It seems like every other day I hear about more Somali pirates being paid off to free an oil tanker or something. I also just watched a show about the Maersk Alabama where 3 US Navy SEALS had to blow away 3 pirates with 3 simultaneous shots, which prompted my thinking on the issue. Just noticed another one happened recently in the news. This happens all the time, being a pirate is a glorified part of Somali culture it seems.
Detecting an approaching vessel isn't exactly rocket science anymore.....so does anybody know why the crew isn't sitting at the rail armed and ready to defend themselves? I promise it wont take more than just a few groups of pirates getting shot up by a ship's crew before this starts happening less and less.
Read this cluster****:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33489603/ns/world_news-africa/
Detecting an approaching vessel isn't exactly rocket science anymore.....so does anybody know why the crew isn't sitting at the rail armed and ready to defend themselves? I promise it wont take more than just a few groups of pirates getting shot up by a ship's crew before this starts happening less and less.
Read this cluster****:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33489603/ns/world_news-africa/