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Japanese Coast Guard intercepts a Drug Smuggling boat.

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When the Japanese say stop they mean STOP! I have to give the smugglers credit for lacking any common sense for firing with small arms against apparently three ships with deck mounted weapons. I do wish the video had been subtitled though.
 
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The fifty indeed plays some beautiful music, but I think the Japanese were using the turret mounted gun you can see briefly in some of the video angles. It appears to be the always-popular Bofors:

Aso-class patrol vessel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

When the page opens, click on the picture in the upper right for an enlarged view. Also, there's a link to more Bofors info in the text of the article. She's a grand old gal, and rivals Ma Deuce in longevity.
 
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