Contingency Battle

Posted on Sunday, December 4th, 2011 at 7:43 am

Fortunately the Navy Seal snipers saved the day but….?

Why did the Navy frigate USS Bainbridge failed to blow up the craft with the three Somali pirates on board right after Capt. PHILIPS jumped into the water in an attempt to escape? The frigate could have blasted the craft with their “Vulcan”, (six barreled 20MM) within a few seconds. After all I imagine and I hope the ship was in some form of battle station readiness. Did they wait for Obama to give the order to shoot at the craft. Doesn’t the Navy have any contingency options to apply in a purely dynamic situations such as this one?
Nothing as risky as taking three shots at three different targets with high probability that at least one of the priates may have survived and then what happens to Capt. Philipps. I doubt it if the 20mm shells would have resulted in shrapnels. Besides Capt. Philipps was more than likely below the surface except for his head. It was the indicision and reluctance of the people in charge that missed the premium oportunity.

Wouldn’t telling you under what circumstances our forces take a standoff to that level give potential future hostage takers inside knowledge of just how far they can push us without being fired on? Maybe they were waiting for something specific, if they were, I don’t want anyone to know what that specific thing was…. or the enemy could look out for it

I’m so sick of procedureal questions here…. If people want to know HOW we do what we do, freakin join already. Otherwise, civilians have no need to know certain things