TGIF: Don’t Mess with the Japanese!

By Dr. M, on July 4th, 2008 5 comments   Pictures and Movies, Vessels and Equipment

From LiveLeak.com: Smugglers Chased and Rammed by Japanese Coastguard.

5 comments to TGIF: Don’t Mess with the Japanese!

• The MadPanda

  July 4, 2008 at 08:23 · Reply

  Whoa! Now THAT’S a boarding action!

  (applauds)

  The MadPanda, FCD

• guthrie

  July 4, 2008 at 10:48 · Reply

  Not too bad, but you should find someone in the Hong Kong boat police to talk to. A friend of my parents has been in it for 30 years or so, and has various stories, including the use of your own 50knot speedboats prow to knock the outboard engines off the smugglers high speed speedboat.
  At high speed.
  Or marine boarding actions at similar velocities.

• Kayleene

  July 5, 2008 at 00:50 · Reply

  the japanese are really aggressive.

• Peter

  July 5, 2008 at 11:17 · Reply

  … and skilled! Boarding a boat like that is definitely not an easy thing to do.

• Karen James

  July 9, 2008 at 13:25 · Reply

  I’ve been reading O’Brian so this fits right in with my mental landscape …okay, a bit modern …and with engines, but still.