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kevin asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 11 hours ago

If a merchant ship encounter a pirate hijack and ask for USA Aircraft to rescue, does the Marine Shipping need to pay for that?

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  • 7 hours ago

    No, the principle is enforcing the right of peaceful navigation so it's no charge. It's not really a cost to the taxpayer, because aircraft time and so on would be used up on exercises if they weren't doing actual operations. 

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