![]() ![]() This confirms that the South Dakota-Class battleship Alabama is not going to be available to purchase or as a reward to normal players. I thought it best this was made clear now. The ship will not be sold, or gifted or obtainable in any way unless you are a Supertester. The truth is, some people seemed to be confused about the availability of the Alabama. ![]() Because leaks usually don’t have sources, I’ve started digging and was send (by a regular contributor of the blog) a post made by Hanszeehoc, Supertest Coordinator. Gibbon-Brooks said some of the gangs were focusing on a busy shipping route near the Seychelles, at the top of the Mozambique Channel, which runs between the southern African coastline and Madagascar.Seems a lot of rant has been going on since a leak was published about the upcoming Tier VIII American Battleship Alabama. "Now that the weather has changed they again have the advantage over the warships because their hunting ground is so large." "Distance is no longer a limiting factor to the pirates," said Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the managing director of Dryad Maritime, in Southampton, Hampshire. ![]() Using captured "mother ships" from which to launch their speedboats, the pirates are comfortable in hijacking ships 500 nautical miles off the coast, an area previously deemed out of reach. In an alert to mariners on Tuesday, the US Navy warned that merchant vessels were largely on their own in the Indian Ocean, with the nearest warship up to several days' sailing away. The warships' presence encouraged the pirates to turn to the Indian Ocean, where they had some success last year, capturing the Faina, a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying battle tanks, and the Saudi-owned oil tanker, the Sirius Star.īut the spate of recent successful Indian Ocean hijackings - six ships have been captured over the last fortnight, including the US-flagged Alabama - shows how the main pirate gangs based in towns such as Kismayo, Harardhere and Eyl are focusing almost all their efforts in the largely unpatrolled waters off Africa's east coast. In March, when the waters began to calm, attacks rose significantly. The winter monsoon makes it difficult for pirates to operate effectively in small speedboats. ![]() However, the pirates' lack of success was also down to another factor: the weather. Warships foiled at least 10 further attacks, with more than 100 gunmen detained. In January and February, just two ships were hijacked in the Gulf. ![]()
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