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Originally Posted by Fusilier
Not to mention the sheer amount of ship traffic in that area. Just putting a few men on a small percentage would be a huge undertaking. From how I've read things, in the bigger picture (or for larger companies) you would be saving more money by not hiring them and paying for any ransom. The chance of getting hijacked is very low when you consider how much shipping goes through this area.
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the fact is that up until now,piracy has been a lot more commonplace than people think .The last months high profile attacks outside Somalia have tuned everyone in on it .But attacks were the pirates rob the crew and steal what they can from the cargo has been going on for decades in many waters .The shipping firms arnt that keen on reporting the incidents.A report means laying up in a harbour for a week while police do their thing .This costs a lot of money .Then the insurance companies get in on the action and up the prices .
The owners would rather the pirates take a few thousand dollars in money and some cargo than delay the ship .Ultimately that would be much more costly .Armed guards would mean that the hold up would be more likely and longer lasting - explaining a bullet riddled hull and a few dead bodies tend to slow things down in customs.
the seal team /USMC squad on either end of the piracy zone to be embarked and disembarked by chopper as an ad hoc security team is a huge mission .just count the number of craft going through the area .Also - the legal and political issues: do the Russians want USMC on their ships ? Do the US want Chinese commandos on theirs ? What court will setle the matter of a Russian drunk former spetsnaz sailor and the US soldier getting into an ugly scrap over "whos actually the more elite force ?"
A bit of a weird example - but you know something along those lines .