This is how cargo ships fight pirates WITHOUT GUNS

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  • Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
  • 0:00 Intro
    1:04 Anti-Piracy Equipment
    1:56 LRAD
    3:10 Anti-Boarding Trailing Wires
    3:46 Water Cannon
    4:58 Razor Wire
    5:35 Anti-Piracy Tools vs. Houthi Rebels
    7:36 Piracy Goals in Somali Waters vs. Gulf of Guinea
    8:36 How Commercial Ships Avoid Pirates
    9:22 Why aren’t cargo ships armed?
    10:15 Navies Against Piracy
    #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs
    Music:
    Truce No More - Dream Cave
    Signal to Noise
    Head Games - Max Anson
    Black Bullet - Deskant
    For Those Who Fight - Dream Cave
    Skipping Class - Birdies
    Mortal Blow - Dream Cave
    Beyond the Mountains - Experia
    Hordes - Jo Wandrini
    Footage:
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    US Department of Defense
    Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."

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  • @avocado7415
    @avocado7415 3 місяці тому +7010

    firing an rpg at a navy vessel is like aggroing the enemy 40 levels above you and then getting one shot.

    • @nicolaj9510
      @nicolaj9510 3 місяці тому +529

      I'm surprised they only returned fire with small calibre guns, and not the larger naval guns.

    • @avocado7415
      @avocado7415 3 місяці тому +929

      @@nicolaj9510 they cost more per shot

    • @arjensmit6684
      @arjensmit6684 3 місяці тому +850

      @@nicolaj9510Lol, imagine firing 2 ton granades at a 200kg boat.
      Yes, that would be the american thing to do.

    • @arjensmit6684
      @arjensmit6684 3 місяці тому

      Yes, wtf are these guys thinking. The stupidity of this is astounding.

    • @elliotgillum
      @elliotgillum 3 місяці тому +103

      ​@@arjensmit6684Sadly all our battleships are decommissioned.

  • @robertgoodwin2787
    @robertgoodwin2787 3 місяці тому +3241

    Can we take a moment to admire the pirates unfazed determination to fuck around and find out

    • @derek8564
      @derek8564 3 місяці тому +296

      well I mean look at them....IQ isn't their strong suit.

    • @justanothergmailaccount1353
      @justanothergmailaccount1353 3 місяці тому +19

      They’re not exactly going after heavily armed targets now are they?

    • @scottread
      @scottread 3 місяці тому

      er, no.
      they're gutless pissants taking on largely unarmed civilian vessels.

    • @SheepInACart
      @SheepInACart 3 місяці тому +242

      @@justanothergmailaccount1353 You didn't watch the video did you? They literally attacked a US navy missile cruiser and its escorting destroyer, thats maybe the second heaviest armed type of boat on the planet, and a member of the worlds largest navy. If they'd used a sea mine or something it would be an act of terror, but they used rifles and one RPG, its like trying to arm wrestle a freight train, not big brain behavior.

    • @jogandsp
      @jogandsp 3 місяці тому +108

      ​@@derek8564bro no. IQ has nothing to do with it. They're starving to death and have no opportunities to better themselves. I'm not excusing their actions, but you have to understand it's desperation, not stupidity.

  • @thecommissaruk
    @thecommissaruk 3 місяці тому +3198

    "Hey look, a Navy missile cruiser! LeTs roB iT!"
    The smooothest of brains.

    • @StumpfForFreedom
      @StumpfForFreedom 3 місяці тому +187

      *Checks history books*
      Honestly... sometimes it works.

    • @imthedentist
      @imthedentist 3 місяці тому +23

      With three O's

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare 3 місяці тому +80

      Reminds me of a VLDL skit "Let's mug em"

    • @raymonds.9021
      @raymonds.9021 3 місяці тому +15

      The most desperate of people

    • @gandalflotr2898
      @gandalflotr2898 3 місяці тому +15

      It's like robbing Chuck Norris

  • @chrisholmgren1595
    @chrisholmgren1595 3 місяці тому +1553

    I operated a container ship in pirate waters from 2004 through 2010. In 2005 we were alarmed to see a report from the International Maritime Bureau that there were 3 attempted boardings in a week. That was later surpassed by 5 attempts a day in the following years. The insurance industry wrote a letter demanding the world’s navies do something. A western military spokesman said that they can’t be responsible for 6,000 square miles of ocean and that ships had to protect themselves. The insurance companies responded by voiding any policy where the crew was armed - it’s better to pay out a small ransom than for the pirates to view the crew as an obstacle and then have to pay 20 death benefits. The international community later established the IRTC where navy ships could respond to a vessel being attacked (if they felt like responding) - I’m not kidding.
    When I was home I would tell my friends about the piracy threat. They were shocked to hear and wondered why it wasn’t in the news. I said, because an American ship hasn’t been hit yet. Then in 2009 the Maersk Alabama was attacked and we all began to know about piracy in the 21st century. In 2010 I went through pirate water twice a month and there was at least one mayday every transit, but I had 10 meters of freeboard and could do 23kts. Those poor bastards with 5 meters of freeboard and could only do 13kts were screwed.
    I once was turning north into the Red Sea when I saw a thousand small skiffs milling about and a German frigate leaving the Red Sea at dusk. I called the frigate and asked, don’t you see all these skiff and that dusk is a time for pirate attacks. The frigate responded that the skiffs appeared to be fishing. The ship I just passed sent out a mayday an hour later and was taken by pirates.
    It may have gotten better, but it really sucked for us at one time.

    • @chungusbooper
      @chungusbooper 3 місяці тому +9

      I think your comment was cut off.

    • @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120
      @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 3 місяці тому +66

      @@chungusbooper doesnt look cut to me

    • @WorldxTracer
      @WorldxTracer 3 місяці тому +14

      Did your company ever hire on private maritime security contractors as things started to really get dangerous?

    • @chrisholmgren1595
      @chrisholmgren1595 3 місяці тому +118

      @@WorldxTracer That wasn’t an option at the beginning. The original recommendations was to stay 75 miles offshore, then 100, then 200 and then 600 because they started using mother pirate boats. We followed best practices to harden our vessel with fire hoses and nets to deflect being boarded. My advantage was speed and freeboard, until one day we blew a lubricating injector off the #7 cylinder and had to stop just South of Aden Yemen. I notified UKMTO of my situation and doubled my lookouts. We were dead in the water for the hour it took to make the repair and a bit of time to get 70,000 tons back up to speed, all the time looking out for a little boat that could close on us in 20 minutes. We lucked out as it was a mildly rough day at sea so the pirates weren’t around. I was buzzed by a U.S. Navy P3-Orion while the engineers made quick repairs, which made me feel very proud. UKMTO posted that ships with speeds greater than 15kts and freeboard greater than 8 meters hadn’t been boarded, so the low and slow vessels were at greatest risk.

