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Destroyers require a whole crew. Why not get a handful of WW2 era planes with machine guns to patrol the coast? Would be cheap and should be enough firepower to

by jb775 5y ago

Destroyers require a whole crew. Why not get a handful of WW2 era planes with machine guns to patrol the coast? Would be cheap and should be enough firepower to scare off fishing boats.

phobosanomaly 5y ago
You'd need boats in the area anyway to gather up the crew when the vessel started taking on water.
- jb775 5y ago
  ...or you don't guarantee the poachers that luxury.
  - crooked-v 5y ago
    You may want to reconsider the perverse incentives that result from treating illegal fishing as a death sentence.
    - _theory_ 5y ago
      Such as more fish in the ocean