http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060123/D8FA5LF00.html

now this is why we have a Navy. damn scurvy seadogs.

1/23/2006 4:16:34 PM

excite.com is still alive?

1/23/2006 4:20:13 PM

Quote :

"One of the boldest recent attacks was on Nov. 5, when two boats full of pirates approached a cruise ship carrying Western tourists, about 100 miles off Somalia"

I think I remember when this happened. But why in hell would you go on a cruise near Somalia?

1/23/2006 4:23:31 PM

jimmy buffet lied to me

1/23/2006 4:29:07 PM

^^some of the world cruises go down the coast of africa

1/23/2006 4:34:20 PM

I was waiting for some pirates to get trashed by the US navy. You know you're fucked when you've got a guided missle crusier chasing after you.

1/23/2006 4:58:11 PM

^yep

1/23/2006 6:32:09 PM

Quote :

"The crew used a weapon that directs earsplitting noise at attackers, then sped away."

They played the Macarena???


No seriously... are the cruise ships equiped with some sort of non-lethal acoustic weaponry?

1/23/2006 6:38:56 PM

clearly they are.

1/23/2006 8:22:17 PM

Dubai has its own ski resort now. I saw it on that extreme engineering show.

1/23/2006 8:48:34 PM

my friend lives in dubai.

that place is beautiful.

anyways, pirates, yarrr!!11

1/23/2006 11:37:08 PM

nice

1/24/2006 11:31:39 AM

Quote :

"are the cruise ships equiped with some sort of non-lethal acoustic weaponry?"

no, they just pretended really really hard and it worked

1/24/2006 12:13:31 PM

^ actually in my work I have had a chance to see the device and see it used, and hear it myself....it does work

1/24/2006 12:22:03 PM

Quote :

"The crew used a weapon that directs earsplitting noise at attackers, then sped away."

1/24/2006 2:03:30 PM

canned air horn

1/24/2006 2:15:37 PM

tehy play Rosanne's world series version of the star spangled banner

1/24/2006 3:01:55 PM

My LT. was telling me about that...they used that acoustic stuff, then tried to run them over! haha (Cruise ship off Somalia)

1/25/2006 4:20:16 PM

yaar

1/25/2006 5:21:51 PM

RRRRRRRRRRR

1/25/2006 10:47:01 PM