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Certainly something to pay close attention to in the coming days. Will be interesting to see how this all unfolds, certainly thoughts and prayers to the families of the 2 former SEALS.

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Note To Self: Stay off of cargo ships...permanently.

 

Its getting to the point where these cargo ships need an entire platoon of security.

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These guys are part of a private security detail that was on the ship.

 

I was reading that since the Capt Phillips episode that Pirates tried to take the ship again but this time the ship had armed security that used small arms and those focused audio weapons to drive them away.

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These guys are part of a private security detail that was on the ship.

 

I was reading that since the Capt Phillips episode that Pirates tried to take the ship again but this time the ship had armed security that used small arms and those focused audio weapons to drive them away.

 

As well armed as the pirates are sometimes, I wonder why they restrict themselves to small arms? I would be tempted to have Browning 50 Cal.s mounted on the ships.

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As well armed as the pirates are sometimes, I wonder why they restrict themselves to small arms? I would be tempted to have Browning 50 Cal.s mounted on the ships.

True but they do have the high ground so to speak. That said they may have .50's or even .50 sniper rifles.

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This is one of those " I hate it for the individuals and their families BUT...they are taking on extremely risky work." Sadly, it's going to happen too often when you're in that line of work.

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This is one of those " I hate it for the individuals and their families BUT...they are taking on extremely risky work." Sadly, it's going to happen too often when you're in that line of work.

Have they said what happened yet? I haven't heard if it was a Pirate attack, got killed by someone aboard ship or they blew themselves up with a hand grenade...no idea what happened.

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From the linked article:

 

Details of the contractors' deaths remain unclear, but they were not on watch and did not die while performing a security operation, Tom Rothrauff, the president of the Trident Group, said. He said an initial assessment of the scene did not suggest any foul play.

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From the linked article: Details of the contractors' deaths remain unclear' date=' but they were not on watch and did not die while performing a security operation, Tom Rothrauff, the president of the Trident Group, said. He said an initial assessment of the scene did not suggest any foul play.[/quote']

 

That's just odd.

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