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On the flip side, if it’s valuable enough to pirate, the shipping company should have had better security.
by manicdee 8y ago
On the flip side, if it’s valuable enough to pirate, the shipping company should have had better security.
- analognoise 8y agoI asked that question once, apparently crews aren't armed and it's a big deal to start shooting at people at sea. There are videos of people fending off pirates (actual, sea based pirates) with water hoses. I don't get that - it seems pretty obvious you could arm a crew and fend off some assholes with AK47s (you have the high ground, lots of corridors, time to prepare and can afford some .50's on the deck) - but then again, I'm so American I am practically a Bald Eagle.
- jimjimjim 8y agoescalation. Shipping companies don't want to have to worry about how much armament is enough. Also it blurs the lines between a cargo ship with defense against pirates to an armed ship that may have cargo. But yeah some ships now have mercenaries.