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Old 14 June 2009, 08:57   #1
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HMS Portland Intercepting Suspected Pirates
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Pretty poor shooting at the end! With modern technology I would have expected ever shot to have hit.
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Yeah .. I saw this on another report last week and I thought the same maybe it was a long way off, since they knew there was fuel drums on board and didnt want to risk any blast damage ... It would have been better fun throwing grenades at it
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