Russian Navy Practices Anti-Pirate Raid:
Preview of Somalia Action? -- War Is Boring
Preview of Somalia Action? -- War Is Boring
A Russian naval task force is sailing towards the Gulf of Aden, where Somali pirates are holding a Ukrainian vessel loaded with weapons, plus the vessel’s 20 surviving crew. The U.S. Navy seems to have ruled out a French-navy-style assault on the MV Faina, but might the Russians take action? If so, it might look like this exercise conducted by Russian forces a few days ago.
Russian Navy Blog has the translation:
Board a captured ship and free the hostages alive. This is what Marine Spetznaz practiced today aboard ships in the Mediterranean Sea. Spetznaz repelled out a Ka-27 and boarded the hijacked ship, which was played by the Peter the Great. The Northern Fleet ships have joined with ships from the Baltic and Black Sea fleets on their way to exercises with Venezuela. They also practiced a medevac from one of the tankers and Marines practiced hand-to-hand combat.
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My Comment: The Russians are not going to negotiate. They are going to storm the ship.
