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Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-24 18:46|| || Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Saw this linked on WND. It's about time. I wonder what type of boats are to be used.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-24 18:49|| 2006-09-24 18:49|| Front Page Top

#2 What does the Navy have that's 36' long??? (per the article)

Posted by lotp 2006-09-24 18:59|| 2006-09-24 18:59|| Front Page Top

#3 "What does the Navy have that's 36' long???"

Super Hose?

Posted by .com 2006-09-24 19:29|| 2006-09-24 19:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh, wait, you meant feet. Sorry, my bad.

Posted by .com 2006-09-24 19:30|| 2006-09-24 19:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Here is the boat info: The Navy had the 35-foot Riverine Assault Craft, built in the 1980s and similar to the military's Vietnam-era swift boats, in mothballs before they were needed in Iraq. Bristling with machine guns, including powerful .50-caliber guns at the front and rear, the aluminum-hull boats can run a river at 45 mph, powered by a pair of diesel engines and two waterjets.

"It's like a big Jet Ski," Raider said.

Posted by Brett 2006-09-24 19:44|| 2006-09-24 19:44|| Front Page Top

#6 .com, LOL it took me a minute. Did you like the Bring Out Your Dead ref on the UBL thread?

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-24 20:11|| 2006-09-24 20:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Better the brown water navy than the gray water navy.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-09-24 20:32|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-09-24 20:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Heh, Hose - good dialog sequence, lol. Funny how often Python bits hit the spot... Firesign comes in second, IMHO. :-)

Posted by .com 2006-09-24 20:45|| 2006-09-24 20:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Captain, Captain -- all the stars have gone out!

LOL (Star Trip)

Posted by lotp 2006-09-24 20:52|| 2006-09-24 20:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Now what the Navy needs are $5M littoral boats capable of handling two weapons systems, such as an artillery gun, mortars, AAA, torps, ECM, etc. They stay under the watchful eye of an expensive littoral ship, but are able to cover a heck of a lot more coastline and river faster.

When the enemy sees one coming, they have no idea what it's packing.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-09-24 21:06|| 2006-09-24 21:06|| Front Page Top

#11 Anonymouse, are you referring to this craft? I don't think it will fit in the Eufrates. I always thought that the PHM would be good for Gulf patrols.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-24 22:02|| 2006-09-24 22:02|| Front Page Top

#12 I tried to include a link to a craft more suited to river patrol - a mule pulled 19th century Ohio canal barge - but my joke kept getting me a trip to Roadside America, so I relented.

Posted by Super Hose 2006-09-24 22:04|| 2006-09-24 22:04|| Front Page Top

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