Comments on: Modern Day Pirates, No Kidding Matter http://sea-fever.org/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/ Exploring maritime culture, history and heritage Thu, 17 May 2012 16:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Peter A. Mello http://sea-fever.org/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-10348 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:04:53 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-10348 Thanks for visiting and commenting Bob!
There has been some recent successes with pirate inventions.

http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/pirates-choose-wrong-ship-to-mess-with/

http://www.marinebuzz.com/2008/09/23/danish-warship-absalon-is-a-nightmare-to-somali-pirates/

Unfortunately, the update on the MarineBuzz post is not too encouraging! :-(

]]> By: Bob Leonard http://sea-fever.org/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-10347 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:27:16 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-10347 Re: modern pirates
I don’t understand why there is not a concerted effort to set ‘traps’ for the bastards, and/or make examples of a few of them by perhaps shooting (high explosives) first and asking questions later. Rubber boats are vulnerable to RPG’s no?

]]> By: Are Pirates Human Rights Victims? | gCaptain.com http://sea-fever.org/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-9986 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:56:06 +0000 http://seafever.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/modern-day-pirates-no-kidding-matter/#comment-9986 [...] partner, Peter Mello of Sea-Fever.org points us to this must read article in the NYTimes. He writes: John S. Burnett, author of Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas wrote an [...]

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