Most people (including myself) considered piracy to be a problem of previous ages until the capture of a US flagged ship a few days ago. As the media finally got around to researching the problems we learned that crews are unarmed for a myriad of reasons. Evidently the simplest solution is not always the most politically palatable, so we begin an interesting process. We look into finding "High-Tech" solutions to the problem.
The coolest solution so far looks to be the Mobility Denial System which is just a foam that can be sprayed basically anywhere causing a total loss of traction -- I would think of it as portable teflon. The least interesting in my opinion is the Force 80 Water Cannon. It just conjures images like this up to me:
The strangest solution: the LRAD - Long Range Acoustic Device. Hopefully John Galt will be operating it.
The coolest solution so far looks to be the Mobility Denial System which is just a foam that can be sprayed basically anywhere causing a total loss of traction -- I would think of it as portable teflon. The least interesting in my opinion is the Force 80 Water Cannon. It just conjures images like this up to me:
Yep, NOT a pirate repellent to be feared. I'm sure it's effective enough, but if you're going to the trouble of shooting them with something, why not use something with more of a guarantee? These new ideas for fighting piracy to bring up an interesting point: will this lead to an ever escalating "arms-race" of sorts? Crews will implement bigger and better defences while pirates overcome and continue their business?
The strangest solution: the LRAD - Long Range Acoustic Device. Hopefully John Galt will be operating it.
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