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I’d guess here on a boat out at sea, a long way from rescue, you’re more at risk of someone with a cutting tool, explosives, etc breaking in. After all they hav
by hnbear 3y ago
I’d guess here on a boat out at sea, a long way from rescue, you’re more at risk of someone with a cutting tool, explosives, etc breaking in. After all they have days till you can steam to a safe port to break in. They’re armed pirates, they’ll just cut open/blow open a door.
People don’t want to blow up planes while in them, and can’t take heavy tools through security checks. Boarding ships at sea comes without those draw back.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoPower tools and portable power may be too expensive for a local, upstart pirate.
- vkou 3y agoThey aren't. Pirates aren't cavemen equipped with stone knives and bear skins.
- guappa 3y agoWeapons cost more anyways… if they can afford weapons they can afford tools.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI dunno if they cost more, I'm reading an AK-47 can go for like $150, and they're built to last.
- bergie 3y agoAs far as I've understood it, the pirates don't buy their own equipment. Instead there is a "Venture Capitalist" somewhere like UAE funding the trip. A colleague of mine was on a navy ship that captured a boat full of pirates off Somalia, but it's been a while and my recollection of the details they found out is hazy.
- bookofjoe 3y ago>Pirates ATTACK The WRONG US Navy Ship and Then THIS HAPPENED... https://youtu.be/QCqNtLdqXi0?si=7L8WuN8qjn7YT7Nn https://youtu.be/QCqNtLdqXi0?si=7L8WuN8qjn7YT7Nn
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoThese aren't upstarts though, piracy is an established practice and power tools are relatively cheap.
- acyou 3y agoI don't think they would be interested in Ryobi, they would want to be using oxyacetylene torches. The effect would be something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOgKwKFG4Z0&ab_channel=QuoteTheGuy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOgKwKFG4Z0&ab_channel=Quote... Given the large ship breaking industries in some of these areas, I think these would be pretty easy to come by, and they are very portable (though I wouldn't want to be the one hauling the tanks up a rope ladder over the side of a ship).