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The use of armed guards on ships transiting the pirate-infested waters off the Indian Ocean has increased markedly over the last year, and you can see why: not a single attempted hijacking on a vessel with someone shooting back has been successful. And it’s cheap – armed guards cost around a quarter of the fuel bill that would come with speeding up cargo ships to outrun the pirates. But it’s not without controversy – a remarkable video attached to this ...
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