Are you having a fucked up day?
 

Cheer up. You could be the dudes on this Somali boat: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a6_1293369894

Note to self: Don't fuck with the Russian Navy

I'm sure the millions in payoffs to other Somali pirates are funding TECHNOLOGY upgrades to prevent this shit. If not, stay off the water. Horrendous shit but given the overkill... most likely meant to send a message and teach a lesson.

Wow! That was wild!

Sure is :Oh crap

I'm having a less hotter day than those guys...

And just what kind of "technology upgrades" are going to stop the very real-world fire from a Russian Gatling?

If every time these pirate scumbags approached a lawfully operating vessel on the ihgh seas, the pirates were blown away in this manner, piracy would stop quite quickly.

Check your history as to where the early pirates went after The Royal Navy decided to go after them.

Not clicking that link, but fuck that Somali boat anyways.

That Russian ship just UNLOADED on that somali boat.

Many of the vessels will not engage the pirates other than water cannons, despite having trained close protection onboard armed with AK47's.

As I understand piracy, most pirates are just kids trying to make a buck... and are desperate enough to risk their lives doing it. I don't think there's a whole lot of planning for the future involved in their scheme. I'm sure "technology" doesn't even cross their minds.

I understand your point but piracy like any economic activity is all economics. The thinly capitalized amateur pirates will be the ones discouraged by this dispaly of raw ownage. However, those who are looking at it as a business (financiers/local big bosses) will have to adapt either through technology (communications/coordination) OR just stepping up the raw numbers of pirate teams they send out so that the ones that get horrifically get smoked are compensated for by some successful hesits.