I think that they’re in it only for the booty and pieces of eight.
We have pirates, too
…win.