-Thanks! This is why I love HN. :) My work takes me offshore on occasion, and twice I've been on vessels in pirate-prone areas; the different approaches taken

-Thanks! This is why I love HN. :) My work takes me offshore on occasion, and twice I've been on vessels in pirate-prone areas; the different approaches taken were quite telling: a) On a vessel flying the Norwegian flag - 'Oh, we'll just train our fi-fi water cannon on them, end of story, everybody will hail us as humanitarian as f*k for using water rather than lead - except the result is the same.' b) On a Marshall Islands-registered, US operated vessel - a handful of private security contractors, using .50 guns retrofitted with bayonet mounts compatible with the ones used for the smallest water cannon - so at the first sight of pirates, they'd set up shop and, ah, encourage the pirates to pursue other career paths.