‘M V SIRIUS STAR’ SHIP OVERVIEW: On 17 November 2008, in the mid night, the U.S. Navy announced that Sirius Star hijacked by Somali pirates. Lt. Nate Christensen, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th navy, said the pirates hijacked the very large crude transporter at about 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 15 November, 2008. while she was southbound, about 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) southeast of the coast of Kenya at 04°41’S 48°43’E — the utmost out to sea Somali pirates have struck. The attack also made Sirius Star the largest craft ever to be hijacked. It is approximate that for the pirates to reach Sirius Star, they must have voyaged south for four to five days. At the time of the attack, the ship was haulage the 25 member crew, consisting of 19 Filipinos, 2 Britons, 2 Poles, 2 Croat and 1 Saudi Arabian and a full load of 2 million barrels (320,000 m3) of crude oil — more than one-quarter of Saudi Arabia’s on a daily basis oil production output, and worth at least US$100 million and was bounce for the United States via the Cape of Good Hope. RANSOM DEMAND AND DEADLINE On 19 November, the suspected pirate, Farah Abd Jameh, provided information regarding the ransom by audio tape transmit over Al-Jazeera television. The tape specified that an unspecified cash ransom was to be delivered to Sirius Star, where it would be counted using machines that were able to perceive counterfeit bills. On 20 November, the pirates demanded a US$25 million ransom having set a 10-day
The next question involved is with the courts, the adjudication, arraignment and the preliminary hearing. Throughout all of the investigations, they came down with one principle suspect. A Bronx carpenter by the name of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He passed a $10 gold certificate at a gas station from the ransom money and this led to his subsequent arrest, trial and finally the death penalty. Ultimately, the police found about $14,000 or more of the ransom money at the suspect’s home. “In newspapers, the case appeared open-and-shut. Hauptmann had entered the United States as a stowaway, with a prison record in Germany for robberies.” (www.lindberghkidnap.proboards.com) With no fingerprints that linked Hauptmann to the crime, nothing but circumstantial evidence in the case and the handwriting expert said that
The government sent out night fighters to attempt to find and destroy the target but it failed. As every time the fighters got close the ship turned off its lights and would elude them for a while only to pop back up on the radar. The cover up eventually failed when some of the officers admitted to seeing the object. One in particular was Sergeant Harrison who said that “I saw the light… moving from the Northeast toward the range station” (N/A,
The current event under discussion is actually a series of events. This year, four Navy ships have collided with other ships or run aground in the pacific region. This has resulted in at least 7 dead, 8 injured, and10 missing sailors. While Navy ship collisions are rare, the reasons behind these collisions has forced the Navy to reexamine its policies and will impact global leadership.
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America and the USSR have had a rivalry for a very long time. One huge portrayal of their rivalry would be the Space Race. It took place from 1955 to 1975.The Space Race was a race between America and the Soviet Union to see who would make it to space first and other accomplishments related to that. Such as putting a man in space or on the moon. Even some animals were involved. The Space Race had a large influence on the United States. It was a time where America changed and advanced in more ways than just space travel.
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By day the crew complied, but at night they sailed west and finally landed near Long Island, New York, where the vessel was seized by U.S. authorities.
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I have recently read the two texts “A Success in Space”, and “Americas New Spacecraft”. They both talk about space and spacecraft. Although, one text has more successful points and strategies than the other. In the excerpt “A Success in Space “it talks about how a small probe helped scientists take a huge leap forward in space exploration , on the other hand the other excerpt “ Americas New Spacecraft” talks about a spacecraft launching into the air to discover critical data for future mission crews.
The STARS program is a process that most students have not even heard about, as a first time student myself, I was not even aware that the program existed. Most people might wonder what STARS is, for instance, STARS, however, stands for “Statewide Transfer and Articulation Reporting System.” It is an agreement that mostly a two-year college and most public four-year colleges in Alabama has that give all the transferring of courses taken to a public university in Alabama. In addition, most student wonder how to connect to STARS through their school site, it is an easy process; most colleges will have a link at the top of their website that will lead straight to the STARS site. However, from there STARS will give student instructions on how