Anti Terrorist devices -boats- - Page 2

C2 RIBS · 14 August 2009, 17:32

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Originally Posted by codprawn

What I would really like to know is why are they wearing those stupid helmets and goggles - maybe they want render their victims incapable of attack cos they are laughing so much???

Cause they told their families they were anti-terrorist staff and cant be recognised just in case!!

jyasaki · 14 August 2009, 17:59

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Originally Posted by JSP

Can you get rop cutter for outboards? Obviously I've seen them on the end of prop shafts but thought there wasn't one for outboards?

http://www.quickutter.com/

Has a description of current technologies.

I've seen some on outboards intended for fishing line, but nothing really beefy enough for rope.

jky

paul_delahaye · 14 August 2009, 19:00

The flaw I see with this rope gun is that it requires the person firing the device to be on a faster boat than the terrorist boat so they can get in front, or maybe helicopter deployment of the device, even with a helicopter the boat again would probably hit it's target before the helicopter was launched.

mmm, I don't think this one would have got investment on Dragons Den!

JSP · 14 August 2009, 19:12

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Originally Posted by paul_delahaye

The flaw I see with this rope gun is that it requires the person firing the device to be on a faster boat than the terrorist boat so they can get in front, or maybe helicopter deployment of the device, even with a helicopter the boat again would probably hit it's target before the helicopter was launched.

mmm, I don't think this one would have got investment on Dragons Den!

Be better off just shooting 'em!

codprawn · 14 August 2009, 20:34

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Originally Posted by paul_delahaye

The flaw I see with this rope gun is that it requires the person firing the device to be on a faster boat than the terrorist boat so they can get in front, or maybe helicopter deployment of the device, even with a helicopter the boat again would probably hit it's target before the helicopter was launched.

mmm, I don't think this one would have got investment on Dragons Den!

Helicopter deployment - the pilot would love that in his tail rotor............

codprawn · 14 August 2009, 20:35

Just had a really nasty thought - all these so called measures against terrorism are really to stop Joe Public - that thing is designed for Lake Windemere and the Thames!!!

alystra · 14 August 2009, 23:26

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Just had a really nasty thought - all these so called measures against terrorism are really to stop Joe Public - that thing is designed for Lake Windemere and the Thames!!!

That idea occurred to me too, but I went to the pub instead of writing it down. Story of my life - opportunities squandered. It's really an anti speeding device.

AllenF · 15 August 2009, 09:13

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Originally Posted by codprawn

What I would really like to know is why are they wearing those stupid helmets and goggles - maybe they want render their victims incapable of attack cos they are laughing so much???

Coz day is ard! INIT?

Where they come from the water is so hard even that comes out of the tap in a tracksuit

JSP · 15 August 2009, 09:32

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Originally Posted by AllenF

Coz day is ard! INIT?

Where they come from the water is so hard even that comes out of the tap in a tracksuit

Oh the old ones are the ...well they're old

tonymac · 15 August 2009, 09:50

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Originally Posted by alystra

Nah! Terrorists have guns. They use them. The searider wouldn't stand a chance of getting near enough to deploy the thing as shown. Be good for the maritime equivalent of Police Interceptors though - waterborne stinger.

I remember a long time ago, while moored on a buoy in a harbour (before marinas) a speedboat kept charging through the moorings every ten minutes or so. He took the same route each time, very close to several occupied boats. By mid afternoon we were all fed up.

. An enterprising chap went for a row in his dinghy, for exercise

. Next time the speedboat passed through its engine stopped with a bang. Seems it caught a floating rope in the prop.

There was no one in the cockpits of any of the occupied boats. No one saw anything.

I think he eventually drifted alongside a wall - but of course, I wasn't watching.

Excellent!!! Love a happy ending!!

BogMonster · 15 August 2009, 11:38

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Originally Posted by alystra

I remember a long time ago, while moored on a buoy in a harbour (before marinas) a speedboat kept charging through the moorings every ten minutes or so. He took the same route each time, very close to several occupied boats. By mid afternoon we were all fed up.

. An enterprising chap went for a row in his dinghy, for exercise

. Next time the speedboat passed through its engine stopped with a bang. Seems it caught a floating rope in the prop.

There was no one in the cockpits of any of the occupied boats. No one saw anything.

I think he eventually drifted alongside a wall - but of course, I wasn't watching.

Maybe one of these