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Small boats being towed by a suspected pirate mothership are destroyed February 2, 2011 by weapons fire from the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen after the Momsen disrupted an attack on a commercial oil tanker in the Arabian Sea
Wednesday, Feb. 09, 2011

Open quoteTactics such as barbed wire on the sides or water cannons are no longer enough.Close quote

  • CESARE D'AMICO,
  • an official at the Italian Shipowners Association, calling for ships sailing off the Horn of Africa to have armed guards after Somali pirates seized a large Italian oil tanker on Tuesday
Photo: REUTERS/Chief Hull Maintenance Technician John Parkin-US Navy/Handout | Source: AFP