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From: hkbirke@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (ENS Hal BirkelandUSN)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: How to assault a tanker
Summary: SEALs and a HALO drop...
Keywords: SEAL tanker
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Date: 30 Aug 90 03:05:15 GMT
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From: hkbirke@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (ENS Hal BirkelandUSN)

Rather than trying to land a helo on the tanker deck, why not fly a
C-130 over at 30k feet and drop a SEAL team or two. They should have
no problems overcoming any typical crew, especially since a HALO drop
would provide no advance warning till they came over the gunwhales.

	I seem to recall that 2 teams held a key govt. building during
the Grenada medal-fest a few years back for a couple of days fending
off the Grenadian armor -- well its 2 or 3 APCs.

Who knows, maybe even one of them could pilot the tanker.

This in no way even attempts to represent any opinion of the USN or
DOD, it is just more mindless drivel from the keyboard of
--hal


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are not expressive of my employers...

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No one would be foolish enough to claim any of my opinions, and they certainly
are not expressive of my employers...