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#478 - Kit Chellel - The Wild Hijacking Of A $100 Million Supertanker
Modern Wisdom
How Do Pirates Get Onboard a Ship?
Pirates don't normally have guns, or actual weapons. In captain phillips they have these powerful water hoses that are actually can blast these powerful streams of water at small vessels and can capsize them. The balante ran aa barbed wire all t way roundthe outside of the vessel to make it harder for pirates, pirates to board. I think ot one point they even had like, a, a manikin dressed up in sailors gear, propped up on the bridge to look like there was some one on watch, even when there wasn't. A pirate o scarecrow. Er, pirate scarecrow. Its basic a and not terribly effective, it turns out
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