“It’s very simple,” Choong said. “The minute they notice small boats approaching their ship, they should take evasive measures, increase speed and at the same time radio for help. A lot of ships escape by doing this.”

I’m sure a cargo ships ability to take evasive measures is an example of nautical wonder…..

Ships also should install barbed wire or similar deterrents on the ship to prevent pirates from scaling the sides and boarding.

or RPG’s

Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the London-based think-tank Chatham House, said ships also can travel at full speed, and take evasive procedures such as using water cannons and fire hoses to flood the engines of the pirates’ skiffs.

Ya,.. lets bring a knife to a gun fight. What I find funny about this statement is in the article they state that they do not want to arm the crews of the cargo ship in fear of escalating a confrontational situation, yet they suggest that they squirt these people with water?… cause thats not going to piss them off; and honestly I don’t want to squirt water at a guy with an M-16….

just my 2 cents.

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