Source: Navy Times
The contractor Blackwater Worldwide is in talks with 13 shipping companies interested in hiring the firm’s ship to escort their cargo vessels through the pirate-plagued waters off the Horn of Africa, the company’s president said.
Blackwater CEO Erik Prince said the world’s shipping firms are eager for as much protection as possible for their vessels, partly because the U.S. and international warships in the Gulf of Aden haven’t done enough to stop or dissuade piracy.
“Clearly they’re not patrolling everywhere because there are attacks occurring on a regular basis,” Prince said. “We’d be focusing on the customers who hired us.”
Blackwater’s main tool is its 183-foot ship, the McArthur, a retired oceanographic survey vessel that has been refitted to carry two OH-6 Little Bird helicopters, three rigid-hull inflatable boats and 35 “security professionals,” as Prince called them. The McArthur, its aircraft and its boats will run a maritime version of Blackwater’s personal security detail, Prince said, escorting client vessels just as their ground operatives protect clients in road convoys.
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Key words – Penetration into Enemy Camps. Why do u assume i am referring to millitary , i meant USA Government and its Funding Camps. Protection of US Corporation and its Global Stakes is essential for its Survival. Be it Black water, Bin laden , Saddam Hussien , Kennedy , Indra Ghandhi , or the berlin Wall. Ultimately its all about Global Power.
Key Elements must implode.