How Do Cruise Ships Prevent or Protect Themselves From Pirate Attacks?
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Nobody has mentioned Sonar or water cannons yet. Google ‘Somali pirates attack cruise ship’ to see how ships have *actually* fended off pirate attacks.
The sonar arrays these massive ships carry can be focused on the pursuing craft. Directed sonar used like this is basically a sonic weapon. If you hear about ‘special sonic weapons’ used that’s what they’re referring to.
Water cannons mounted high up can be strong enough to make boarding extremely dangerous, knock people off of boats or even capsize the little speed boats that pirates use.
Finally, cruise ships are massive, with multiple layers of redundant systems. Firing rifles is ineffective. Even firing RPGs at these huge ocean liners is unlikely to cause enough damage to be dangerous (ive read of at least one case where a cruise ship took a dozen rpg rounds without serious damage). Boarding is the big risk, once they get on board and get hostages the situation can deteriorate rapidly.
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