Pirates 1 - Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions 0

This story won't be raising the share price of "Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions" anytime soon.

A description of the battle:

"They fired water cannon at the pirates, and zig-zagged. They also used a long range accoustic device (LRAD) which fires laser-like beams of excruciatingly-painful sound at attackers. They beat off three or four attacks but the pirates then began firing RPGs at the LRAD’s operator."

This is an LRAD.

An embarrassing description of the rescue:

“There were three members of the crew on the roof (of the ship),” said Frederic Karakaya, the helicopter pilot. “They were hiding and signalled to us. They were spotted, and jumped into the water.

“We pretended we hadn’t seen them so we didn’t alert the pirates to their position. We dropped a coloured marker, then gave their position to a German Lynx (helicopter) which winched them aboard.”

Can't say I blame them. Facing down machine guns and rocket propelled grenades with a water hose and what is essentially a large speaker, I'd probably be jumping in the water too or looking for another job.

One last thing straight out of a Hollywood movie:

"The pirates then fired on them while they were in the water, and tried to run them down in the hijacked vessel. "