    • @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120
      @lelagrangeeffectphysics4120 3 місяці тому +31

      @@chrisholmgren1595 Wait... so the pirates were... using carrier tactics, sending over scout boats along the sea lines and then sending teams to capture vessels, so they were becoming professionals...
      Also with low freeboard ships mainly being tankers... chances are we in EU were suffering the most from these attacks.

  • @yamatotakeru261
    @yamatotakeru261 3 місяці тому +3448

    Never would i imagine pirate deterrent would include MLG horn lmao

    • @bryanfranco9597
      @bryanfranco9597 3 місяці тому +171

      Powered by Mountain Dew

    • @Basement_crusader
      @Basement_crusader 3 місяці тому +112

      Pack it up boys. This guy is a gamer, time to pick a softer target

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 3 місяці тому +45

      WOMBO COMBO

    • @Redneck_Technophile
      @Redneck_Technophile 3 місяці тому +37

      A better pirate deterrent would be allowing merchant ships to arm themselves. You know, like has been proven time and time again throughout the entirety of written history. But hey what do I know? I'm just an asshole with half a brain and an inkling of literacy.

    • @NeostormXLMAX
      @NeostormXLMAX 3 місяці тому

      brings me back to the mlg era@@bryanfranco9597

  • @minanminan9484
    @minanminan9484 3 місяці тому +1145

    GET PISSED ON!
    -cargo vessel

    • @mrdan2898
      @mrdan2898 3 місяці тому

      Actually explosive Diarrhea is more effective as a deterrent.

    • @loudtim265
      @loudtim265 3 місяці тому +36

      Spraying from the waste tank isn’t a terrible idea.

    • @mrdan2898
      @mrdan2898 3 місяці тому +13

      @@loudtim265 Yeah. lol
      "If you don't want sewage on ya, stay away!"

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes 3 місяці тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @felixjiangkeshu
      @felixjiangkeshu 3 місяці тому +6

      ⁠Prepare to meet my 200 psi Super-Soaker!!!

  • @stat8715
    @stat8715 3 місяці тому +296

    time : 2am
    Me : Time to go to bed
    Me 2h later : "This is how cargo ships fight pirates "

  • @ComiCherro
    @ComiCherro 3 місяці тому +257

    "sir!, there are pirates attacking us! what do we do!"
    "flood the ocean"
    "roger sir!"

    • @kraavok
      @kraavok 3 місяці тому +3

      Underrated comment 😂😂😂

    • @user-tv6vz3xu2g
      @user-tv6vz3xu2g 3 місяці тому +4

      Pirates have Migs and Apatchi .sir what shoud we do ? Rise Palestine flag

  • @GlurglePop
    @GlurglePop 3 місяці тому +1116

    Contractors with guns cost a hell of a lot. And pirate raids are very uncommon statistically. It’s not financially profitable for the shipping giants to take on the additional cost and liability.

    • @LeeGee
      @LeeGee 3 місяці тому +78

      Cost of doing business. Cheaper when they are on staff.

    • @imantsjansons5009
      @imantsjansons5009 3 місяці тому +38

      Also pirates can sue a company if the lethal force used against them and demand compensations 😕

    • @nnakaudoh
      @nnakaudoh 3 місяці тому

      You think somali pirates will sue multimillion/billion dollar shipping companies?@@imantsjansons5009

    • @magivkmeister6166
      @magivkmeister6166 3 місяці тому +19

      Yeah pirate lives aren't worth the cost.

    • @jeremyscherbert7336
      @jeremyscherbert7336 3 місяці тому +139

      ​@imantsjansons5009 the world reaction to them trying to sue should be 😂😂😂😂😂🤡

  • @xuevgermanist
    @xuevgermanist 3 місяці тому +361

    6:55
    Pirates *enter ship*
    British Navy *arrives*
    British Navy, "Well, good sirs, do you happen to know what we have been doing with pirates historically?"

    • @cat_clan_leader
      @cat_clan_leader 3 місяці тому +29

      Russian Navy literally firing at the merchant ship to scare the pirates lmao

    • @kuhluhOG
      @kuhluhOG 3 місяці тому

      Prirate, "No"
      British Navy, "Hire them to rob our enemies, want that job?"

    • @afj810
      @afj810 3 місяці тому +28

      the british navy were no better than pirates historically

    • @_extrathicc
      @_extrathicc 3 місяці тому +37

      @@afj810 The British navy was full of pirates actually, they just called them "privateers".

    • @brianletter3545
      @brianletter3545 3 місяці тому +2

      @@_extrathicc Now there's an idea!

  • @Mokhtar22278
    @Mokhtar22278 Місяць тому +10

    As a full time pirate, I thank you for sharing this.

  • @zynski3451
    @zynski3451 3 місяці тому +188

    Like breaching a castle - except the castle defenders have no bow and arrows.

    • @stevenorrington473
      @stevenorrington473 3 місяці тому +15

      HELICOPTER! HELICOPTER!

    • @garethm54
      @garethm54 3 місяці тому +9

      Well, technically they do have a bow. But it's really big. And part of the ship. So impractical by all means (for defense, that is. It's totally practical for keeping your ship afloat though).

    • @Shemegory
      @Shemegory 3 місяці тому +8

      Castles were usually sieged without combat, people don't want to starve to death.

    • @F_Print
      @F_Print 3 місяці тому +2

      Defenders have no bow and arrows but their castle can move and some of them pretty damn fast, a lot of pirate raids fail because the merchant ships can outrun or outlast the small motorboats with limited fuel and no ocean-going capabilities.

  • @zacksstuff
    @zacksstuff 3 місяці тому +362

    They're shooting AKs without earpro, so idk how much difference an LRAD is gonna make.

    • @BierBart12
      @BierBart12 3 місяці тому +78

      TIL AK-47s are one or two decibels louder than a jet engine on average
      Though, I think the difference is in the sustained noise vs one short noise with every shot

    • @Redneck_Technophile
      @Redneck_Technophile 3 місяці тому +77

      @@BierBart12 I've shot my AK without earpro a couple times, definitely loud enough to ring your ears, definitely a dumb thing to do, but yea there is a big difference between short vs sustained. I can still hear ok though.

