How Do Cruise Ships Prevent or Protect Themselves From Pirate Attacks?
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I worked on cruise ships for years. In 2015 I was on a ship that passed through the Gulf of Aden (between Yemen and Somalia). These were smaller than average cruise ships so we were definitely a potential target. At our last stop before the gulf we picked up a handful of guys from a private security firm. They wrapped the back of the ship in barbed wire, had a sonar gun type of thing that looked like a small satellite which shoots a sound apparently so loud and directed that it ruptures the ear drums and leaves anyone it’s aimed at incapacitated. I’m sure the security contractors were also heavily armed though we never saw any guns.
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