Part of the US Navy 5th Fleet is patrolling the waters, but this captured ship was way out of the known Somali range. It was captured 240 miles off the coast of Somali!!!!!
These pirates now have tens of millions of dollars collected in ransom money, so they can buy anything large, fast and state of the art these days. Imagine a 150 foot most excellent FedShip with high output turbo's, a 70 knot speed, 1800 mile range, state of the art navigation equipment, etc, etc. Add a small fleet of swift high powered Zodiacs and new weapons coupled with sound experience now and you have piracy that has yet to be stopped by all Navy's on the chase.
I have yet to hear of any captured crew being injured or even harassed. I read that the Somali's treat their victims with the best food and aim to keep them comfortable and entertained while waiting for the ransom to come in. They do not want the crew, its the owners with the dough that they have to reach.
......................."no treasure to blunder, no cannons to thunder, I am just an over forty victim of fate".
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