Calling all pirates: This US lawmaker wants you to seize Russian vessels

Re:Calling all pirates: This US lawmaker wants you to seize ... by hef19898 on Monday March 07, 2022 @08:03AM (#30587236)

Ah, despite all the patrolling Somali pirates had a quite successful run. Now scale that up at least ten fold. And the US Navy would then be the privateers' problem, not the problem of the Russian Navy, which could stick to the Russian coast where it can operate under aerial protection.

If anything, the Russians could benefit most from a full-blown privateering program.

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Re:Calling all pirates: This US lawmaker wants you to seize ... by prepend on Monday March 07, 2022 @12:46PM (#30590934)

I think you may be confusing the existence of Somali pirates to mean the US Navy doesn’t depress pirates. There would be many more than that without the Navy.

Privacy still exists [0] with more in the Straits of Malacca than off Somalia.

This piracy is much less due to the actions of the US Navy. I’m not sure why you think it would increase 10x if Russia endorsed privateering.

I think Russia’s position is moot since their fleet would never stop this in the first place. So their privateering position doesn’t seem to matter. While there’s lots more US (and US-bound) ships, I don’t think Russia’s navy is preventing any piracy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy_in_the_21st_century

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