Monday, January 23, 2006

But at What Cost?

Crew members assemble on deck aboard a dhow suspected of piracy after being intercepted by the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

Dhow controlled by suspected pirates intercepted by the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

DDG 81 At Sea

Here are photos of a pirate vessel caught by the USS Winston Churchill off Somalia this weekend:

On Saturday the guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill stopped a dhow about 54 miles off the coast of Somalia after a ship reported it had come under attack by pirates. Sailors then found a weapons cache aboard the dhow.

If these are the type of adversaries we are facing, it makes you question the need of such super-destroyers like the $1 billion Churchill, or the even bigger $3 billion DDX destroyer.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=34515

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Posted by Mike Burleson at 5:51 PM