    • @strilight
      @strilight 3 місяці тому +36

      Decibels isn't the only factor when making sonic deterrents, frequency matters too. An absolutely shrieking 4khz @ 160DB at the source, the likely area for suffering hearing damage stretches all the way out to 75m. And that's not even mentioning the fact that gunshots will mostly only affect hearing maybe give you a ringing headache if it's a particularly big round, but the LRAD is designed to shake up your entire body.

    • @JAmediaUK
      @JAmediaUK 3 місяці тому +1

      I think you will find that it is the "certain frequencies" that are used that do it. Though I doubt they will use brown noise.

    • @lethalradio14
      @lethalradio14 3 місяці тому

      LRADS can make you vomit and give you bad headaches at close range or if your being blasted by it long enough

  • @fearthehoneybadger
    @fearthehoneybadger 3 місяці тому +149

    The problem with guns is that many countries won't allow armed merchant ships in their ports.
    That can be solved by having craft placed at specific points to allow armed guards to embark and disembark outside of territorial waters.

    • @arjensmit6684
      @arjensmit6684 3 місяці тому +38

      Someone should start a rental service. When you enter pirate infested waters, there's a boat where you can rent a bunch of guns and turn them back in at a second boat when you leave the area at the other side. Sounds like a nice bussiness to me.

    • @CPU9incarnate
      @CPU9incarnate 3 місяці тому +54

      It can be solved by cutting off trade until they agree to allow armed merchant ships.

    • @fearthehoneybadger
      @fearthehoneybadger 3 місяці тому +1

      @@arjensmit6684 That was my suggestion.

    • @gordon1545
      @gordon1545 3 місяці тому +6

      Yes because what could possibly go wrong with floating arsenals of weapons?

    • @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket
      @GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket 3 місяці тому +37

      It can be solved by not doing business with country's that are against basic human rights like to the right to self defense.

  • @JerkStoreAssistManag
    @JerkStoreAssistManag 3 місяці тому +6

    The quality of your videos keeps getting better and better! Good work!

  • @womble321
    @womble321 3 місяці тому +54

    Some do, in the UK. You can hire people with 20 mm cannons to protect your ships. They have licences for these things.

  • @13orrax
    @13orrax 3 місяці тому +446

    4:45 the snake hose thing used to be a kids toy but it got recalled for killing too many kids

    • @kaspervestergaard2383
      @kaspervestergaard2383 3 місяці тому +15

      Had a loose hose with air spewing everywhere. Scary stuff indeed.

    • @larrylem3582
      @larrylem3582 3 місяці тому +36

      Water Wiggle, by Wham-O!

    • @andrewyork3869
      @andrewyork3869 3 місяці тому +5

      What was it called, cause that's hilarious!!

    • @Sai.Hottari
      @Sai.Hottari 3 місяці тому +29

      It looks like it didn't get recalled.... It got *repurposed*.

    • @andrewyork3869
      @andrewyork3869 3 місяці тому +10

      @Sai.Hottari it's not bad PR it's just an unscheduled rebranding.

  • @SteveRoger-dr3rd
    @SteveRoger-dr3rd 3 місяці тому +159

    You forgot to atleast give some respect and credit for THE INDIAN NAVY , for successfully thwarting some some of these attacks lately and safely returning the held hostages , without seeing the nationality of the crew (A perfect example of love for humanity and world harmony)

    • @NotASeriousMoose
      @NotASeriousMoose 3 місяці тому

      Why are Indians so self absorbed?! Other countries have been doing this for years but as soon as the Indian navy just shows up you want praise 😂

    • @TS-bj8my
      @TS-bj8my 3 місяці тому +19

      The Indian military is a growing modern force, can't deny that.

    • @pedro77167
      @pedro77167 3 місяці тому +4

      Love India 🇮🇳 even though I’m not Indian but that’s so nice of them 😊😊 India saved many lives and lots of money that day

    • @DeltaEntropy
      @DeltaEntropy 3 місяці тому +11

      Respect and credit for what the west has been doing for decades?

    • @firstname405
      @firstname405 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@DeltaEntropygenocide?

  • @lyedavide
    @lyedavide 3 місяці тому +83

    I would suggest using extremely powerful IR and UV lasers. This will seriously damage the eyes of any pirate because the lasers would be invisible to them and they would therefore be unaware that they are being blinded until they become blind. Bad luck for the pirates but at least the ship's crew wouldn't have to kill anyone. A powerful narrow beam microwave emitter could also be a viable alternative.

    • @TheStygian
      @TheStygian 3 місяці тому +43

      Yeah they are sadly not allowed according to the Geneva Suggestion.

    • @aaamogusthespiderever2566
      @aaamogusthespiderever2566 3 місяці тому +23

      @@TheStygianlasers are banned cus they too op lol

    • @therecruitking1623
      @therecruitking1623 3 місяці тому +27

      ​@@TheStygianit's only a war crime if you are at war, fighting off pirates is not a war

    • @garethm54
      @garethm54 3 місяці тому +2

      Ok, Dr. Evil

    • @kw9849
      @kw9849 3 місяці тому +9

      ​@@therecruitking1623"The Geneva convention doesn't apply to civilians" is a wild take.

  • @Sacto1654
    @Sacto1654 3 місяці тому +370

    This is why I wouldn't be surprised if we get the return of the Q-ship--a merchant vessel that hides a plethora of machine guns and small-caliber cannons. If the pirates get too close, they're going to get hit by a something like an M242 Bushmaster gun.

    • @user-vt2cr8qd1b
      @user-vt2cr8qd1b 3 місяці тому +28

      CIWS more funni

    • @LilithTheAbyssalGoddess
      @LilithTheAbyssalGoddess 3 місяці тому

      @@user-vt2cr8qd1b Private! remove that direction!

    • @LilithTheAbyssalGoddess
      @LilithTheAbyssalGoddess 3 місяці тому +36

      "aye aye sir! removing that direction!"

    • @andrewyork3869
      @andrewyork3869 3 місяці тому +31

      Can you commit a warcrime against pirates?

    • @Snarkbar
      @Snarkbar 3 місяці тому +45

      Noooooooooooooooooooooooo that would be so mean and unethical! Killing people who are trying to kill you is WRONG!!!!11!11111

  • @lindenhoch8396
    @lindenhoch8396 3 місяці тому +209

    In Somalia, it's apparently considered a proper job, being a pirate. (EDIT, the pirate in question was from Nigeria, not Somalia). A few years back, a boatload of the scum came under fire from a danish navy vessel that patrolled the waters for pirates. The boat was sunk, and a few of them lived. One lost a leg, he and his family are now settled for life in Denmark, sustained by the danish tax payers. The navy officers in command were almost charged for improper conduct during the incident. What a world.

