two videos

diff cameras and the time sequence gets a bit confusing

The first pirate speedboat looks like it got hit quite a bit

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcaJjwz6JWU

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seems like the driver of the first boat took a hit since it just crashed into the hull

Both look the same to me. The second one is shorter, I guess. 12 million views.

That looks like fun, but I think I'd prefer to use a weapon that makes a bigger hole in a skiff or a skinny.

This is being presented on youtube as current footage. It's not. It's at least four years old:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcaJjwz6JWU

Seems to me that whomever posted that video on youtube is just looking for hits, and we aren't going to help them out, so I've replaced the links in the first post in this thread.

my error. I thought it was a 2017 event.

From Dailymail article of 22 Apr 2017:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...security-guards.html

The footage, uploaded on April 20, and is believed to have taken place in the Indian ocean in 2012.

It has come to prominence again following an attack on an oil tanker in March.

Last month pirates hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia in the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global trade route since 2012.

Never understood why all boats over there don't just have armed security?

How do I score that job?

quote:

Originally posted by smschulz:
Never understood why all boats over there don't just have armed security?

Not every nation allows it.

From what I understand commercial ships that arm themselves are considered warships.

Violation of International Rules of the Sea.

I may be totally wrong however.

quote:

Originally posted by Yellow Jacket:
From what I understand commercial ships that arm themselves are considered warships.

Violation of International Rules of the Sea.

I may be totally wrong however.

I think it has more to do countries prohibiting the importation of firearms without strict controls. Can't come into port with illegal firearms, can't always get the permits and clearances required to make them legal, and can't risk your millions of dollars of cargo because of it. I think private security can get around this by getting off the boat in international waters and getting on another boat for the return trip.

The other reason is that there's an understanding that if you use firearms against pirates, the whole crew will probably be executed if they make it aboard. Many crews will give up the boat, lock themselves into an interior room, and just wait for the negotiations and Calvary with the understanding that if everyone plays nice, the pirates get paid and nobody gets hurt.