Thanks David !

I really enjoyed the comments from Peter... He could in fact be our very own Council Member JMA both sharing a fondness for missile attacks

Following a ship being taken by pirates here is the sequence of events -
1) Follow ship
2) Cruise missile attack any settlement near where ever the ship anchors
3) Cruise missile attack any satellite phone call trying to arrange ransom
4) If vessel and crew not released - continue 1 to 3
5) If crew harmed obliterate all settlements with in 15 miles of where the ship is anchored - repeat doubling the radius of destruction for each offense
We've said this before in many of the Africa threads...
If we are not prepared to play by their rules then we should not be there. Even if someone finally manages to prosecute pirates that life behind bars will probably be hundreds of times better than life as a Somali.

The South Koreans have managed to both kill pirates and take any survivors home for prosecution !