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Irish Army Rangers to take on Somali Pirates

Paddy Samurai

THE Army's elite special forces unit, the Ranger Wing, has been mobilised for its toughest mission yet – tackling Somali Pirates in the Indian Ocean.........................................
Such is the international reputation of the Ranger Wing that the EU made a formal request to the Government to provide the troops several months ago.
The unit has been secretly training for the mission all year, working closely with the Navy and Air Corps.

Looks like the lads are going to get a chance to put all that training to use.;)

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/armys-elite-to-take-on-somali-pirates-in-aden-3233271.html

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griffdaddy

How come they don't just arm the biggest / most valuable ships with rocket launchers and a trained soldier or two and blow the **** out of anything that comes near them?

Uriel.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0918/defence-forces-rangers.html

They have been asked to help. They are not "about to be mobilised"

JohnMarston

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Do they have to wait to be fired on to open up on these pirates?

They're very much acting as an armed escort for humanitarian cargo thats going through the indian ocean. I doubt Somalis will try their luck against highly trained Rangers.
Its not an assault against Somali pirates, though they will attack if provoked i reckon

Mr_Roger_Bongos

Confab wrote: »

No doubt they'll stop at the first pub on the way. They they'll get lost and claim they were deafened by the sound of complaining, demanding compensation. Then when their boat sinks they'll claim for wetness compensation.

TL;DR: They won't get anywhere near anything dangerous.

I realise this is after hours, but your stereotyping is SO lazy!

These lads signed up to the army, worked to get into the ranger core and will now use their training (paid for by the tax payer) to protect naval freight and more importantly civilians from piracy.

They might never encounter pirates, but it'll be because they're positionned in or around frieght and the pirates won't attack vessels under their protection.

The compensation thing is done and dusted, in some cases there were false claims but you try standing beside an artillery gun with no ear defenders. I'm not even in the army! Nor do i know anyone in it.

ejmaztec

I understand that some of them don't want to go now, after they discovered it wasn't anything to do with pilates.:(

Logical Fallacy

Confab wrote: »

No doubt they'll stop at the first pub on the way. They they'll get lost and claim they were deafened by the sound of complaining, demanding compensation. Then when their boat sinks they'll claim for wetness compensation.

TL;DR: They won't get anywhere near anything dangerous.

Or it will be more like Liberia, where they get the job done and no one dies.

SEPT 23 1989

Do they have to wait to be fired on to open up on these pirates?

Micky Dolenz

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Looks like the lads are going to get a chance to put all that training to use.;)

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/armys-elite-to-take-on-somali-pirates-in-aden-3233271.html

The Rangers are on active duty in a long list of countries.

MHalberstram

mikom wrote: »

We got all the pirates in Moyross did we?

No, they are still rooting out the hordes in Dublin and other areas of the country :rolleyes:

mikom

We got all the pirates in Moyross did we?

Sappa

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

THE Army's elite special forces unit, the Ranger Wing, has been mobilised for its toughest mission yet – tackling Somali Pirates in the Indian Ocean.........................................
Such is the international reputation of the Ranger Wing that the EU made a formal request to the Government to provide the troops several months ago.
The unit has been secretly training for the mission all year, working closely with the Navy and Air Corps.

Looks like the lads are going to get a chance to put all that training to use.;)

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/armys-elite-to-take-on-somali-pirates-in-aden-3233271.html

It's a support role but let's hope they cam take one or two of those pirates out of their trade.

Zebra3

Irish Army Rangers to take on Somali Pirates

Sounds like an American football match.

Mr Benevolent

No doubt they'll stop at the first pub on the way. They they'll get lost and claim they were deafened by the sound of complaining, demanding compensation. Then when their boat sinks they'll claim for wetness compensation.

TL;DR: They won't get anywhere near anything dangerous.