Just heard discussion from senior army officer re seizure of the container ship. A very technical report from the officer that I suggest went over most of our heads. The presenter let him talk away and did not control the discussion
Am wondering if the following questions would be of interest to the general public:-
1 - how many rangers were winched onto the ship and were they all winched from the one helicopter
2- why was it not possible for the guards/customs officers no able to board the ship from a boat
3- how many crew were on the ship.?
4- were one or a number of rangers capable of steering the ship .
5- what was meant by securing all the crew. Lock them into a secure area, ; handcuff them or what?
6 - given that it is a container ship - therefor jam packed with containers and therefor all have to be opened the check for drugs- how come that customs in a matter of circa 18 hours were able to say the value of the drugs on board.
7- did the Irish services - army rangers, et. al - get a tip off from eg . Interpol and they then just go to the ship and check it out
8-the occasion was used to make the case for more assets so that’s can be more successful in catching more such ships /trawlers. Given that there is international survalence of all types going on and sufficient cooperation all around , then how come that This event is rear. So what are we doing with the assets we have ?
9 - all those involved were adequately trained for the task and all had back up services from air and sea and the weather was not very rough so the risk to life was low. The only serious risk to life , IMO, was when the rangers were being lowered onto the ship and would have been very vulnerable re defending themselves . I assume that they did not know if the crew had guns on board that they could use , how many crew were on board and where were they throughout the ship.
