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| Southeast Asia |
| Malaysian Marine Police Considering Hovercraft |
| 2005-12-07 |
| The Marine Police are considering using hovercrafts to further boost their efficiency. Assistant Commander (Development/Finance/Projects) of Marine Police, ACP Teh Heng Thong said they were trying out several hovercrafts and if found suitable, the Marine Police would submit a proposal to the government to buy them under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. "They can travel over areas where boats cannot enter such as muddy areas," he told reporters after witnessing demonstrations on rescuing a ship from pirates in the waters of Awana Porto Malai here. The demonstration was in conjunction with the International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA '05) which started Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #6 What they could use is UAVs and helicopters with hellfire. |
| Posted by: Gravinter Flulet3607 2005-12-07 09:30 |
| #5 They need the hoverboards from Back to the Future ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-12-07 08:31 |
| #4 Here's an image. FEMA purchases 100,000 Segways in preparation for the next New Orleans flood. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-07 08:29 |
| #3 Odd wording, if the hovercraft are designed to go where boats cannot go, such as marshy areas, why the need to go there. By definition the pirates are not there, since the regular boats cannot sail in marshy areas. Seems to me they could really use a squad of airboats (Think Florida Everglades travel) they can go anywhere a hovercract can go and are much lighter and more versitile than one or two big expensive hovercraft. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-12-07 08:19 |
| #2 Thanks for that mental image... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-12-07 00:25 |
| #1 Apparently the Anti-Piracy Segway Squad didn't quite work out as well as they had hoped... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-07 00:14 |