    • @gentlemanvontweed7147
      @gentlemanvontweed7147 3 місяці тому +33

      So the pirate who got settled in Denmark won that game of Russian roulette 😂

    • @lindenhoch8396
      @lindenhoch8396 3 місяці тому +1

      @@gentlemanvontweed7147 I guess he did. He hasn't won the hearts and minds or pity of any danes, though. May his other leg catch gangrea. Scumbag.

    • @cruisinguy6024
      @cruisinguy6024 3 місяці тому +6

      Wtfffff

    • @RunFromCities
      @RunFromCities 3 місяці тому +50

      No quarter. Wth happened to that tradition? Give no quarter to pirates.

    • @lindenhoch8396
      @lindenhoch8396 3 місяці тому +13

      @@RunFromCities Yeah, that sadly doesn't fly in modern days. This one got set up with nice, roomy quarters, wheelchair accessible of course.

  • @glennchartrand5411
    @glennchartrand5411 3 місяці тому +29

    The main problems with giving the crew weapons:
    1. If they fail to stop them from boarding the boat but manage to kill a couple of them, guess what happens to the crew.
    2.Flags of convenience, Countries like Panama arent going to give ships sailing under their registration permission to carry weapons because Countries would start blocking ships with Panama registration from entering their ports.
    Which would ruin the whole "Flags of Convenience" thing for Panama

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid 3 місяці тому +1

      Not to mention, it would enrage the Somalis even further. Moral and legal complications to follow, considering (whether on what to believe or if its true or not) that these foreign fishing companies are what led to that issue in the first place because no one's patrolling the waters due to the civil war (though that couldn't be the only factor at play here)

    • @NotASeriousMoose
      @NotASeriousMoose 3 місяці тому +4

      Somali piracy is dead, and has been for years. The UN anti privacy action also lowered the pressure from illegal fishing in Somali waters and the fish has actually come back a little, thus fishing is actually an option now for the people with boats.
      The Houtis are not pirates, they are attacking ships/trade for a political reason. Ie it's a war. A whole other can of worms

    • @lordlopikong6940
      @lordlopikong6940 Місяць тому

      They could also get sued, by sacraficing a small ship and letting it get near a large ship and feigning ignorance that the small ship didn't understand the instructions and got to close to it. Because in the end, there is no laws concerning boats getting near each other.

  • @YarHan1
    @YarHan1 3 місяці тому +274

    *Pirates raiding by sea*
    Ships: *uses barbed wires and water cannons*
    Houthis: Not sure what that’s gonna do

    • @HanyuRapui
      @HanyuRapui 3 місяці тому +20

      Houthies took pirates business to another level

    • @ROBLOXGamingDavid
      @ROBLOXGamingDavid 3 місяці тому +3

      They should have used the tactics that was used on the Houthis, against Somalis and other pirates before and it would have been dealt with.
      Oh wait.... No.... ...

    • @Justin-ui5ti
      @Justin-ui5ti 3 місяці тому +5

      @@ROBLOXGamingDavidI think glassing should be considered a valid option.

    • @NemesisOgreKing
      @NemesisOgreKing 3 місяці тому

      Until the oil runs out, then Saudi Arabia is on its own.@@landleven1088

    • @EllAntares
      @EllAntares 3 місяці тому +8

      Well, they are army, not pirates.

  • @Alright.33
    @Alright.33 3 місяці тому +82

    Its not what you think.

    • @sumitkumarmurmu5176
      @sumitkumarmurmu5176 3 місяці тому +1

      True

    • @wphhaydn2987
      @wphhaydn2987 3 місяці тому +2

      Fr so true

    • @sjoormen1
      @sjoormen1 3 місяці тому +2

      It is. Everytime.

    • @tedhardulak7698
      @tedhardulak7698 3 місяці тому +2

      I did not have a thought about this. Since thoughts are past tense of thinking (As in I just had a thought Vs I am thinking) I guess I did not think to start with.
      Conclusive proof that perhaps my thoughts are not a byproduct of thinking.

    • @gordon1545
      @gordon1545 3 місяці тому

      It was exactly what I thought. Arming a bunch of sailors is a bloody stupid idea and very likely to get them killed.

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor 3 місяці тому +161

    If piracy is going to be an issue I am surprised we are not using convoy tactics. A single frigate or destroyer could effectivley defend a dozen or so large container ships, particularly if it had an onboard attack helicopter.

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 3 місяці тому +4

      The pirates would get skilled and well equipped enough to succeed sometimes then you would have worse pirates to deal with

    • @cat_clan_leader
      @cat_clan_leader 3 місяці тому +96

      ​@@nothanks9503what kind of pirates have firepower to take on a modern Destroyer? Usually a DD will only use small arms fire against these guys, but if push comes to shove then they will use their bigger guns, and no hand held weapon on a raft is going to be able to compete with that

    • @Stormyy6310
      @Stormyy6310 3 місяці тому +41

      Because it costs a lot of money

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 3 місяці тому +4

      @@cat_clan_leader I mean I’m not trying to give any idea but that’s just how it is necessity is the mother of innovation and some glass bottles and gasoline can still take down a tank today

    • @cat_clan_leader
      @cat_clan_leader 3 місяці тому +28

      @@nothanks9503 molotovs only work on a tank if it's badly positioned, terrain plays a vital role. If it's out in a clear open area then they don't work nearly as well. The reason they work is because they can stall/ruin the engine through the vents, or cook the crew if it manages to find its way inside the camped compartment, neither scenario really applies to a Destroyer
      A warship has the entire flat open sea, it's going to be kind of hard to sneak some kind of improvised explosive to it. And even if they do end up heavily damaging a ship, it will give that government justification to use heavier force against these pirates than just a single DD
      But they are welcome to try

  • @penitent2401
    @penitent2401 3 місяці тому +9

    some private security operate by waiting outside of port in international waters with a chase boat or tender sized vessel that can be winched on board and gets picked up by the ship. then when they arrive at one of the destination ports, they take all weapons with them and go onto the boat and sits in international water while the ship goes in to port, then the ship would pick them up again on the way out. that way the weapons never enter sovereign borders.
    Also for one way journeys or if the ship only hired for part of their route, once nearing the last port the security guards would just chuck the weapons overboard into the ocean just before entering sovereign waters, ride the ship into port and take a flight back home. cost of the weapons would be built into the fees.

