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No doubt in part because they benefit from the protection afforded by nation-states. Cruise ships tend to be filled with the citizens of powerful countries (or
by leot 15y ago
No doubt in part because they benefit from the protection afforded by nation-states. Cruise ships tend to be filled with the citizens of powerful countries (or countries allied to powerful ones).
- learc83 15y agoMostly governments have done very little about piracy in Somalia. Also at the scale you're talking about, small fast boats, a well armed private militia would be just as effective, as a billion dollar destroyer. A few 3" guns will stop anything a pirate can throw at them.