Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "Houthi Strikes Bulker MV Tutor in the Red Sea with an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV)" video.

  1.  @TheRealRedRooster  people don't normally walk around ships with fully loaded weapons. Even in the US Navy.
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  2. It's not like you're going to sink a boat with a rifle...
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  3. ​ @xCheddarB0b42x they have Rules of Engagement. They had not been fired on or communicated with the other craft. You just can't shoot every boat that comes by.
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  4.  @BobHill-s2c  the problem with that is, that things like plastic explosives don't react to things like gunfire. You can shoot it, you can set it on fire. It requires a detonator.
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  5. ​ @raykettel1837 rifle bullets aren't going to sink a boat.
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  6.  @rodkennedy9800  just because someone Rings your doorbell, does not mean you can start shooting at them through a door. As we saw a few months ago. Same thing at sea. It's international waters. You are going to put yourself and the company on the hook for shooting some guy from Somalia, Yemen or wherever; just doing their thing. You didn't even have the captain on the bridge to okay such actions.
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  7. That's not going to fly. And now you're going to put the company on the hook for shooting some potential fishermen. Nobody even speaks the same language....
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  8.  @DanielsPolitics1  it's a low-level show of force. Enough to scare off potential Pirates. Not terrorists with suicide boats or ballistic missiles. Same reason people put up signs that say, "beware of dog."🐩
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  9. The security team is operating under their Rules of Engagement. You just can't shoot at a boat that is Sailing by.
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  10. People keep building better mouse traps.
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  11.  @obsidianjane4413  this is as wishful thinking as the guy who thinks you can just blow up the explosives? Something like plastic C4, doesn't react to gunfire.... the sad fact is the rifles really aren't going to do anything. You are hoping for some sort of Lucky shot thing. It's about as useless as Tom Hanks shooting a tank with a .45....
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  12. Rifles are for stopping people, not sinking boats. And their Rules of Engagement obviously say you cannot fire until fired upon.
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  13.  @obsidianjane4413  Actually, I know quite a bit while I'm talking about. And you can take that same rifle and shoot up a car and not necessarily stop it. And it still doesn't disable the explosive. You are engaging in, "I just need to do something!" And before you even chamber a round? How about asking the captain? Because now your shooting is his responsibility.
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  14. That's not going to happen. No more than you are going to start having airliners having Sidewinders and flares. No one is sailing to New York, Yokohama or Singapore with heavy weapons on.
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  15. Armed Merchant ships are not going to happen.
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  16.  @jvaneck8991  sorry, but there are rules.
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  17.  @paulroustan3643  preoccupied with shadowing the Russians in the Caribbean.
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  18.  @rockets4kids  which doesn't work very well. Commercial ships have to go to Harbor. And the crews are not signing up to fight anybody. All these little folks thinking it's still 1780 and we can put cannons on cargo ships, need to just go back to bed .
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  19.  @karlheinzvonkroemann2217  it's a show of force.
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  20. Not really. They work for the Iranians.
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  21. Are you trying to be humorous?
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  22. First, they have their own Rules of Engagement. Two, they can not fire without permission or cause. Three, they can not stop the boat with a rifle.
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  23.  @TheRealRedRooster  rifle isn't much to repel a suicide boats filled with C4.
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  24. You don't even know where the camera is?
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  25.  @DisFantasy  At that point, it's kind of pointless. It's too close and has momentum already.
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  26.  @rockets4kids  you are not having hundreds of ships doing this. It's a non-starter. Which is why it's not done.
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  27. This has been going on for over 6 months. That's obviously not going to happen. Instead shippers have just decided to go around South Africa.
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  28. ​ @JoeOvercoat the difference between being Liberian and other flags really isn't there. They are targeting ships of opportunity. And they have no fear of the United States, the Royal Navy or anyone else.
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  29. ​ @robertf3479 Robert, we've got Navy Cruisers that retiring this Summer because we haven't been able to put them to sea in 10 years. We've been at this for 6 months now. It's pretty obvious the administration nor the other countries are prepared to make the kind of effort you're looking for.
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  30.  @BobHill-s2c  "Do something disease." Where have we seen that before? 😷
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  31. Feel free to ask the White House Press secretary.....
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  32. They do understand Rules of Engagement. They are not allowed to fire unless fired upon. And they had no communication with the craft. Not that the rifles were going to do anything anyway. You just can't start popping rounds at every boat that goes by.
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  33.  @stevenr8606  I can go for a pizza at sea.🍕
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  34.  @karlheinzvonkroemann2217  Anyone who is a potential pirate who sees armed people on Deck. Their purpose is to provide a visible deterrent. Much like a porcupine.
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  35.  @TheRealRedRooster  this is not stopping Pirates.
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  36.  @andywelter  still wouldn't have done very much. Everyone with these visions of somehow stopping the boat,are a little bit dreaming.
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  37. Duh
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  38. The real World doesn't work this way guys. Next you are going to start asking airliners to be armed with Sidewinders and flare dispensers.... no one is sailing ships full of arms into New York, Tokyo or Hamburg.
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  39. We don't have enough to send over there. Nor does the administration, in an election year wish to get into a deeper foreign conflict. And we won't even talk about a repair backlog of years for many Navy ships. We have four Cruisers that are being retired this Summer. Some have not even deployed to sea in 10 years....
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  40.  @shambalkaran9258  feel free to engage in propaganda.
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  41.  @raykettel1837  change Rules of Engagement; leads to more accidental shootings. There was a case just like that in 2012. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrica_Lexie_case
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  42. ​ @DanielsPolitics1 Rules of Engagement, ROE.
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  43. Again with this obsession with Egypt?
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  44.  @mariusvanc  Egypt is not going to do anything and more than they have since October 7th. Nor do they have a capability of doing so.
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  45.  @SpringIsBACK  True...yet.... Nobody has the willingness to make the effort to clean house. The US has been playing games with these guys for 6 months now. The escort campaign and air campaign have failed to stop things. And other nations, like France and India will not even join us jointly.
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  46. Feel free to make the we are Freedom Fighter argument. It rings Hollow however.
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  47. Feel free to take them to court. But they are a non-state power. They don't represent the government of Yemen. They are essentially Al-Qaeda or Isis.
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  48.  @Shaker626  I don't know of too many ships carrying nuclear materials. And the US Navy is not had nuclear tomahawks in decades.
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  49. Rifles are for stopping people. Youare not going to sink a boat with one. And by their Rules of Engagement, they had not been engaged.
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  50. There's other marine traffic out there. Thing basically on autopilot.
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  51.  @tylerjmast  they are looking for pirates. Unmanned suicide bombs are a whole other thing.
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