Coast Guard snipers are targeting drug runners in go fast boats
08-14-2008, 06:59 AM
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As far as the Coast Guard flying Apaches....sorry, very impractical for the job. Now here, they are very well suited for the mission.
08-14-2008, 07:25 AM
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I am not endorsing drug smugglers but it seems like straight up outboards would be an easy target for a gunner. I would think some I/O's with kevlar lined engine compartments or something would hold up a little longer, you would think with that kind of money changing hands they would invest a little more into the equipment responsible for protecting the goods. 
08-14-2008, 08:57 AM
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What you are talking about is the HH-65 Dauphin. Pretty interesting mission they have. I fly the Ch-47 Chinook myself, hence my name here. I can personally account for how nice it is to have the P-3s above us. Saved our as*es about a month ago here in Afghanistan.
As far as the Coast Guard flying Apaches....sorry, very impractical for the job. Now here, they are very well suited for the mission.
As far as the Coast Guard flying Apaches....sorry, very impractical for the job. Now here, they are very well suited for the mission.
08-14-2008, 09:29 AM
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08-14-2008, 10:17 AM
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I can't believe Men's Vogue printed this story. Now the enemy will read it and have a terrorist watching off the transom. There's goes the Coast Guard's "surprise and chaos advantage."
Damn the media. . . the sky is falling. . .
BTW, if the chopper can only go 150 mph, Reggie should start selling cat killers in the Carribean
Damn the media. . . the sky is falling. . .
BTW, if the chopper can only go 150 mph, Reggie should start selling cat killers in the Carribean
08-14-2008, 12:42 PM
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I am not endorsing drug smugglers but it seems like straight up outboards would be an easy target for a gunner. I would think some I/O's with kevlar lined engine compartments or something would hold up a little longer, you would think with that kind of money changing hands they would invest a little more into the equipment responsible for protecting the goods.
08-14-2008, 01:05 PM
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I am not endorsing drug smugglers but it seems like straight up outboards would be an easy target for a gunner. I would think some I/O's with kevlar lined engine compartments or something would hold up a little longer, you would think with that kind of money changing hands they would invest a little more into the equipment responsible for protecting the goods.
08-16-2008, 08:18 AM
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You would need the equivelent of a Bradley fighting vehicle on water to stop a .50 cal round. Kinda counter productive for speed. 
The drug smugglers dont need to read vogue to learn the tricks of the trade. They know alot more than some reported who spent an afternoon with the Coast Guard.
The drug smugglers dont need to read vogue to learn the tricks of the trade. They know alot more than some reported who spent an afternoon with the Coast Guard.
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