  • @BarrierSecurity
    @BarrierSecurity 3 місяці тому

    Well made video! Thank you.

  • @BigBoolinScienceMan
    @BigBoolinScienceMan 3 місяці тому +111

    Some electric motors with chain or wire flails would work wonders.

    • @cat_clan_leader
      @cat_clan_leader 3 місяці тому +33

      That would be potentially gruesome but quite effective indeed

    • @VanquishedAgain
      @VanquishedAgain 3 місяці тому +1

      These boats are like a thousand feet long.

    • @richardashworth400
      @richardashworth400 3 місяці тому +4

      I was thinking more along the lines of the giant swinging wall axe from Game Of Thrones

    • @medievalwebman2917
      @medievalwebman2917 3 місяці тому +3

      effective yes, ethical? no!.

    • @Towelie-
      @Towelie- 3 місяці тому +11

      @@medievalwebman2917 Why not, it’s simply self defense, no one forces them to try come on board.

  • @philippprezewowsky90
    @philippprezewowsky90 3 місяці тому +17

    I never thought that I would ever comment this under a such a random video title, BUT: I've asked myself this for years!
    Thank mate, great video!

  • @SUN-V-TV
    @SUN-V-TV 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

  • @usr-notfound
    @usr-notfound 3 місяці тому +2

    New Wipeout course looking fire

  • @GulrajBains
    @GulrajBains 3 місяці тому +144

    Those few nutheads trying to take on US Navy was funny lol

    • @BrokenLifeCycle
      @BrokenLifeCycle 3 місяці тому +31

      "Let me remind you why the US Navy was even invented!"

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland 3 місяці тому

      The modern us navy (the one originally with the 6 frigates) was formed to protect their merchant vessels from pirate raids. They remember their roots

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian 3 місяці тому +4

      Probably high AF on khat.

  • @bluedragontoybash2463
    @bluedragontoybash2463 3 місяці тому +65

    That rocket hole looks like a good way to breach the ship's defense

    • @cat_clan_leader
      @cat_clan_leader 3 місяці тому +7

      Not really. Those boats are made to take much more punishment than a single old rocket

    • @andrewyork3869
      @andrewyork3869 3 місяці тому +3

      In that instance the would have just gotten stuck in a giant tank welded shut.

    • @bluedragontoybash2463
      @bluedragontoybash2463 3 місяці тому +1

      enty.. not sink it@@cat_clan_leader

  • @ElmoPlayss
    @ElmoPlayss 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you! This was really interesting and fun to watch and learn from!

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    @Michelleyoung-dq3zc 12 днів тому +36

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      @clarabrown9920 12 днів тому

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      @JenniferJames-le6wj 12 днів тому

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      @Michelleyoung-dq3zc 12 днів тому

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      @Elvislarry 12 днів тому

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      @samuelroddy5382 12 днів тому

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  • @roland985
    @roland985 3 місяці тому +38

    Some do, and the footage is just fantastic to watch.

  • @M1551NGN0
    @M1551NGN0 3 місяці тому +4

    My father works for the merchant Navy and he once explained me exactly this, how to fight pirates without weapons. For him, the easiest method is to hire a security guard or two until the zone is crossed. Back in 2006, when he was a chief officer on whatever ship he was working on, it was actually attacked by Somali pirates, despite the avoidance measures taken by the crew. He tells that everyone in the crew was beat up really bad and after that they robbed the captain's room and left, and then the crew had to pay the company for the losses. Almost after 18 years now, some days back, his ship went through that pirate infested zone again, but this time he as a captain had urged the company to hire a security guard. His ship crossed that EXACT same area where another Indian ship was hijacked by pirates and then the Indian Navy had to come to the rescue. He was dumbfounded when I told him this. Merchant Navy sailors are the unsung heroes of the world's economy...

  • @stevenantalics31
    @stevenantalics31 3 місяці тому +56

    Good video overall, but you're mistaken about the main point: cargo vessels routinely used armed guards when traversing the Gulf of Aden. Depending on the route, they are picked up outside the piracy area and they get off the vessel once it has safely transited or joined a convoy. I know this because I worked in the industry, and we regularly paid companies to provide armed guards expressly for this purpose.

  • @erasmus_locke
    @erasmus_locke 3 місяці тому +30

    Haven't watched the video yet but a lot of ships do carry guns. But only at sea.
    Before making port they offload the firepower to a second vessel offshore.

    • @NotASeriousMoose
      @NotASeriousMoose 3 місяці тому

      They don't. They carry armed guards who embark and disembark in international waters. No shipping company is going to give out guns to their slave wage crews.

  • @SpeedWorldFTW
    @SpeedWorldFTW 3 місяці тому +7

    Not What you think doesn’t understand but when u post u brighten up people day I just want to say thanks for that gse

  • @happydan20
    @happydan20 3 місяці тому +125

    I think you forgot the most important reason crews aren't armed. If pirates believe crews are armed they will shoot to kill. The belief that crews aren't armed is what allows most hijackings to be bloodless.

    • @cristinafultz4572
      @cristinafultz4572 3 місяці тому

      They don’t get much money for dead hostages

    • @Anankin12
      @Anankin12 3 місяці тому +13

      Robbery on the unarmed: everybody walks away, someone with more money and someone with heavier pants and no wallets.
      Robbery on unarmed people: at least one dead party, possibly both.

    • @lan_9056
      @lan_9056 3 місяці тому +31

      If pirates believe the crew is armed, 9.9 times out of 10 they'll just leave and find a ship from a country that doesn't allow guns instead.

    • @BrokenLifeCycle
      @BrokenLifeCycle 3 місяці тому +25

      It's that same unarmed policy which made them an easy target in the pirates' minds, too. It's just like why gun-free zones don't work to stop mass shootings. The only difference between my example is their objective. One is for profit, the other is mental sickness.
      However, the reasoning why both an unarmed ship and a gun-free zone are targeted are the same: an unarmed target is and will always be easier and preferable in the eyes of any aggressor.

    • @mynthics
      @mynthics 3 місяці тому

      Actually not, you’re gonna risk your life firing back on a small unstable boat at another person behind cover on a large stable ship? The whole point of piracy was to make a living while being alive. If you kill people on board you are giving the navy the green light to take you out to prevent more hostage deaths, that is if you don’t die approaching and climbing the ship safely under fire

  • @stephenvine9686
    @stephenvine9686 3 місяці тому +6

    Fire & bullets would definitely work though right?

