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2005-12-07 Southeast Asia

Malaysian Marine Police Considering Hovercraft

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Posted by Pappy 2005-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Apparently the Anti-Piracy Segway Squad didn't quite work out as well as they had hoped...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-12-07 00:14|| 2005-12-07 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for that mental image...

Posted by Pappy 2005-12-07 00:25|| 2005-12-07 00:25|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-12-07 08:19|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2005-12-07 08:29|| Front Page Top

#5 They need the hoverboards from Back to the Future ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-12-07 08:31|| 2005-12-07 08:31|| Front Page Top

#6 What they could use is UAVs and helicopters with hellfire.

Posted by Gravinter Flulet3607 2005-12-07 09:30|| 2005-12-07 09:30|| Front Page Top

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