Indian Navy warship heads to Somalia to free sailors

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Ok ur telling if we do a operation against them then they may catch more Indian sailors... that may be correct

Yeah you got me now....

...but Its also possible that Next time They may release Indian sailors out of fear that Indian Forces will chase them down where ever they go after this operation...

hmmmm..lets see what happen. The situation is very critical and GOV. will think many time's before allowing any SF operation..

 

[KS]

I am asking for a Surgical Attack, a commando operation to get our Sailors free...a well planned attack which may last for less than 2 to 4 hours...

It is just not possible given the chaos Somalia is in now. And 4 hours ? Ar you kidding . The whole Operation Entebbe took just 53 minutes from start to finish.

 

[Nair saab]

It is just not possible given the chaos Somalia is in now. And 4 hours ? Ar you kidding . The whole Operation Entebbe took just 53 minutes from start to finish.

Ok may be 1 hour...

 

[KS]

And remember guys if this was incase a SF operation just one Talwar class Frigate would not have gone.

MoD just allow the Navy to bomb the shyt out of the coastal; areas suspected to be pirate infested.

 

[sivadreams]

Agreed, if it was SF operation we would not have known about it until the operation is complete and in fact successfully complete without any diplomatic brawl.

 

[bhagat]

Commando operation ruled out to free Indians from ship

NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said the safety of seven Indian sailors on cargo ship MV Asphalt Venture—who were not released despite ransom having been paid—was top priority, but an offensive to rescue all 54 Indians held on six different ships in the lawless African nation was being considered “unfeasible”.
The hostage crisis around Asphalt Venture has left the government surprised after pirates held seven out of 15 Indian sailors back despite the owner of the ship paying the ransom.
Defence minister A K Antony said a naval frigate INS Talwar was being moved to the area and help was also being sought from friendly navies in the region to protect the Asphalt Venture.
A top-level meeting was held on Sunday where the hostage crisis was discussed and it was decided that before embarking on any other anti-piracy plan, the lives of the seven Indian crew on the Asphalt Venture, and the eight who were released, should be saved at any cost.
Pirates are angry with India for launching massive operations in the Arabian Sea and beyond and recently capturing close to 100 of them and foiling 31 hijacking attempts. They want the release of pirates held in Indian prisons in exchange for the Indians held hostage.
As pressure is increasing on the government to launch a military offensive, as has been done by some of the other navies to secure their citizens from custody of pirates, naval sources said that it faced a different scenario.
The foremost concern in launching such an offensive is collateral damage, said sources. A military intervention would risk lives of hostages who are not Indians alone. With other nationalities involved, the government will have to take other countries into confidence.
Commandos ruled out to free Indians from ship | Somali pirates | | Indian Express

 

[dekho]

Man... Somalis really did hit the right spot this time, and our government is really not good at mind games.
I really won't be surprised if the government released all 100 somalis in exchage of 6 indians.
I see the whole purpose of having a navy and coast guard bieng defeated. Didn't expect Half naked, malnourished, rusty AK toting somalis pull off such a stunt.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

release the pirates in exchange of the indian sailors..once they are free....bomb the hell out of that place...killing all the released pirates and their bosses.....a complete end of this pirate saga !!

 

[dekho]

The real question is - if Indian government submits to the demand of the pirates and releases the 100 somalis, what would be immidiate aftermath?
How would it affect the operation of Indian Navy and Coast Guard? Would they be ordered to hold off their operations against somalis and turn a blind eye to them?

Even if the government opts for military operation it should remember that almost every ship operating in sea has indians in it.

 

[blackops]

release the pirates in exchange of the indian sailors..once they are free....bomb the hell out of that place...killing all the released pirates and their bosses.....a complete end of this pirate saga !!

next time they catch our sailors they will just behead them then and there

 

[KS]

next time they catch our sailors they will just behead them then and there

Then bomb the Pirate areas in Somali once again. DO it three times and the fourth time they will not capture Indian sailors.

I'd rather my tax money being spent on emptying a dozen Brahmos on Somalia than paying for Rahul Gandhi carefully choreographed visits to Dalit homes or travelling by local train.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

next time they catch our sailors they will just behead them then and there

as Karthik said..ever beheading should be responded with an attack..killing atleast a hundred of them..one Indian death should be responded with a hundred pirate death...next time they wont even touch the Indians.

 

[dekho]

True... It is time to terrorise the pirates, not get terrorised by them. We would become a pushover nation if we bend over to Somali demand. However, our wimpy weaky leaders do nat generate confidence in me.

 

[blackops]

well i do agree with you on the bombing part but congress doesnt have the balls to do it three times

 

[dekho]

As for the future, the Government should allow at least the Indian merchant ships to carry hired mercenaries to fend off pirates. There is a serious need to review the Maritime laws.