  • @user-bm9yt3oj8y
    @user-bm9yt3oj8y 3 місяці тому +9

    4:57 when you drop the shower head

  • @monitorlizardkid8253
    @monitorlizardkid8253 3 місяці тому +17

    What I don't get is why at least some modern pirates don't wear eyepatches and other classic pirate accessories. I mean, if you're going to be a pirate, be a PIRATE.

    • @Heythebrodyboy
      @Heythebrodyboy 3 місяці тому +1

      Whats next, yarr matey?

    • @eeg-rh7jv
      @eeg-rh7jv 3 місяці тому

      Makes them easier to spot

    • @deepsoft7829
      @deepsoft7829 Місяць тому +1

      @@eeg-rh7jv as if it's not easy to spot a small-ass boat with a dozen of armed men on board rapidly approaching your vessel, tho
      I guess they could make a burglary move with putting on the accessories during their sail. Would've been rad.

  • @YourChristianGachatuber
    @YourChristianGachatuber 19 годин тому +1

    My stupid brain forgot pirates were real for a quick second 😭

  • @alexandelsosa7718
    @alexandelsosa7718 3 місяці тому

    Why did i laugh so hysterically at that 911 call shot of the phone? Laughed so freaking loud. 1:01

  • @mackdog3270
    @mackdog3270 3 місяці тому +102

    LoL yeah, those pirates who attacked the US Navy must have been drunk. Personally, if I were a pirate, I'd run away from anything bigger than a US Navy rowboat. Even then, I'd have to decide whether attacking that rowboat was really worth it.

    • @devreed5931
      @devreed5931 3 місяці тому +6

      Probably not cause it’s gonna have a machine gun and one thing you don’t do it touch an American naval ship

    • @praetorxian
      @praetorxian 3 місяці тому +5

      Probably high on khat.

    • @EvanBlack11
      @EvanBlack11 3 місяці тому +3

      To be honest I think your chances of dying is higher with the Navy row boat or small boat. With the Ship they know there is basically nothing they can do. But the boats there is a small chance they could harm someone so they would take them out before they got close. Like really what would they done if they actually got on the ship 😂. Maybe the pirates just wanted a tour of the ship 😅

    • @Azagoreth
      @Azagoreth 3 місяці тому +3

      @@EvanBlack11 considering the gonzalez had a crew of roughly 280 sailors, they wouldn't have lasted long if they had successfully boarded... It was lose lose no matter how it turned out for the pirates... They either get shit on by the gonzalas, or by some strange miracle actually win and take the gonzalez, just for uncle sam to get Extremely upset and end up educating them on how destructive cruise missiles are.

    • @1370802
      @1370802 3 місяці тому +1

      According to another comment, they were high on something called khat, and they became erratic on the lifeboat because they ran out and started going through withdrawal

  • @computerfan1079
    @computerfan1079 3 місяці тому +3

    About the speakers, they aren't any old speakers. LRADs are the equivelent of an audio laserbeam: it is very focused sound. That is why it is so loud and such a good deterrent. People describe being targeted by an LRAD as the noise coming from their own head.

  • @TheSaddlar
    @TheSaddlar 11 днів тому +1

    Imagine when the pirates shot at the navy ship it just turned its giant cannon towards their boats

  • @AussieBB1
    @AussieBB1 3 місяці тому

    Love the tangle part

  • @pudlmaker
    @pudlmaker 3 місяці тому +11

    If this piracy is such a big deal can we not just implement DRM into the ships?

    • @Fankas2000
      @Fankas2000 3 місяці тому +2

      DRM doesn't and hasn't ever worked. Piracy reigns supreme!

    • @easytos
      @easytos 3 місяці тому

      They can pull a capcom and implement DRM 10 years after the piracy took place.

  • @superkamehameha1744
    @superkamehameha1744 3 місяці тому +31

    It's never what we think

    • @BigStrap
      @BigStrap 3 місяці тому +5

      Just once, could it be what I think? 😭

    • @gordon1545
      @gordon1545 3 місяці тому +4

      It was exactly what I thought.

    • @old-schematic
      @old-schematic 3 місяці тому

      It's exactly what I think. US ships are the most available to pirates now because all of their crew are now disabled, gay and trans. So in case of pirating a ship, they just give up and start f**ing eachother, while the pirates can loot around. Simple

  • @Drowsyz
    @Drowsyz 3 місяці тому

    thanks

  • @NightmareRex6
    @NightmareRex6 3 місяці тому +1

    and wonder if can use sound and frequency to control, onetime someone wanted a ride and they got in the car and i turned on a song and they were like "oh hell no" let me out right now i dont want the ride. so meaning with right music adn frequencys you can trigger ppl to do or not do things?

  • @nothanks9503
    @nothanks9503 3 місяці тому +9

    It would probably be cheaper if they just sprayed 1$ bills at them it would be impractical for the pirates to pass up the money they would have to stop and collect the dollars and could only carry a few hundred dollars before the wet dollars became too heavy

  • @Jkush463
    @Jkush463 3 місяці тому +6

    i still think bullets are a far better deterrent than water or plastic barriers

  • @user-yu4hy5rc6s
    @user-yu4hy5rc6s 2 місяці тому +1

    That’s why the pirates are still attacking, everybody too afraid to kill the bad guys.

  • @midnightdusk5037
    @midnightdusk5037 3 дні тому

    I remember seeing these on that Whale Wars show.

  • @Adralba007
    @Adralba007 3 місяці тому +3

    I am the captain now

  • @bakedbeings
    @bakedbeings 3 місяці тому +19

    Some large grit/sand blasting media added to the high pressure water might be interesting. Or a slick lubricant that could be sprayed on the deck. Also, I imagine the ship's engine/alternator can generate an awful lot of current, something that might arc to hand held metallic object. I can at least see a fun ship defense game/simulator in there somewhere 😂

    • @coolsnake1134
      @coolsnake1134 3 місяці тому +10

      As much as that sounds effective unfortunately for other reasons it's not very practical, putting in abrasive grit into the water cannons will increase wear on the ships protective coatings leading to more maintenance, slimy grease on the decks can be time-consuming too clean up after the pirates are gone and can potentially create environmental issues if it finds its way into the ocean, and energizing parts of the ship or the water around the ship with stray currents from the main generators can be a safety hazard to the crew, lead to more electrical issues as well as increase the rate at which below the water line components corrode, you don't want your prop shafts or your through-hole fittings corroding. And replacing those below the water line components usually requires putting the ship into dry dock

    • @bakedbeings
      @bakedbeings 3 місяці тому

      @@coolsnake1134 No doubt they all come with challenges! At a point it'll come down to return on investment - is it cheaper than what they're going to be spending on piracy issues and insurance 🤷

