Shooting to kill pirates risks Blackwater moment

10/05/2012

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 ...

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