Effective weapons against pirates

Seabour Spirit seems to be a good bait for pirates when this yacht with 151 passengers runs through the waters off Somalia on the morning of November 12, 2005. The pirates went on two canoes close to the ship, immediately fired their AK-47 and believed in their victory.

LRAD is a new super weapon equipped for luxury yachts (Photo: Static)

While in a very dangerous situation, the Seabour Spirit ship did not fall into the hands of pirates. Captain Pedersen has been prepared in advance. Along with the sailors, he used "high technology" for bandits, or more correctly for their auditory agency, a lesson to remember life.

While some sailors use water cannons to drive bandits climbing the ship to the sea, on the deck of a Gurkha soldier (Gurkha is the name of a British Nepalese task force) is responsible Security on the ship is heading 'LRAD' towards the bandits. This is a new super weapon equipped for luxury yachts.

LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) is a machine that makes horrible howls. It weighs about 20kg and looks like a satellite antenna pan. When directed at the target, it emits a terrible and very loud howl that hits the target like a beam of light emitted from a flashlight. Its howling sounded like the roar of a fire alarm, but it was much more terrible and bigger.

It is not known how the bandits felt when they heard the LRAD speak, but they were sure that they were in immediate pain in their heads and ears that they had to give up the intention of raiding on the ship. It can be said that the "cannon" sound with at least 150 decibels has contributed to the escape of the Seabour Spirit.

LRAD is manufactured by America Technology Corporation in San Diego (USA). Since 2003, the company has sold about 1,000 units. The company's largest customer is the US military. After the bombing of Al-Qaeda terrorist on US-based Cole cruiser in July 2000, the Pentagon ordered a series of weapons so that when someone approached the ship it could be maintained. safe distance between them and ships, but not necessarily killing those people immediately.

So far, about 300 ' LRADs ' have been deployed to Iraq. They have even been used by the US military to crumble houses in doubt. The device is also used by American soldiers to issue orders to stop even for vehicles that travel up to 300m away.

The New York Police Department and Boston Police Department have also bought some sound "cannons" that cost $ 30,000 each, some US and British shipping lines have also bought to equip their fleets. The largest and most modern world Queen Mary 2 has also been equipped with this formidable weapon

Duc Hung (according to Spiegel)
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