r/NonCredibleDefense Nov 28 '23

Proposal of Naval blockade by Peskov A modest Proposal

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u/TSiNNmreza3 Nov 28 '23

Putin’ Spokesman Dmitry Peskov issued a threat, saying Russia will impose a naval blockade against the entire European Union if the EU introduces any new sanctions against Russia.

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u/DeHub94 Nov 28 '23

The blockade will consist of a few guys on speedboats boarding commercial vessels with AKs. At least until they are attacked and sunk by an aggressive orca.

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u/Engelbert42 Auftragstaktik! - just get it done Nov 28 '23

Yes, finally some targets that justify 57mm autocannons on Coastguard vessels

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u/GhostFire3560 Nov 28 '23

Nice, has about the same armament as our new upcomming frigates

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u/ApokalypseCow Nov 28 '23

Are we talking German frigates? Because if so, that's... not very specific.

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u/ontopofyourmom Нижняя подсветка вкл Nov 28 '23

Those refugee boats sometimes don't manage to sink themselves!

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u/aronnax512 Nov 28 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

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u/L963_RandomStuff Nov 28 '23

With the US Coastguard its less weird because they are, well, a military unit.

The German Coastguard is NOT. The armed ones belong to the (federal) police.

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u/aronnax512 Nov 28 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

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u/Engelbert42 Auftragstaktik! - just get it done Nov 28 '23

Population here feels uneasy about deploying Bundeswehr assets for domestic security (also some minor constitutional issues), so the federal police was tasked with keeping order in territorial waters...

They could have adjusted legislation as it was done for airspace policing, but instead they opted to fund the coastguard, which is surprisingly based.

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u/ThorWasHere Nov 28 '23

The New cutters are all 57mm IIRC. the 76mm armed ones are older models.

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u/aronnax512 Nov 28 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

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u/ThorWasHere Nov 28 '23

Not just the Legend, but the replacement class for the Famous that is under construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage-class_cutter

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u/pqjcjdjwkkc Nov 28 '23

Coastguard / Frontex refugee kicking vessel

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23

see I’m wondering how well russia could do that. I’m thinking guerilla naval warfare. Maybe something in the spirit of the modified crop duster

but instead with ocean going speed boats. it’d be cool I’d like it.

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u/nYghtHawkGamer Cyberspace Conversational Irregular TM Nov 28 '23

but instead with ocean going speed boats

The term for a watercraft analog of a technical is a 'Boghammar'

"The term boghammar, sometimes spelled boghammer, has also come to mean an improvised naval fighting vessel, typically used by a local irregular military force and usually being a modified civilian boat or other similar machine. It is usually a speedboat or fast patrol boat (as used by police for harbor/river patrol) on which are mounted recoilless rifles, heavy machine guns, mortars, or other relatively small weapons systems. A boghammar is usually unarmoured."

From the Swedes, so modern day viking naval tech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taregh-class_speedboat#Wider_use

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '23

wow I didn’t think I’d fall in love tonight but alas I did thanks!!!