    • @GarGlingT
      @GarGlingT 3 місяці тому

      Greek fire

  • @toastergaming7783
    @toastergaming7783 3 дні тому

    Pirates then: a well organized group on their own ship filled to the brim with weapons and valuables they stole
    Pirates now: a motor boat and a couple of AKs

  • @DiegoTorres-kv7js
    @DiegoTorres-kv7js 3 місяці тому +1

    "The destroyer fired em back with small caliber guns." Proceeds to fire back with a 0.5 mm heavy machine gun. lol

  • @smvincent84
    @smvincent84 3 місяці тому +9

    Your comparison of asking teachers to carry firearms is an interesting comparison. In both cases the idea is not to simply arm all teachers or in this case all crew members. The idea is make training available and anyone who has completed training, or who has prior police or military experience can choose to carry a firearm. In addition you would also hire specific security personnel for this purpose and to oversee ongoing training. One reasonably trained sniper would be a hell of a deterrent.

    • @harrkev
      @harrkev 3 місяці тому +3

      But keeping teachers disarmed has worked out so well in the past!
      Yeah, how dare you bring logic into what is clearly supposed to be an emotional discussion.

    • @shawnsg
      @shawnsg 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@harrkevno it's a stupid idea. Texas has been trying to get armed teachers in whole for over a decade and you see how well that works out.

  • @briannicholls2628
    @briannicholls2628 3 місяці тому +4

    As for your can of worms - you made your point very well.
    Thank you for this compelling story and look into how this has been working

    • @Redneck_Technophile
      @Redneck_Technophile 3 місяці тому

      As for that can of worms, allowing teachers to carry is not mandating that they must. If some want to and feel that it is their responsibility, there is no good reason why it should be prohibited if they are competent and their gun is properly secured and concealed on their person. If other teachers don't want to, and don't feel it is their reasonability, it was not proposed that we force them to.

  • @sanguy20
    @sanguy20 2 місяці тому

    Good job

  • @ryan4053
    @ryan4053 3 місяці тому +3

    The one dude who was on fire after the traccer round was fired got me dead😂😂😂😂

  • @man_on_wheelz
    @man_on_wheelz 3 місяці тому +17

    Pirates upping their game to helicopter intrusion just brought a whole new level to the game. Boats only monitor on the X and Y axis, now they gotta watch the Z axis too, and even still, they gotta track it from a long ways away!

    • @maximeleninja4029
      @maximeleninja4029 3 місяці тому

      Isn't the Y axis like the vertical axis?

    • @man_on_wheelz
      @man_on_wheelz 3 місяці тому +3

      @@maximeleninja4029 When viewing a 2D space you only use the X and Y axis, 2D space here being the ocean, North, South, East, and West. In a 3D space you add the Z axis, the axis coming right at or away from the viewer, as viewed in a 2D space. So, in the case of the "2D" ocean, the sky and deep sea below. This is what I was referring to. Granted, yes, with sonar, I believe ships are also monitoring the -Z axis, but not so much the +Z axis (the sky).

  • @tripptank
    @tripptank 3 місяці тому +1

    This would make a fun game.

  • @austin.england
    @austin.england 3 місяці тому +1

    You’d think that the bridge doors would always be locked for reasons such as this.

  • @BattleSyth
    @BattleSyth 3 місяці тому +7

    I believe the teachers being able to carry guns is an optional legal stance. Not mandatory. They can if they are able and want to. Not made to. Similar to the crew, the legality of having one is what they want to solve. More like if the crew wanted to they could, the multiple countries makes it tougher.

    • @GyanPrakash-xo5gs
      @GyanPrakash-xo5gs День тому

      Or maybe, have onboard guards, like security guards in schools.

  • @jeffreymissal
    @jeffreymissal 3 місяці тому +6

    Of course, the irony in all of this is that none of these measures are as effective as a relatively small detail in possession of an assortment of small arms.

  • @OjciecSynojca
    @OjciecSynojca 3 місяці тому

    Great tutorial for pirats

  • @myotiswii
    @myotiswii 3 місяці тому

    Dude its insane that these boarders just filmed lel.And in a great qualtiy too.

  • @yakinthebox
    @yakinthebox 3 місяці тому +4

    5:54 it isnt an Israeli owned ship, one of the shareholders is Israeli. and you didnt mention either that none of the crew were Israeli and are still kidnapped

  • @davidp2391
    @davidp2391 3 місяці тому +4

    Yeah, but Dead pirates don't pirate no more.

  • @Vespyr_
    @Vespyr_ 3 місяці тому +1

    As soon as merchant ships are allowed to have lethal small caliber defenses, piracy will stop.

  • @elgoog7830
    @elgoog7830 3 місяці тому +2

    It's incredibly easy to keep pirates from coming aboard.
    But apparently everyone is too scared and/or in favor of majorly over complicating the situation.

  • @ash7324
    @ash7324 24 дні тому +13

    Part 2: This is how cargo ships fight pirates WITH GUNS

  • @eiennofantasy
    @eiennofantasy 3 місяці тому +29

    There was a Japanese anime called Tactical Roar where there were PMC naval ships that companies can hire for protection and escort through the waters. Unrealistic but shed light that it may also help in deterring piracy.

    • @muhazreen
      @muhazreen 3 місяці тому +2

      Remind me of black lagoon scene too

    • @saddlepiggy
      @saddlepiggy 3 місяці тому +3

      Some ships do hire PMCs, but they live on the ship rather than a separate vessel.

    • @brendan7094
      @brendan7094 3 місяці тому +1

      @@muhazreenwhat a fantastic show.

    • @bzipoli
      @bzipoli 3 місяці тому

      dont need to tho. armed PMCs agents on board are enough every time. but it's an expensive service

  • @qmerk2661
    @qmerk2661 3 місяці тому

    i know this isnt about the vid(the security camera part), but for anyone that thinks of putting security cameras on your house, keep this in mind before buying some that are easily visible.
    a lot of people think of only one part of the camera, like " criminals will see them and think, i shouldnt risk it"
    other criminals will think "what are they trying to protect?...might be worth robbing"
    if you get some, dont get any that they can see.

