[geeks] Multi-Barrel Machine Guns

[Brian Dunbar]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Rick Hamell <hamellr at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm really surprised that a few of these shipping companies haven't
> hired mercenaries, or some other third world nation's ships to protect
> them.
>

The cost of hiring marines is more than the cost of lost cargo, ships,
ransom for crews.

This might imply that the piracy problem is not that big a deal.


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Brian Dunbar

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