Deterring Piracy Proves Difficult
Credit: U.S. NAVY
After U.S. Navy Seals dispatched three Somali pirates with three shots from the fantail of the USS Bainbridge off the Somali coast in April, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates remarked that “you don’t necessarily need a billion-dollar ship to chase down a bunch of teenage pirates.” True enough, but...
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