NGOs vs. Navies

Here’s a great example an asymmetric operation by humanitarian or other NGOs to overcome a superior naval force. Tactics such as these and a similar maritime flash mobs can be used to break a blockade (as in this case), hamper the movement of commercial or naval shipping, or stage a protest at sea. Of course if a boat carrying school supplies and cement can avoid a blockade in this manner, so can one carrying smuggled weapons.

Also interesting to note are the Hamas Naval Police, pictured here, preparing for this encounter.

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