  • @samanthagamage7077
    @samanthagamage7077 3 місяці тому

    im a somali pirate and this videos was very educative for us

  • @Donuts_random_stuff
    @Donuts_random_stuff 3 місяці тому +6

    2:23 I’ve stood less than 300 meters behind a kc135 that took of and I’ll tell you: the jet blast was insane, the plane was VERY loud and our chihuahua was a kite for a moment

    • @TheBananaRaamiz
      @TheBananaRaamiz 3 місяці тому +1

      das good cuz if u stood behind the engines then youd get FULL ON BLOWN AWAY, so yeah, what were you doing behind a KC135 Anyway?

    • @Donuts_random_stuff
      @Donuts_random_stuff 3 місяці тому

      @@TheBananaRaamiz it was at a nato airbase in Germany, the kc135 was positioned all the way at the beginning of the runway and the wasn’t far from the fence
      It was at geilenkirchen Air base
      Runway 27

  • @user-ir8on2ho4v
    @user-ir8on2ho4v 3 місяці тому +3

    This Rust IRL ☠️

  • @markmarsh27
    @markmarsh27 3 місяці тому +6

    Cargo ships in that area should have guided missiles, rail guns and a strict Take No Prisoners policy.

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer 3 місяці тому

      Sure. You paying for the extra cost of all that equipment, including training and maintenance?
      Shipping is a low margin high volume business. If you start adding military costs, it’s not competitive with the other providers.

    • @markmarsh27
      @markmarsh27 3 місяці тому

      @@Justanotherconsumer After a few more minutes of History automated self-aiming 50 mm guns will be mounted on these ships. No training required, automatic targetting and firing. As long as the U.S. is exploiting third world child labour to save 75% of its production and labour costs, the U.S. Military should pay for and mount those defensive weapons. OR, stop exploiting 3rd World Countries, which isn't going to happen. .... IMHO

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 3 місяці тому

      what other providers? it's ether this, or the cargo plane, we both know, we ain't getting railroads across Mutiple countries@@Justanotherconsumer

    • @SegoMan
      @SegoMan 3 місяці тому

      Nope according to Karen logic just make a big sticker that says "This is a gun free zone"

  • @danielluptak5466
    @danielluptak5466 3 місяці тому

    My ex-coworker started PMC 5-6 years ago and he is doing well, but he always tells me its pain to operate in very specific areas where its most unlikely they will be needed.

  • @nowweknow.
    @nowweknow. 3 місяці тому

    Well done, great video!

  • @thomaswalder4808
    @thomaswalder4808 3 місяці тому +6

    Many large cargo ships have some kind of a secret panic room (that might look like a normal container) there the crew can hide in case boarding of the ship could not be avoided.

    • @petegaslondon
      @petegaslondon 3 місяці тому +1

      Looks like a normal container? Ah now THAT should work! previously i thought it a dumb idea, but "security through obscurity" - esp on a ship with hundreds n thousands of containers...!

    • @Skittl1321
      @Skittl1321 3 місяці тому

      They mentioned this. To call a mayday and then hide, since pirates generally can't operate the ship

  • @andrewstallings6548
    @andrewstallings6548 3 місяці тому +8

    Water hoses are great but what happens when you run out of water

  • @andr0oo820
    @andr0oo820 8 годин тому

    Navies are basically the East India company, while the Houthi pirates are the underdogs from Pirates of the Carrebean

  • @isaiahcampbell488
    @isaiahcampbell488 3 місяці тому +1

    6:17 "Skiewer the winged beast!"

  • @CmdrTigerKing
    @CmdrTigerKing 3 місяці тому +6

    Imagine a world where the attacker has more rights than the defendant.. oh wait you dont.

  • @whirledpeaz5758
    @whirledpeaz5758 3 місяці тому +4

    Do you know the story of USS Dwight D Eisenhower vs Greenpeace? Palma, Spain 1988. Greenpeace wished to protest their "dislike" of nuclear power and weapons by graffiti tagging Ike's hull. Needless to say, the crew could not allow that. After all, the deck apes would have to spend a lot of time hanging over the side to clean it up. So, 2.5" fire hoses were rigged as water cannons, with M2 machine guns as back up, of course. Swamped Greenpeace's little zodiac boats and flooded their engines. They had to row back to shore. Ike remained graffiti free.

  • @fenrirtheashenwolf7627
    @fenrirtheashenwolf7627 3 місяці тому

    The dangling modifier in the title though

  • @bcn1gh7h4wk
    @bcn1gh7h4wk 2 місяці тому

    "That's gotta be the worst pirates I've ever seen"
    "Who?"
    "Exactly"

  • @sgt_derpguy_2541
    @sgt_derpguy_2541 3 місяці тому +4

    My father told me that they hire guns for hire before they get close to Somalia, he said they usually hire a team of 3 or 4, fortunately they haven't encountered such pirates yet, but he told me that the cargo ship that was at the front of them got hijacked 2 weeks prior when they arrived at their destination, i forgot which port though

    • @NotASeriousMoose
      @NotASeriousMoose 3 місяці тому +1

      They do, now costs about a 100k a passage. Quite a sweet job, riding ships back an forth in a dry hot climate for a 1000 bucks a day, tax free.

  • @atAPT
    @atAPT 3 місяці тому +9

    I think you missed the point on allowing crew members to have firearms. Allowing is not forcing, options are usually preferred. In your teacher analogy, I know several teachers including several in my family that would gladly carry firearms at school if allowed. You are correct in forcing people to do something they don't want to do usually doesn't work out well, but forcing is a far cry from allowing.

  • @Zamil_Ali
    @Zamil_Ali 3 місяці тому

    That’s exactly what I thought it would be

  • @malcolmlagares8245
    @malcolmlagares8245 3 місяці тому

    Excellent video. Wow. Thanks.

  • @westerlywind1035
    @westerlywind1035 3 місяці тому +3

    My dad was the production designer on Captain Philips!

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 3 місяці тому

      Dude!
      Jurassic park III
      Paul Kirby, husband of Amanda Kirby, was the businessman who tricked Dr. Alan Grant back onto Isla Sorna to search for his son, Eric Kirby, who disappeared on the island two months prior....

    • @westerlywind1035
      @westerlywind1035 3 місяці тому

      @@bastiaan7777777 yep, my dad always got told this at every new job! He has an action figure of Paul Kirby!

  • @EmperorShang
    @EmperorShang 3 місяці тому +16

    The best defense is clearly the most silly and complicated one

    • @bluedragontoybash2463
      @bluedragontoybash2463 3 місяці тому +5

      The American Military Indusial complex way !!

    • @God-ch8lq
      @God-ch8lq 3 місяці тому +4

      if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid

    • @Redneck_Technophile
      @Redneck_Technophile 3 місяці тому +3

      Hey we don't talk about the XM8 like that, H&K tried.